Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

| In sandlot games since baseballs birth
the kid who copped the pitchers berth
has been the kingpin guy wind-up an
roundhouse out-they make kids stars
| without doubt in any schoolboys eye.
Joe Connolly was one of these who made
| the batters fan the breeze back in his
barefoot days. Until he Joined the zanes-
Vile team he didn't shake his pitchln
dream or drop his backlot ways.
Joe wound UP funny fore he'd throw.
| They called him Herky Jerky Joe
around the Central wheel His wins were
big, but major scouts looked on an left
| appeal Two years Joe pitched. An
then he thought IL he was goin' up he
ought TO try some other place. But
GAINESVILLE said he had to pitch. Joe
SAID: 1ST'll quit or make a switch. It's
flies l want to chase"
They traded him to Terre Haute. He
worked liked bazes till he'd taught him
self to field a ball. He led the league
that year at bat an right away next
year his hat hung up In Cubville's hall. To
Montreal they farmed him out. He kept
his battin av'rage stout an last year
Joined the Braves. An now this self-made
outfield man is champeen slugger of the
clan. Game after game he saves-Copy-
right by A. NJ Corrigan.
1t is generally admitted that the AS
second-string men are stronger than the
Braves seconds. Also the Athletic reg
uars are somewhat more finished in their
baseball habits than the Boston sub
stitutes. which is more to the point, as
the latter will doubtless be called upon
to do a little duty before the series is
over,
Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald. of Boston, is the
leading rooter of Boston. In the series
of 1912. when the Red Sox defeated the
Giants Fitzgerald who was then the
city's chief executive, headed the Royal
Rooters at each of the games played at
the Polo Grounds as well as those played
at Fenway Park. This year the same
fan has banded together 200 rooters. He
will bring them to Philadelphia for the
first two games and return for the fifth
game, If one is played Fitzgerald's en-
thusiasm in Boston has been big boost
for baseball in the Hub.
A new and what seems to be a splendia
method of developing football players has
been put into practice at Harvard by
Coach Percy Haughton. Instead OF al
lowing 50 or more scrubs to stand on the
side lines, regular schedule has been
arranged for these teams, and the winning
eleven will be presented with the Percy
Haughton Cup. The individual members
of the winning team will receive smaller
cups as permanent trophies.
Sherlock Holmes detective battles will
fade into speedy oblivion next Saturday
when Mick" Carter, OF Penn, clashes
with Diamond Dick" Diamond. OF ,Iafay-
cite.
Since Charley Brtckley broke into the
game the national anthem OF the pig
slSins at Harvard has been Crossing the
Bar"
This time last year Larry MCLEAN was
calculating how many automobiles he ..
would be able to buy with his Serious"
money. With only the Yankee-Ciants
games to fall back on this fall, we won
der what Larry is figuring on instead
of machines.
One expert announces that Penn's Lack
OF interference caused her downfall al
the hands of Franklin and Marshall sat
urday. We had always understood that
there was never any lack of interferencs
at Penn-by the men "higher mp. ~
Just why Chief Meyers should bava
crushed his finger this year we cannot
see. The Giants are not going to play
the Athletics.
It was big surprise to Tfngside fol-
lowers TO hear that Joe Mandot out
pointed Joe" Rivers in New Orleans YES
terday. MandOt for some time has been
decidedly out Of the limelight, but his
stock has jumped within the last "a hours.
However, whether Il was Mandot's good
work or Rivers Indifferent fightInR that |
gave the New Orleans lad the victory Is /
a question Rivers has not been in the |
best condition for some time.
President W, F. Baker, of the Philliss
denies that he and other magnates Of |
the National League recently held a. Sc |
cret meeting with Gilmore, OF the Feds |
regarding Peace" between the warrinR |
baseball organizations. Mr.. Baker tbus |
delivered himself on the subject: II /
know nothing Of such a meeting. Ger
tainly the assertion that I was a party /
to it is absolutely false. 1 have had moth
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