South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-26
KING GEORGE To
GET REAL TASTE
Of BALL TODAY
viii be Honored Guest When
Giants and Sox Clash at Lon
don Today = Players at
Luncheon.
By DAMON RUNYoN.


LONDON. Feb. IS. His gracious
majesty. King George, the Ban John
son Of all England. VIII give Amer
ican baseball one glare Thursday anI-
ernoon. according 10 an announce
ment made Wednesday al the lunch
con rendered the globe gaIlivanting
Giants and White SOx at the savoy
hotel by the American business u7er
OF London.
John T. Grihiths. the American
consul general. who presided over the
luncheon, made the announcement
after the guests had arisen TO drink
the health OF King George and Pres
Woodrow Wilson. The news was re-
ceived with great applause, especially
fIom Harry Sparrow and Tip O'Neill
the business manager or the tour.
The presence Of the king means oig
crowd Where the king goes IN Lon
don SO goes everybody else who can
horn in.
George will be admitted 10 the
game free OF charge. He VIII be
given the seat of honor in the vicinity
of the home plate for the purpose OF
keeping Bin Klein somewhere near
the paStime. If George should hap
pen To get into the right field bleach
ers. for instance, Bill would never b.
able 10 see a single play on the field
For the film snatchers VIII naturally
he following the king while Bill viii
Just as naturally be following the filn
snatchers. You can't lose Bill, boSz.
even in a great wicked city Ike Lon
don.
Englishmen seem to think the de-
Cision OF the king "a high compliments
20 baseball not realizing that Louis
Mann. George COhan and Joe Hum
pnreNs some times go 10 ball game
several DAYS a week IN New York.
alike Donlin is greatly elated over the
chance To play before the king. how
ever. For although Mike has often
worked out in the presence OF queens
ne has never had regular king M ms
audience.
over 100 prominent Americans
we're present at the luncheon Wednes-
daV. Mr. Grifiiths made one OF those
hands across the sea" addresses IN
welcome TO Lord Desborough. the IA
NOUS sportsman: Sir George Ridel
and others Both of these celebrities
addressed the pilgrims Dutch Schaefer
was greatly disappointed because
Lord Desborough did not wear ms
coronet or whatever goes with MS
title.
Responses were made on behalf Of
the globe gallivanters by Joe Farreit
of Chicago and Jimmy Callahan. Oio
Ted Sullivan closed with an orator
ic;il effort that sounded like a COM
bination of the star Spangled Banner
and Marc Anthony's outburst over
the late J. Caesar set TO tango music
only il was longer. Neither McGraW
nor Comisl1ey could Doe present both
We're siclS i'm bed. McGraW's doctor
advised him against cong "u'
Pneumonia is feared as McGraW con
tracted "A cold some time ago and mas
been getting worse since his arrival lh
London Comiskey had relapse
from his old illness. but II is not
believed to be serious
jimmy callahan returned from ire
land this morning. it seems he spent
most Of his time digging up the MS
tory Of Murphy and he claims ne
las The complete dope on the 'Weskt
king" Cal claims the Irish deny Mur-
t.hK .-aS ever in Ireland unless % Was
i'm the extreme north.
The game THURSDAY viii be played
ON the held Of the Chelsea footbal
team. The weather "Wednesday was
very promising Faber viii pitch Tor
The Giants. He is a young recruit VINO
belongs 10 the SOx. He looks Ike
mighty GOOD mar Every move re
,oi1ds one OF Red" AmeS. Jim Scott
wiz do tho tossing for the White SoX.
The Cunard Office here says tho
Tusitania will arrive in New YORK
,.vt Thursday night as the result OF
= new schedule All Of the passen-
gers VIII be debarked the same night