Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
PERSONAL TOUCHES IN SPORT

The morning alters always sad An
fore this safe an sane Fourth fad
chucked kill-em-quicks for horns July
the fifth copped out the belt for all the
feels that could be felt on any after
morns. An yet in 1856, July the Afth,
some old stork picks to start BeaIs
Becker out. Twas out in FL Dorado too,
where Kansas cyclones up an blew birth
places all about
But somehow Beals came through al
right an got his normal weight an
height. An when he came nineteen he
Joined the team at Little Rock TO sho"
the folks what baseball stock he'd stored
up in his bean Three years OF bushn'
made him fit to pack his little trav'Ln Kit
an board the Pirate ship. He didn't
quite outshne the moon and went to
Cincy pretty soon. Twas there he got
his grip
But Cincy never keeps good men, so
Doom copped off Becker when he hit his
topnoch gait Beals leads the Philly hit
smiths now an shows the old league
gard ners how to play that left estate.
He hits well over Three-o-o an often
makes his bIngIes go for more than
just one base He does his playin' all
leIt mana. BUT tuaI AIN SuCu pdu
birth-brand consid'rtn' time and place
Copyright by A NJ. Corrigan.
Another chance for the American pub
lie to read about a good fight has been
KILLED by the manager Of Jimmy
Clabby, who wires that he will not allow
his pet 10 box that dreadful man, Mike
Gibbons.
Francis Ouimet is now thoroughly con-
WINGED that golf is a funny game.
Harry Nardon made that remark when
Ouimet defeated him in that memorable
national tournament. Ouimet has had
his second setback in two days at Green
wich. Conn.
The National Athletic Club should be
packed TO the doors next Saturday night
when "Al' Mccoy fights Jack" Nc
Carron. Mccoy is the pugilst who de-
feated George Chip recently. al" claims
the middleweight title, incidentally,
You may call this autumn weather If
you wish, but II does not matter to the
weather maker. The thermometer has
been up in the 9Os for several days and
II might as Well he midsummer No
man is wearing a straw hat, either Not
a bit like the usual football period, is It?
Maybe the Columbia University nine is
IhNOItd bN lN' NttlIlFI man. as We
notice the New Workers are having their
fall baseball practice.
Here's what Baird Leonard SAYS:
MGRAW TO THE GIANTS.
Too late for fass, too late FOR coin,
Too late, too late,
You loitered on the road too long,
You trifed at the gate
Each summer game you might have won
Comes hack in zbOEt'y
You slept while StallinE's Boston Braves
Were making love to Fate,
To see them crack beneath the strain
We now must stand and wait
Three years ago two years ago
One year ago,
Even then you passed the post In time,
Though somewhat slow;
But you We're playing better ball
Than you today can show
MarQuaTd would sometimes win game
The Chief could throw
Think YOU the gods will never grant
Four pennants in a row.
Certain spectators appear 10 imagine
that when they buy ticket at the gate
Il entities hem to abuse the ball PLAYERS.
The players do not lend hearty support
10 the idea
A cheap way 10 commit suicide: ASK
one Of the Giants what he intends 10 do
with his share Of the worlds series
money
In announcing the worlds series will
commence October & Ban johnson saws:
1T is our aim 10 start and finish the
series as early as possible" Well we
do not know WHOM start H. hut sfter
watching the Athletics for some wears
we can imagine WHOM finish II as early
as possible.
At last Msthewson's prediction has
come true. The Braves have begun 70
Crack-the baseball.
Lavender Is suspected by the Phfly
players OF having used the emery bali
in yesterdays game. II Is true that De-
teetive Rigler. after an exhaustive
search OF Jimmy's person, was unable
10 locate the magic paper but the ball
which Jimmy was on the verge of
throwing showed a slight abrasion. If
Jimmy had the paper he must be a
lsgerdemain artist. for there wasn't even
sign OF IL Not only Is he that awful