The Washington herald., 1914-10-23
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

Especial COlrespondeut Of The Washington HsrshD
New York, Oct. 2.-The honest-to-goOd-
ness sporting writers had a lot OF sport
with Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson at
the worlds series. One OF the games in
Philadelphia was almost over and Matty
and Ty were so interested that they had
forgotten to write line.
Say" said a Western Union operator,
where's your copy? New York is yell
ing murder. Get busy
Ty looked at Matty and Matty looked
at Cobb. For a minute or two Matty
gszed upward. Though never a spitbaIl
pitcher, he wet his pencil before he
wrote: "All roads lead to Shibe Park
today"
Cobb was OF with all his speed. and
Matty gazed over his rivals shoulder
and read: To-day Shibe Park was a
rooter's Rome Then both looked at
each other sheepishly and whispered to
the Western Union operator: Keep still.
pal: the guy that writes our dope is late.
He'll be here in a minute"
GrantIand Rice. the sporting writer.
has a little neighbor-a boy, aged seven
who is obeying President Wilson's in
junction as TO neutrality to the letter.
Said the lad the other day to Mr.. Rice:
Il don't care which Of the countries whip
Germany"
"Dopey, Benny has squealed, and a
shiver OF fear has run down gangdom's
spine. When the Rosenthal gunmen were
eIectrocuted it was thought that the East
Side had seen the last Of the desperadoes
who ruled the merchants by fear. "Dopey
Benny was about the last of the lead
ers. He is, in the language u an East
Side detective. "a little undersized runt,"
but he had Napoleonic powers in leader
ship, and many OF the huskies Of the
East side rallied to his support. He was
a confirmed drug fiend. and when his i'm
aginatiOn was fired by the drug he
thought out the brilliant cOups that made
him the idol Of his clique. Several times
lately. however. he has fallen a-foul
of the police. and now he Is going to go
up the river for "a long stretch il is
said. He has been hobnobbing with the
boys in the district attorneys office. and
1t is said that he has revealed some
things that will make some high police
officials do a lot Of explaining.
The New York newspapers peculiarly
have disapproved Of prohibition in Vir-
glnia. They declare that there is hypoc-
risy in the fact that wine, cider, and
beer may still be made when the new
order prevails. provided they are shipped
outside the State Says the Tribune:
Besides protecting thus in its bosom
certain interests permanently arrayed in
active opposition to prohibition, Virginia
at the very outset destroys all moral
sanction for the enforcement Of its law"
Another paper says: rs there any
more hypocrisy in Virginia than in any
of the other States voted dry with a
great flourish but always with provision
made for an undiminished supply from
outsider"
A prominent virginian in New York
recently submitted to an interview. in
which he said: We'll. sab. the Old Do
minion will soon be as dry as a bone.
the way the mint beds are going To
mint bed these days and no one will
chase it out"
The Duke de Majo Durazzo. who
welded Miss Hanan. the sister OF a mill
lionaire shoe manufacturer. is hunting
for a Job, now that an annulment suit
has been fled by the duchess. He has
been living in a hall bedroom in Forty
third street since the newspaper exposure
of his past record was made public. He
seems to be about the most humble duke
ever captured in these parts, and, as one
reporter said. This guy will eat out Of
your hand" What the duke wants now
is work, and he'll take anything he can
get: for he sees a hard winter ahead.
This, indeed, seems to be an OF season
for dukes Only a few weeks ago the
his creditors.