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

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 tn.
feels that could be felt on any after
morns. An yet in 1886, July the fifth,
some old stork picks to start Beals
Becker out. Twas out in e. 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 show
the folks what baseball stock he'd stored
UP in his bean Three years of bushin
made him fit to pack his little trav'iin' kit
an board the Pirate ship. He didn't
quite outshine the moon and went to
Cincy pretty soon. Twas there he got
his grip.
But Cincy never keeps good men, so
Doom copped on 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 we'll over Three-o-o an often
makes his b1ngles so for more than
just one base. He does his playin all
lett mana. 5lt. tNat am SuCn pdu
birth-brand consd'nn' time and place
Copyright by A. VI. Corrigan
Another chance for the American pub
lie to read about good fight has been
KILLED" by the manager of Jimmy"
Clabby, who wires that he will not allow
his pet to box that dreadful man, Mike"
Gibbons.
Francis Ouimct is now thoroughly con-
WINGED that golf is a funny game"
Harry Vardon made that remark when
Ouimet defeated him in that memorable
national tournament Ouimet has had
his second setback in two days at Green
witch. Conn.
The National Athletic Club should be
packed to the doors next Saturday night
when "AP Mccoy fights Jack Nc
Carron. Mccoy is the pugilist who de-
feated George chip recently al" claims
the middleweight title, Incidentally.
You may call this autumn weather il
you wish, but II does not matter 10 the
weather maker. The thermometer has
been up in the COS for several days, and
it might as well Re 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
favored by the weather 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 hags, too late for coin,
Too late too late!
You lOiteTed on the road too long,
You trifed al the gate;
Each summer game yOu might have won
Comes hack i'm ghost.y state,
You slept while Staltnss Boston Braves
Were making love 10 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,
Aarquard 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 a ticket at the gate
Il entities hem TO abuse the ball players
The players do not lend hearty support
10 the idea
cheap way 10 commit suicide: Ask
one of the Giants what he intends TO do
with his share Of the worlds series
In announcing the worlds series will
commence October g. Ban Johnson saws,
1T is our aim 70 start and finish the
series as early as possible" Well. we
do not know who'll start IT, but after
watching the Athletics for some Years
we can imagine who'll finish It as early
as possible.
At last Mathewson's prediction has
come true The Braves have begun to
craek-the baseball
Lavender is suspected by the Phiny
players of having used the emery ball"
IN yesterdays game. II is true that De-
tectiye Rigler after an exhaustive
search Of Jimmy's person. was unable
70 locate the magic paper, but the ball
which Jimmy was on the verge Of
throwing shqwed a slight abrasion. II
Jimmy had the paper he must be a
legerdemain artist, Tor there wasn't even
= sign ef 1t. Not only is be that safu