The evening world., 1911-10-25
AND TO-DAY THE WHITE ElE.
PLANT IS RIGHT HERE.


And to-day the white elephant. rid
den by Mahout. rejoicing In the strange
East Indian name of Cornelius Nc
Ginicudy. and accompanied by q
swarthy HIndoo named Baker and = low
browed Pathan named Collins. came
back prepared to do the sam thing all
over again.
The moral OF this little true fable IL
that words. like chickens. come home
to roost and sometimes roost on you
with both feet.
But In case the unexpected should
happen SUBSEQUENT 20 the penning Of
these lines. tho moral should undergo
revision and should read as follows:
tA) You never can tell.
d They do come back.
{ While there's life there's hope
although not very much.
In line with these Introductory re.
marks IL may be stated that two hours
before the NTH and mayhap the last
game OF this dadgummcd Worlds series
opened this afternoon there marched
into the Brush Stadium the gray coated
boys OF the Catholic Protectory Band
bearing their brazen instruments a.
though the molten brass had been
mlnted gold-and the young musicians
tooN fdN Just VII tUt lOuI Ilue ana
prepared to render Y few popular selec-
lions. believe that the proper ex-
preston to use. Some thought In view
OF everything. that an appropriate In
troductory number for the youngsters
to play would be- the lead march from
Saul. followed by Rock OF Ages" with
muffled drums. But to the profound
surprise VI those who ave been follow
ing the progress OF this championship
race the Protect0ry Band opened up
witb-auess what?-why "Alexander's
Rastimc Band"
ONE TIME RoorERS WERE
ONLY SPECTATORS Now.
The ~bieacaers were fiing up with
large and silent crowds OF human BE-
inga. Once these individuals had been
r%ooters. Now they were merely specta-
tors. which only goes to show what n
difference a few days. will make and
also helps to prove this accepted fact
that nobody will yell louder than a New
York baseball fan when the yelling 10
easy and nobody will quit dender when
the quitting 10 good. Not even the Joy
some playing Of the hoy band-and those
boys are all Junior Pat Gllmores, with
a sprinkling OF potential John rhilip
Sousas-could iiven ny the dull and sui
len masses upon the bleschers Into a
show OF enthusiasm. They uttered not
a sound when the Giants filed In for
practice and they sat equally mute half
an hour later when there appeared the
victorious Athletics, clad In Tong blue
sweaters and gray trousers-G. A. II.
bodies and Confederate legs. as you
might say.
But l fam would sing with a hsy-nldy-
noddy or q rowdy-dow-dow or whatever
10 proper 20 sing with under such cir.
c~umstances, Of the dauntless bearing
and ths unafrald souls OF u little group
OF last ditch heroes who sat together
for sympathy up In the grand stand and
kept w~hooping It up for the home team,
II may have been courage, Or II nay
have been ignorance, nut anyhow they
whooped her up regardless and were
clipper as chlpmunks, They may have
been a delegation OF ticket spectators
because, really. when you come righ,
down to cases the ticket spectators are
the only New York people who have q
Just regret to feel enthusiasm over tn,
results TO date.
Autopsies n similar depressing
things being deemed appropriate Chief
Meyers q mo loafing over by the pres.
stand and held an inquest over tn,
mortal remains of yesterdays game. II
addition to being one OF the best catch,
ers that ever hunched behind Q breast
pad the chief" 10 right smart OF .
humorlst In his own name. he Is tn,
author OF that Immortal remark. mad,
in answer to q question. that his tw,
favorite pietures were Abbey's "searcl
for the Holy Grail" In the Boston Pub
lie Library, and the chrome OF Custer
las. rally issued by the Mccormick liar
Ivester Company some years back--"Th,
Holy Grsif' because II vas a noble con
csption and Clusters last rally bscaus,
II val the only picture he ever saw
where the Indians were getting a. goo,