Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16

back as remembered ! was not In New
market, but in New York.
am quite sure that 1t is an established
fact that the Americans are the best natur-
ed people in the world They have just been
treated in a most abominable way by
the people responsible for the sale OF the
tickets for the worlds series. The tickets
have got into the hands of INSCRIPTIONS
scalpers, who are not Sportsmen, and
who are the people that do everything to
degrade sport and disgust all far-minded
people.
It's about time that the whole question
was gone into. Time and time again the
American public has been robbed, de-
frauded and fooled by these self-same
people. Some gang of thieves must ex-
list, and there cannot be many OF them.
for it would be impossible to find large
number of such infamous scounorels who
are willing to debauch even their own
national game in order to fill their own
pockets
/ have a sort Of idea that they are not
Americans at all. At any rate, they are
not the kind of Americans that l have
been meeting during the last two months.
for, bar the British Isles, / have never
met such a sport loving community.
AS said before the Americans are
so good natured that in spite of it all
they are going out to see the world S
series with light hearts and smiling faces.
and even those who arc left behind are
philosophical enough, up to the present.
at any rate, not to kick up an unholy
row. Shall I tell you what would hap
pen in France under the same circum-
stances? Very little would be said
Everything in France is done by teie-
pathy, but YOU would see mysterious
groups at corners and much gestuilatine
of arms; also you would notice sly wfnks
nv f1C uen6armeS and would see
quite q lot of cavalry apparently out
for an amless airing. The sports would
commence and the Frenchman applaud
and also indulge in much ribald laughter
they would see their game or sport, and
get their moneys worth first. and then
the fun would commence.
The soldiers and cavalry would sud
denly appear as if from nowhere, but
they would merely sit around and gos-
| sip among themselves and the horses
would champ their bits and you would
think there was going to be an inter
esting police military parade. Then the
Frenchmen would get busy. Some wild
man with a belltopper and a bow tie
about six yards big would mutter some
strange oaths and shout "A bas les con-
trolleur de sport, non un shien, nous
sommes voices. etc. ETC., etc. and WITH
snatches Of the marseillaise intermingleo
with the latest Montmartre songs they
would advance with one accord In per-
feet cohesion on the ticket offices.
The police and soldiers would all be
looking up in the sky to see II there were
any aero lanes about, and to make sure
that more of them exceeded the speed
| limit. Then. as If by magic, the ticket
| Offices wou fall to the ground. All the
seats would be torn up. somebody would
produce a box of very smelly, very bad
and very expensive French matches. ana
before long columns Of smoke would
arise to the sky and that would be the
end Of the sports arena
At this moment tie police and cavalry
| would suddenly discover that the wind
was much too high for aeroplaneS to ny,
and that somebody having dropped Gig
arctic on the gra 1t set fire to the DC
tober verdure, and that there vas some
danger of the outskirts of their beloved
Paris being threatened by fire. The
Frenchmen would become more and more
hilarious but they wouldn't waste any
time. They would be looking forward to
their aperitif hour at their favorite res
taurant. suzanne and Georgette would
be on the lookout for them, expecting
their return from les sports. and hoping.
perhaps, that they had backed an outsider
at 100 to !, and have visions OF wonder
full hats and petites cadeauX. SO Al.
phonse Henri Georges Sebastian and all
his pals would link arms. and. turning
their backs to the fire. proceed joyfully
| to their trains. motors. siX-horse buses
| and trans and wend their way home
feeling that they had done their duty and
the better for havig expressed their opin-
| ions in truly French manner.
| The police and cavalry would attack the
| fire and a couple of Paris fire engines.
| hidden all the time behind the grand
| stand. would appear on the scene and the
| fire soon would be put out. But Mes
| siers les Controllcurs DIES Sports would
/ have to dive their hands into their peck
| cts and draw heavily on their bank ac-
| count 10 build up new stadium.
In Great Britain they would do 1t a
! little differently. The fellows with the
tickets would all get in. but they would
| come with one concerted rush and every
| man with ticket would bring a couple
| OF pals and the gateman, policeman and
| groundkeepers would be gently but firm
| " laid on, their backs, not hurt just
| given the quiet tip to lie still. They
| would get on the ground. fill the seats
| and the pals would absolutely cover the
| playing ground. and there would be nc
| game that day-only some choice old
| English. Scotch and Irish music.
! The first song would be Rule Britain