The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-07-09
D o p E
By "Strikeout''

Enacting role, too, which is entirely out
OF line of that in which we love to see him.
Fly is nothing if not original in his fire.
quent breaks; but this thing of pulling off
wild west stunts in the confines of a popu-
lous city is, to say the least, little too
raw. 1t is not within our province to crit
icize the personal bearing Of his acts, but,
we cannot help commenting upon the
havoc that his enforced absence, or suspen-
sion from the game, will work upon his
team mates. If you will scrutinze the of
fetal standing of both leagues, you cannot
but admit that it is proving, so far, pretty
tight race; and the battle for first place
berth in the American hinges on mighty
narrow percentage. Therefore, every team
with championship possibilities needs to
maintain its best line up to keep in the run
ming. Id hate to see the Tigers crippled
throughout the rest of the season without
the yeoman' S services of the Geogia peach
1t goes without saying that it would put
them hors de combat-down and out
Here's that Tvs temperamental latest break
may obtain the same forgiveness on the part
of officials and fans that have been accorded
to his many former ones.
The official dope on the standing of
pitchers gives the peerless of them all, Big,
Six first place, with ten victories and three
defeats. Let's see, twas oyer fourteen years
ago that the writer used TO note the gam
bols of a tall, sturdy, fair-haired youth, in
the half hour warming up at the Polo
Grounds. Asking his next seat neighbor
who the youngSter was, he received
the answer: ooh, that's young
chap from Bucknel College, ''Looks
good to me, l replied. Can't be much
good" shifted my informer with a grunt,
they just got him on trade from Cincin-
natl, and they are not anxious to let any
good things get away from them So,
accepted this seeming wise sum up of the
youngster from my fellow fan; and it was
all the more impressed upon me when,
few days later, | witnessed the youngster
slaughtered blythe Pira,es in three innings
when he essayed his debut. "Hey Take
him out and send him back to college!''
roared the packed grand stand and bleach
ers. But the stocky little fellow on the
third base coaching line merely looked over
his shoulders and grinned. ''That's Nc.
Graw all over" some one said in my vicin-
ty, "contrariest cuss you ever saw" Three
days after the above recounted episode, that
kid jumped back into the box and made
monkeys of Fred CIarke's corsairs, Wagner
and all. Refer to subsequent baseball dope
for the remainder of this eulogy, and the
triumph ofthe fade-away ball.
| carefully scanned the Mirror in search
of a clew that would put me hep to some of
the performers that battled in last Mon
days game with the band boys. Il wanted
to spot Buck-For had promised myself
rare treat in dissecting his performance on
the diamond. l presume that he figured
among the presents, but, l failed to lamp
his moniker-at least, his pet name. All
this will be avoided when l am present at
the games. But. that Babb-can that be
my old college chum from the classic shores
of the Charles in the hub? Well, we'll
why, | thought he was sixty years old1
And here is the "notes of the game cred
iting him with two Dagger, and two cold
blooded steals! Next thing we'll hear is
Steward Deragisch stealing third. Anyway,
this encourages me to tentatively consider
whether l myself could manage to hold
down short for few innings and show
these would-bes how we used to shoot them
across to first forty years ago. Of course,
on the band side, l knew that Trumpeter
Roy would shine. If were a manager in
the present days of keen rivalry after talent,
| wouldn't bother with the bushers. I'd
get in among the crews of the battleships.
Looks odd, doesn't it, that some of our
best players and pugs are products of the
gun decks, but such is the case.
What is the matter with having an inter-
institutional game, ere the consolidation of
the two institutions is accomplished? With
the view of being pre- pared, in case such an
eventuality should materialize, I'm going
to have the peerless Tim Sullivan and his
battery mate Lafferty warm up, in the park,
this Fourth. With those two hot MEM
bers as the keystone of team, l defy any,
thing among you. I'd bank my reputa-
ton present, not past; the latter is rotten)
on Tins inshoot, with that terrible break.
With that, and Laff' S pegging to bases, we
would be invincible. If some of you fell
lows can give the right sign to the Dep,
and get him to acquiesce, we'll guarantee
you battle royal, for the honor of-the
Alma Mater!
"Monopolistic, predatory oligarchy.'
E-ya-yeh!, as Hughey Jennings would ex-
Cldllu \JTdClOuS, ICHucHuIS, Out you w
rub it in. ''Oligarchy,' the government
by the few, partakes perforce of monopo-
listic tendencies. But Pendennis throws in
the qualifying adjective, for good measure,
| suppose. This, referring to organized
baseball. l agree, but with reservations.
Are we to understand that the philanthro-
pists represented in the Feds are pouring
out their kale with the sole benevolent pur-
viav of oil ho wa mr. IF
our much abused ball players, who are tied
down to niggardly pittances of $4,000 for
six month work? Huh, if those Feds can
manage to hold permanent anchorage in
the seas of baseball, you'll see the grand
est tumble of salaries that ever was.
Well does Tinkep, Brown ct al know
this, hence their insistance that contract
salaries should be put up in advance for
years ahead. Nay, nay, Pauline, this is a
case of making hay while the sunshines.
The trouble is, that the fans are hep=are