The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-09
NEWS NUTS
ARE KICKED
DOWN STAIRS
soPPYcHoPPY sAN5oRNE AND
THE TERRIBLE sWEDE" VISIT
THE JOURNAL OFFICE BENT ON
CROOKED WORK, BUT ARE
KICKED OUT.
Last night, when the frightening

forth, Soppy Sanborne and THE TER |
RIBLE SWEDE terrible from the
standpoint Of the awful rot which he
writes rather than from particularly |
pugilistic standpoint), snuck up to The |
Journal office to beg, with pleading |
faces and general hang-dog air, that |
the game be put off until next week.
There being no men around, at the
time, the men editors having been out
on the streets looking for the News
lobbygows In order to bring them to
fuller terms, the soft soapy sops of
Sopchoppy Sanborne had about brought !
the tears to the languishing eyes OF
the society editor, who had promised
to intercede for them with the
MIGHTY FRANK L.
Just at this juncture, however, when
Sanborne and Johnson were both
grovelltng about on their hands and
knees, and promising a nickePs worth
OF gum drbps for the great favor of
helping them out of their difficulty the
Mighty Mack swooped in and gently
but firmly kicked them down the
stairs.
The idea!
Putting off the great game on ac-
count of case of cold feet on the part
Of the measly mouthed, lop jawed
News bunch.
business to attend to, 1t wants the
game played tomorrow, with ST Lillard
and Sheriff Van Pelt as safe. sane and
sensible umpires.
So there.
AS for Mr.. Felke1 HIMSELF"
though his tongue hangs out unto his
wabble jointed knees, and his cold feet
drip with icy perspiration that Is re-
ported to be all over him at the pres
ent time, he will simply HAVE TO
PLAY, or the stufr's off.
We have SPOKE.
L. l.
Some people are still wondering Just
how It all happened that the Evening
News mongrels ever happened to come
across with challenge for The Jour
nal champions This is how it all came
about:
Z Finding that their insensible bluff
had been called and that they were
really going to have to go out and be
Inundated by receiving the worst
drubbing ever administered to base
ball team since Eve stole first that
gang of insipid weaklings around on
Government street called a meeting
yesterday afternoon, which was pre-
sided over by Mr.. Felkel himself"
and after a squabble which came near
disrupting the firm, reached the de-
cision that there was really no way
out of their terrible dilema, but to go
out and take their punishment the best
they can.
neighborhood and heard the family row
which occurred. 'Ill just tell you right
now, FeIkel you have ruined us with
the people of Pensacola" said Con-
stantine Reubaleski Greenawalt ana
If YOU had consulted the business OF
fee before being so foolish sucn a
thing should never have occurred. OI
course, we have simply got to play
now, as we can't go on foollng the
people here. and / am frank enough TO
admit that we are not financially abe
TO send off and hire the professional
2 team which would be required to score
on that invincible aggregation OF Lie
Journal Office"
"SWell. but my dear Greenawalt
don't YOU know that / never thought
they would take the thing seriously
and really be cruel and unprofess1onaI
enough to take advantage of our weak
ness and shop us up that way?" plead
ed Felkel. And so the thing went
johnson declaring that he had failed
TO cover a number of his bureaus yes
terday because he did not have the
nerve to bear the gibes that he knew
would be polSed at him and his asso'
ciates for their latest brainstorm stunt
ST. John said all the carriers had ever
struck because they said they were no
going around here having people laugl
and make fun of them. Shamblin;
Ambling Sanborn said that he coul'
not write editorials or even sleep a
night because he was continual.
imagining that he was about to get on
OF those hot ones just off the bat of l
Journal heavy hitter and was kept con
tinually lodging. Finally, however
they decided to stick the bluff out pro
vided there is enough dope left in tn
drug stores to hold them together un
I'll tomorrow afternoon, which is eX
tremely doubtful.
khok RI thni
discomfort was the fact that they dis
covered to their utter chagrin tina
Frank L. Mayes was not out in Missis
sippi, by any means, but was r1gh
here on the job just itching to get a
opportunity of being the first pan I
knock a clean home run on the me-
diamond. which he will do tomorrow
afternoon. Even Mr.. Felkel himself
thought that Mr.. Mayes and sewers
more of his invincihles were out OF tn
state or they would never have issue
such a foolish challenge, but they wer
as far behind in that instance as the
generally are with the news, as M
Mayes has been back about week.
So cognizant are those runts of the
Inability to cope with The Journ;
athletes that they admit that 1t too
three of them to meet Mack the bri
liant paragrapher and eX-Nation
Lacquer. even to discuss the game, ar
IL Is SaIe 10 say lhdI tAASS "lti nc
at least three men to play each pos
ton in tomorrow's game, to which v
have absolutely no objection, for v
realize that they need them and ha'
no desire to further add to their oil
comfort and embarrassment by refu
ing to allow them a handicap.
AS to all that tommyrot about Sal
born tickling rattlesnakes and hghtli
bears with his fists, we believe that
actually one time the cravens told I