Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
PERSONAL TOUCHES IN SPORT

Some guys don't have to have much
pep to make lvin' on their rep an
never do a tap. An don't blame 'em,
understand. If he gets by l shake the
hand o that there sort o. chap Take big
jim Thorpe. worlds athlete champ. His
workd hardly tire a tramp. An yet I'm
strong Tor Jim. He's in his third year
with McGraw an I guess no one ever
saw a full game played by him.
Perhaps two dozen times a year you'll
see the Indians name appear in some
New York box score. In pinches Muggsy
trots him out to run for some one or to
clout when pitchers arms go sore. An
when he does get In the fray he man
ages to get away with somethin' pretty
good. He bats up near the oil charmed
line an though he gets no chance to
shine YOU sort O. b'lieve he could.
One baseball seasons all he's played.
An that was fore his rep was made as
athlete extra-ply. He played in Caro-
linas hills-down there where corn Is fed
to stills for fear folks might get dry If
all the Indian wants is fame he doesn't
HdF' " pihS lHf SdIle-HlS rep Is SaIe
right now He copped off sportdom's
Golden Fleece an with it wandered back
from Greece with laurels on his brow
Copyrighted by A. NJ. Corrigan.
Fred Clarke will retire from baseball at
the close of the present season. He will
not manage the Pirates again until next
spring.
Perchance you are enthusiastic over
Jack Curley's plan to match johnson and
Willard. If so. pause and reflect on the
fact that Curley once was a wrestling
promoter.
AUTUMN.
Deep silence settles down upon the land.
The baseball scribe has little work TO do,
And so he takes his trenchant pen in hand
And calmly cans q manager or two.
Allentown's fair is proving to be the
greatest event In the history of that COM
munity The harness races have been
real treats and therefore from the sports
mans viewpoint all that could be de-
sired. Splendidly trained animals scored
down to the line and fast time was made
In all of the races.
A good crowd is likely TO be attracted
to Franklin Field tomorrow as Penn will
entertain Grttysburg's football band. The
battle should be a merry spectacle, and
not so one-sided as the visitors have
some star players who will make the To-
calls hustle,
The Germans evidently have the inter-
est Of Americans at heart. They threw
Stanislaus CyganiewicZ Zbyszko into Jail |
just as he was about to visit us.
IT, e. Nlckerson received over 800 ap- |
plicatlons for worlds series tickets. Mr.. |
Nickerson is secretary OF the Braves. |
The tickets in Boston will be sold singly. !
In pairs or in lots of three. Those maxi
ing applications will have the best chance |
to make their purchases by getting the !
lots of three, as the club management |
states that such applications will have the
preference.
A system is said TO have been devised
by the Boston National League manage
mant which viii practically leave the
ticket scalper high and dry this year.
lust what the Ian Is has not been made
public, but the idea is certainly correct.
Last season. Harry Davis had over
thousand applications from friends for
worlds series tickets. OF that number
= dlhtus bSIHe nitu 10 otHultes Llll-
norman threw out Magee. No runs, no
hits. no errors.
TENTH INNING.
Safer poppedd 10 LudeTus. Zimmerman
lied to Crayath. Schultz famed. No runs,
10 hits. no errors.
Cravath broke up the game by driving
he first ball pitched to him In the centre
leld bleaehers for home run. one run,
ne hit
Attendance. 700