The mirror., 1911-09-14
Boobies
By Fan.

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& Minneapolis and st. Paul played
another FIVE game series last week.
As usual the Kelly tribe got away
with the odd game. The Saints
have had the Millers jinxed for fair
all season.
Heliograms says: The Giants
are going to win the N. Z. Pennant.
The Cub machine is going to pieces"
Maybe so, Frank, but here's hoping
it don't fall apart until after they
take one more grand wallop at the
Giants in the Windy City this month.
We are in receipt of the following
communication from one of the local
highbrows:
/ Dear Bobbles: Is it true that nap
kins are to be issued to us that we
may not spoil our dainty new uni
forms? Yours truly,
Slats'' McCue.
! We don't know. Use your han
ky Stats, or else get bib.
Rumor has it that Connie Mack
will retire from the active manage
ment of the Athletics at the end of
the season. He is the owner of a
large block of stock in the club and
it is probable that he will be in
stalled as president at the next cleo
tion. In recent interview he as.
serted the Athletics would retain
the worlds championship and that
it would make no difference whether
their opponents were tn e Cubs,
Giants or Pirates" So there! That
settles it.
The club owners of the American
association have backed down and
have withdrawn their original de-
mands recently forwarded to the
National commission. In 9th e r
words they were handed nice little
package and gently told to behave.
There will be no war for some time
at least. The officials of the two
major leagues intimated that if the
A. A. owners did not abide by the
present agreement, or attempted to
operate independently. they would
put competing club in every city
on the circuit. Some kind of a
threat. believe me.
| The following is taken from the
4 N. Y. World Of Sept. 4th:
i Within the gray walls of the At
lanta Prison this afternoon, was a
horde of fans cheering wildly at the
hits and misses of two opposing
baseball teams. The players were
} in uniform, but not the Knicker-
bockers and spiked shoes of the u.s.
!. ual teams. They wore the blue uni
form of first grade men in the pris-
On, whose good behavior had enti-
tied them to certain privileges, and
, it was the first game Of ball on the
new diamond laid out in the big
field within the newly completed
, wall.
\ Warden Meyer built the base
ball diamond and introduced the
game as part of his policy Of treat
ing the convicts humanely and get
ting as far as possible away from
, the old solitary cell IDEAS"
AS form of recreation baseball
is held second to none in the popu-
!, lar esteem. There are many more
instances like the above where the
: great American game has invaded
. the walls Of other prisons in this
: country. In those institutions where
the game has been given trial, the
, men hold it in high regard as di-
version from the usual monotony
and routine of prison discipline.
4 While we are on this topic we can
not help but remark that while other
prisons regard baseball as All inno-
vation, we have pursued the usua-
policy Of saving wood and saying
, nothing while for the past two
years Old Repeater and his team Of
: world beaters have kept us keyed
! up to high pitch Of excitement by
their performances on the local dia-
mond.