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


Most guys, guess. have played it some.
It's funny how 1t goes. You have a card
not worth a rap and chuck It, Zip!
Some other chap just snaps 1t up an
throws. Well, jumpin' to the baseball
yard, Dick Rudolph seems to be that
card an Muggsy laid 1t down. For Stall
ings played next to McGraw. When
Mugs discarded, stalings paw snagged
Dick for Boston town.
Dicks right arm got to workin fine
in Canada in 1909 with OIL Toronto's crew.
The Giants grabbed him off next year.
but Muggsy soon began to fear ne
wouldn't ever do. So, cut adrtft DICK
foated round till last year when the
Braves boss found that he could use
his slants. Dick pitched right in. took
off his coat an got aboard the sinkin'
boat 1t gave the one big chance.
An chance It was. JUS take Pike
at how that team began to hike when
Dick got on his stride. Those nine ois
wins that he copped straight sure size
up like a speedy gait for one VINO
chucked aside. An just to hand NC
Graw the laugh he took the Giants on
his staff an beat 'em once or twice. II
will seek a buggery an pack his head IN
ce.-Copyrighted by A. NJ. CorriSan.
Football mobilization has been COM
pleted and the first skirmishes Will take
place shortly. Cornell will go under hre
tomorrow in a battle with Ursinus, while
Yale. Harvard, Princeton and the other
colleges will take to the gridiron on sat
urday for their first engagements. The
outlook Is brighter this year than ever
and there will be about 10 big games
played. Surely enough to satisfy the
appetites of the most eXacting followers
An athletic Moses like James f. sulli-
van does not develop in a life time, and
1t will take many year before his place
is flled in the hearts of American ath-
letes. That is tribute enough for great
man.
The Federal League still has It's eye
omen for players of the National League
The latest planned raid is directed toward
the Cubs Tommy Leach Is the player
concerned The Feds claim that If the
Chicago National League management
does not award an iron-clad threc-year
contract to the outhelder he will jump
Hans Lobert is the only man on the
Philadelphia club who is talked OF in
connection with the Feds. When cues
toned about the matter, Hans simply
states that he hasn't signed win the
| Phillies yet for 1915. But whether he is
| seriously considering an offer or not is a
matter of speculation Possibly Hans in
tends to go and possibly he has ne such
| intention.
Eddie Morgan, featherweight boxer.
has landed in this country from London,
| Eng. Morgans advent tllls the hearts
| of the fans with a longing to see him In
I action with Johnnie kilbane and others.
Very likely Morgan will fight the others
| before he is taken seriously.
You will have to blame this on George
| Z. Phair;
THE WORST Is YET TO COME.
Europe's hghtins men are falling,
| And the losses are appalling,
| And the wales of Europe ring with
| Womens cries.
| But the European battle
| Win he tame as childish prattle
| When our football correspondents
| mobilize
| There is really no reason why the
| Athletics or the owners of the local
/ American League club should pull for
4 the New York Giants to win out thi,
year rather than the Braves. They take
| IT, or at least the majority OF them do.
that the gate receipts would be larger
| in New York than they would be In
| Boston, but the igures of 1912 and 1913
/ show that there is very little difference
| In 1919 the Red SOx and Giants had
| 1853 paid admissions at Fenway Park
| for the nth game of the series. AT
the Polo Grounds last October the larg-
| est paid attendance at the Athletic
| Giant contest was $3.50 This proves
that there Is not enough difference In
ihs seating capacity Of the Polo and