The evening world., 1911-10-25

his time walking mp down In front
OF the closed hank and looking In tho
window. The state Bank E.xsmlner
came down To take charge. and he no.
ficed the old man and called him In to
talk TO him.
JINGLE" said the hank examiner. Il
understood you had some money in this
bank"
Yes, suh." said the old negro. Il
shore did"
WELL said the bank Examiner, I'm
sorry for you. Of course. hut this is
nothing new to me. Banks have burst
before now aud. no doubt. banks will
keep on bursting hereafter"
Yes sub. boss. / know dat" said the
negro. but dis IL de fust lime I ever
had one bust right In my face"
Yesterdays game busted right in my
face" concluded the Chirr. land 1
haven't got entirely over 1t yet. I'm
stu walking up and down and looking
IN the window"
With all the deep and abiding
solemnity Of honorary psllb.arers at a
Tsmmahy leaders funeral, the grand
stand crowds filed in, anil in the midst
Of = reverend hush. took their seats.
The scene only needed "a few gates ajar
scattered around and a sololst singing
Abide With Ne" n the smell OF tuber
roses lingering in the air to be COM
plete In every essential detail.
Yet the settings were such as might
under happier auspices have inspired
plenty Of noise and enthusiasm. The
October air still carried the farewell
kiss OF departing Indian summer, and
when Meyers and Bender posed for the
photographers II looked like Indian sum.
mer. too. The sky was higher and OF a
t~t> Al.- .Nt 49,
cruising about IN the Northern horizon.
TURF OF FIELD WAS DRY AND
VERY FAST.
The turf was dry enough to be fast
and moist enough to be springy. The
sun. swinging along over the Rilded
spread eagles upon the roof OF the
great Stadium. had al agreeable glow
20 1t. The two teams warmed up with
spirited preliminary spurts OF speed
and batting. n all this time the
streaming thousands OF patrons were
pouring In at the gates n trickling
down at the alsles until twenty minutes
before the umpires called the start the
lower grand stand YES sevcn-e!shths
full up and the upper grand stand two-
thirds at least.
Except for one yellow green patch just
back Of centre field the bieachers were
packed. But dog-gone 'em they
wouldn't holier. They Just sat In over
coats like mummies in their cerements.
Little Dick Hennessy. the Giants Mas
cot. playing first base like a half por-
tion Hal Chase. got a small round OF
applause and Charley Faust, the human
grape trell.s. got a laugh when he bor-
rowed the band masters baton and un-
dertook 10 lead the Protectory boys.
II would seem hat ont home In Marion.
kas., Mr.. Faust doubles In brass. He
also drives a milk wagon and teaches
the hens to lay.
What little real enthusiasm there was
had apparently been held In reserve for
the visitors. When the Athletics took
the diamond Just before the game start
ed they got . much louder greeting thar
had been given the Giants. although It
wasn't such a tremendously ovsrpower-
ingly loud greeting at that. Practising
on batted balls. the Philadelphia !nfield
showed marvellous speed and accuracy.
and for this exhibition the reluctant
multitude rendered up a few more spo-
radio ripples OF cheering and handicap
ping. But at no time was the visible
and audible enthusiasm such as you'd
he willing 10 swim the Mississippi! River
to see and to hear. You could attend
the annual eonclave OF the Daughters OF
Rebecoa n hear Just as much noise
any time.
+. S.-Just a minute ago as your cor
respondent was on the point Of going 10
press with these dispatches from tho
front ! heard some valuable news.
heard that both the Giants and the
Athletics were going to Cuba mex;
month To play ball with our little bro.h.
ers. the Cubebs. ! don't want TO b.
a prophet because a whole lot Of prom.
Using young local prohets have fallen
down on their foolish faces since this
series started, bait IL the two teams
travel South OF the same train 7 visa
to risk Just one prediction-the Giants
viii travel In the second section.