The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11

and sane liquids Ills latest Is the
I. NJ. c. A. Cocktail
Ought tub be a swell drink
1T is. son; glass Of skinned milk,
with II prunc in it
That's getting them over. But
say any Of you fellows know wheth~
er this army game around Mexico is
going TO interfere with the Giants
training"
Not bit, DO; not particle. Bill
Taft Ia a fan himself. He knows bet
ter than to send IN American army
where they's II bail game going on.
Why. they'd stop the battle tub watch
the game and they might be the
dence tub pay II II went over nine
innins, Taft amt takin no chances
that way
"oh. chop that four talIs! this
war game Is ii mighty serious bust
ness"
80 is q ball game. felluh: specially
when the home teams 1osin.
you musta been in the army"
Come again.
Why, that felluh' gag"
Sure. he was high private with
General Coxey."
Now, look ahere! I'll stand fer
rnosto things, but there's limit"
Yes, that's so. Sayiu man be-
longod to Coxey's army is an Insult.
Might as we'll call him an umpire and
be done with it,"
law that sort of talk is worse than
strikin out with three on bases and
two down."
Yes; let's hear some real news. II
any body knows any
Well, what JUN think! Chance
has asked waivers on stetnteldt and
| beaumont"
| mo-"
Yes"
Il can't believe it,
| "Oh. dunno. Steinys all IN.
Beaumont has been canned by the
Pirates. the Bostons. the Phillies, and
Chance has no use for dead ones"
why. his lost overall, and Willis
They say three fingered Brown Is all
done. Pfeister is sick and, say what
you viii. johnny Ever's leg ain't none
better for being broke"
Gee! but that's a catalogue OF hard
luck can see where the Cubs fin
ish."
Second division. huh?"
''Nuh, first place. of course"
| i suppose you hiiohAhl was HSA1A
foolish question number s,66s.sSs,
but fer all that, even If the Cubs do
lose stemy and Pfeiter. and Overall
and Willis and Brown, and Evers Ism
as fast az he used to be, they're still
got n bunch OF mighty god men left
Yes and 80 has Pittsburg, New
York, Cinnati, St Louis, Philadel-
piia and Brooklyn"
Whats the matter with BostonY 2
That isn't team, that's a joke"
'tspose you think that's smart.
but you just want to remember that
Tenney has himself"
! And that's all.
How about HerzogT"
And Sweeney"
And Graham"
Don't stop. go ON
We'll. they say this new guy. In
gerton, is a pippin."
There's IL young fellow named
Goode."
":Gentieman, don't rack your
brains. Why, that Boston National
club is so bad they had to sell Beck
and sharpe to pay their training trip
expenses. They haven't a decent bat
terry in the outfit. Tenney is all in.
Herzog Is sore on the club. Their
inield is a joke and their outfield
| wouldn't do In class ID outft.
| Outside OF that, 1 s'pose, they're
all right"
Probably. Say! I've a great ideal"
Lock the doors"
Hang on to IL, bo,
Don't let Ii escape
| '.Aw, cheesel Say, II the Boston
! elub is so bad why don't they drop
ii and take In the Richmond club ?"
Great! Copyright that and send
1t TO Tom >Lynch."
Il suppose you think I'm kiddin."
! mo, Bill. You're dead serious"
| "Ah. no. he's not
Honest, / am. Just as serious as
those guys who talk about enforcin'
the salary limit in the Virginia League
and giving Class 4 baseball on Class
4 salaries"
There isn't any Glass f,
Well, didn't want TO Insult Class
. clubs"
That's rubbing 1t in little too
hard"
! Sure. You're apt to see some
mighty fast baseball with a lot OF
ambitious young ball players"
Ambitious young say. what
are we paying our money for. to
watch lot of semi-pros? Why.
| II We want 10 look at sand lot games
we can go to Byrd Park. When any
body hands you that ambitious young
| ball player bunk you can bet your
| life chs getting into the games free
It's the guys that pay their good coin
who are TO be conaiderfd."
"Oh. well: It's time enough to hol-
l Ter after the ssason atarts."