Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22

FenWaE grounds to make material diff
ference in the receipts Furthermore,
there are more high-priced seats border
Ing tho Boston diamond than there are
at the Polo Grounds, according to Presi-
dent Lannin, OF the Red Sox There
fore, inasmuCh as it has already been
determined by the National Commission
that the games will DC PLAYED in Boston
Mt Terway Park, and not at the National
Lea-I" one In case the Braves win. Il
Is hard n see how such small differ
ence in figures could affect the players
and owners.
Boston, like Philadelphia. was originally
and still! is fundamentally n National
Leagu" ball town. Hence, II the worlds
series is played In the Hub citv Fenyav
Park is sure 70 be filed to its capacity
AZ every contest The people Of Boston
would rather sec the Braves win the
remnant in the National League than
they would the Red Sox to win twica
Just why this condition Of fanatic affairs
exists no one can say But It does
exist and 1t exists In this city as we'll
as IN the metropolis Of Massachusetts.
SAID FRED LUDERrs:
loV" 10 give the ball a bout;
swat 'em ont Of sight.
But
Unless I'm sent in with a clout
OF circuit length-Good night"'
Hans Lohert is far from being the un
Iloki"st player In the game YesterIa,.
Hans hit a hard one, which looked how
ever As though il would be easy for Hug
gins. However, the ball took a bad hon
went over Huggins' head 10 deep right
centre, and Hans made two bags He
almost duplicated the feat later in tho
Ghm" except that he only made one base
Eddie Plank hasn't missed the PENN
GETTYSBURG football game In n number NJ
Years, bur he viii not he present ar tho
meeting Saturday
Boston seems 10 be- an unluckv place
for pitchers iu the American Lcagua
Foster and Leonard who began vo we'll
this season. were not able to keen Ip the
lao" although nothing seemed IN he
"loD" with them. Recently Leonard
slipped In the clubhouse, breaking a bone
In his hand Joe Wood has not hoen in
shape This wear, In 1879 Eddie Cloorte
had ae uucn speed II not more than he
has now Yet he could not win and was
traded 70 the White SoX lust before the
N0-d= Series. In 1912 Buck O'Rrieu vas
hailed as a wonder. Yet he was released
m thr Whitc S0T in mld-seas7n NJ 1919
and later was sent hv Callahan hack 10
Denver He now in the Southern Assoc
ctatIon a class A organization.
Tom sb'he one Of the owners NJ tho
Athletics made the following statement
r"stordsy re-ardinr the playing NJ the
Armv-Eavv football game at Sh.he Park
"|Es haven't heard a word from the COM
mirtee roreutl". All ! know about the
matter is that We offered 10 give them
tho use of the park free The only "o0di-
tions we asked were that they put tho
a In
game as ~ waE before, Just how many
extra -eats could he put I'm 7 don't SAY
but know that an engineer was out
tnarc 0re day and ! think that he said
he could have stands constructed with
which would accommodate nearly -o6"
or total ~ in0n0 with the present
stands"
The latest development, or alleged de-
veIopment in the proposed sale OF me
Chicago cubs Is that Mr.. Tart Is GONG
r. sen out t0 Mrs Hetty Green Mrs
Green is said 10 hn the worlds richest
woman and she needs 10 he II she in
tends to compete with the Federal
League. which ia already hot after
Tommy Leach. rho well known Chicago
west sfiar But as for the original
rrpu0giti0n everybody concerned denies
that tnarn Is a chance for Mrs Green
10 bug tho cubs. Mr.. Taft brands tho
story as absurd" ridiculous etc.
Eut don't forget that denials of this
same etrcnuositv were poured forth
from cub headquarters when tho hrst
reyvs leaked out that Charles Webb
Murphy would no longer be chief owner
and Czar of the Chicago National
League club.
Here's a puzzle:
What would the one-srmea pitcher !