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

Some guys don't have to have much
never do tap. An I don't blame EN-
understand. II he gets by I shake the
hand o that there sort o. chap. Take big
Jim Thorpe, worlds athlete champ. His
work'd hardly tire tramp. An yet I'm
strong for jim He's In his third year
with hcGraw an 1 guess no one ever
saw 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 bis rep was made as
athlete e1tra-ply. He played in Caro-
lina's hills-down there where corn IA fed
to stills for fear folks might get dry. If
all the Indian wants Is fame he doesn't
have to play the game-his rep Is safe
right now. He copped off sportdom's
Golden Fleece an with II wandered back
from Greece with laurels on his brow
Copyrighted by A. n. 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
70 afnh Ink
Willard. II 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 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
10 Franklin Field tomorrow as Penn Will
entertain Grttysbur8s football band, The
battle should be merry spectacle and
not 30 one sided, as the visitors have
some star players who will make the To-
calls hustle.
Tn. Germans evidently have the inter
est Of Americans at heart. They threw
Stanislaus CyEaniewtcz Zbyszko INTO jail
lust as he was about to visit us.
II p. Nickerson received, over 800 ap-
plications for worlds series tickets. MT
Nickerson is secretary or the braves
The tickets In Boston will be sold sinsiy
IN pairs or in lots OF three, Ihose lhaA-
ing applications Will have the oest ena,s ~
no make their purchases by setuns Ihe
lots ~ three, as the club MANAGEMENT
states that such applications will have the
preference
A sv.tsn is said to have been devised
nv the Boston National League mAhase-
ment which will practically lssVe lne
Inst that The Tlan 10 has not been made
nublIc. but the idea is certainly correct
r.on Jourdet. who has Just been APP
DoInted 10 coach the Penn basketoall
team. was the star member OF the reu
and Blue fye in 1918. Jourdet was cap
tsIn ana played guard. His ability as
uIavsr a above question. but so FAR ne
has had little experience as a eoaeh'
KisfabsE, another former Fehh Piasei'
90 charge OF the team last year hehce'
though captain. Jourdet had little oPPor-
tunity 10 coach.
Last season, Harry Davis had over
thousand applications from trlenos IoI
worlds sATies tickets. OF that numosr
about one-third wanted passes. Evidently
these persons did not realize that HAIRY
bouEhf apS paid for the tickets on which