The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-22
CPORTINGC
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BY Morris Miller.
BY Morris Miller.

Jack Ryder, the Cincinnati sport
scribe, has a word or two to say re-
garding Johnny McGraW ana his pen
nant winning Giants. Summing up
what Ryder has to say, we find that he
considers the Giants themselves as
more or less of a bunch of dubs. Nc
Graw, thinks Ryder, should be given
every bit of the credit for the remnants
that have futtered in the breeze over
the Polo grounds. Ryder. writing in
the Enquirer, exudeS the following:
This paper has consistently MAIN
tanned for some time that the Giants
are a stupid and second class ball club
driven to success in their league race
by the splendid and fopcefuI manage
ament of John .McGraw, ard helped by
the iH1eficieney of the ether clubs in
the league which could beat them out
If equally well handled. Without Nc
Graw, the Giants would have a tough
battle to stay in the first division.
clubs in the league would have an ex-
cellent chance for the pennant, and
all four would probably beat the
Giants. The reason the Giants have
win the pennant Is solely and Simply
because McGraw Is smarter, more re-
sourceful, a quicker thinker, and a
better handler of men than any other
manager in the National league, now
that Frank Chance has ltf the old or
ganization.
A current magazine comments edi-
torially on the unfortunate wont of
sport writer's Il couch their remarks
in a vernacular that is quite incoher-
ent to one unfaniliar with the mean
ings of their farfetched phrases. The
magazine, in paning the sport page
replete with sorting colloquialism, |
points out that . is a matter of diff |
Guilty for the avcage person to gather !
the import. 1t ould seem on giving |
the thing a lite thought that this !
view is somewhat overdrawn. Anyone |
sufficiently intersted in basehall-and |
the baseball reprts are the ones at |
issue-to pick VI the sport page and |
peruse its contens would be apt to be |
familiar with mo. of the baseball ex- |
presSions. If thenagazfne in question |
resents such tens as "'beauing'' a
player or 'walloing the horsehide''
they had best withdraw from the ar
gument, for such ion1s as those men
toned are part the game. Some
writer's like to osrdo the thing and |
rack their scantyyits for vernacu-
lar heretofore unhGd of. But they are
in the minority anthe average Amer
lean when he pickup the leading adj
vertising mediums able to find out
how many hits Grady got yester-
day.
There is no reon why the Fed
eral league shouldn't be able to op- |
crate, says Garry1errmann, IF they |
can survive the Gnpetition and are
willing to play fat And this is the
way Hermann sid up the situation
at a recent dinnerit Columbus given
for the delegates the minor league
convention. BaseHl cannot be con-
fined to the teamshat operate under
the national agrdent, said Herr
mann, and the gar is certainly open
to all. However, Starry pointed out
with degree Of onyiction that the
national commissit will make every
effort to see thaGontracts are re-
spected and that layers held under
reserve for a none consideration will
be held to their agement
If there's any rne ticket scaIping
dong at worlds sies in New York
in the future it d not be because
efforts have not In made to bring
the thing to hall An investigation )
by the county altorities there has {,
brought to light soc very unpleasant | !
facts concerning Il remarkable sue
cess of the tickle caipers. At the ,
latest series someing like 1.200 So ;
ticlets were handle Through the hotel :
agencies and indiVua1 scalpers. AS :
a Hsult of the ma1er in which some :
of these tickets we procured several :
arr sts are to be 1de. As it is, an ;
ordnance will Represented at the .
bqrd Of alderme3 that viii make :
titket scalping in .ture precarious
mans of livelihoo The ordinance
pStains not aloneo the ball games. !
bit to all other NJ Fork places OF
AMUSEMENT. .