The Washington times., 1914-05-24
Cobb Says Team That Beats Tigers Is Champion
ON AND OFF THE FIELD
Insists That Jennings Pitchers
Are Delivering Real Goods
on Mound.

on the amount of pepper displayed BY
orr club in roofing from the bench.
When we started that big rally In the
second New York game. the scene ir
our dugout was like that in the grand
stand at a big college football game,
only We had no organized "rah rahs-'
All OF the players were out in front Of
the bench yelling. jumping around.
throwing their hats in the air and in
general behaving like maniacs.
Maybe you don't think that helps the
fellows who are on the bases and IL the
lat, There is nothing more inspfrlna
than to have your own team mates
'tulling for You. 1t gives you conf
dence and determination to make good
an6, Of course. has tendency TO de-
nioralize the other side. When there
isn't word said on the bench, and you
feel that nobody cares a rap whether
you hit or strike out. your spirits are
bound to droop. Here's hoping that W.
have reason to keep up this pepper
all season.
A couple of weeks ago ! assured my
readers that the sluggers who at that
time were clustered around the 20
mark in batting would get going and
show their old-time form before long.
Most of them have made good for me,
and the rest are sure to start in due
time. The bad weather IN the East
probably has had lot to do with the
weak batting. No man can be ex-
pected to deliver the goods with ths
fail when he gets chilled to the mar
row standing around in his fielding posi-
tion. Nearly everybody has had slight
colds. too, and that takes the ginger out
Of you.
This Eastern trip has been a real treat
to some of the recruits on our club, who
have been seeing the sights in New
York, Boston, and Philadelphia for the
Efst time. They had a regular jubilee In
Gotham lamping the Brooklyn bridge.
the AQUARIUM, Central Park, and all
such places which the New Yorker
wouldn't think of visiting. but which
make a great hit with the out-of-town
people. One of our pitchers wasn't go
ing to be caught mapping, SO he bought
newspaper lalmanac and got the dope
in advance on all the places visited.
I hen, when some of the amateur guides
tried to enlighten the party, this fellow
pulled the real facts, figures, dates, and
all that sort of thing and backed them
up BY the almanac. In this way he
averaged 100 per cent in the argument
league.
We have had a couple Of or Sundays
that were great for the sightseers. Per-
sonally, / am not very keen for rest
days on the road, preferring to play
rather than be idle. IL there We're any
chance to go hunting, however. I'd well
come them. Hunting Is right where
live. 1t occupies the major part CT my
time in the winter months. and when ]
can get out in a good quail country with
a dog that knows his business, I'm sc
happy that l don't care II l never gel
another hit
Hunting is the great winter-time sport
of the baseball fraternity in general. and
there are few major league players who
haven't some talent with the gun.
T-TN M
and have spent some great DAYS al
George Stallings' place in Georgia.
L heard of a funn= story In connec'
tion with hunting last winter. Thert
was a fellow down in my country Nns
was a little tight with his change. ane
whenever he went out hunting ne teot
only a handful OF Shells These usually
ran out before long and he spent TIE
rest of the day borrowing. The other
hunters finally got tired of passing over
shells costing about ) cents apiece
and never getting them back, so theS
cooked up a scheme to cure him.
They had a lot Of shells loaded viii
one solitary buckshot. and when the
borrower began the gimme" stuff they
passed him out this doctored ammunr
ton. OF course. he wasn't hitting
thing with the buckshot and he KEEP
missed easy shots. After he had speni
the greater part of the day doing thi:
and was almost on his last load ol
borrow ed shells. he happened to hit
bird The big buckshot tore the quai
all to pieces-split it right in half. as
though a knife had been run through
it.
The tiSht-wad gunner knew that
nothing like th9t could happen With
ordinary bird shot. SO ne cut open one
of the shells that remained in his pock-
ct, and discovered the trick that Fad
been played en- him. Then he tumolee
to the fact that the boys were get
ting weary of supplying him with
shooting material, and after that he
loosened up and bought enough te
last him.
1914. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc