Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-14
BREAKFAST
FOOD BIZ
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FANS DAY

FANo ~ y
''Fnns' Day iuaugurated by the
Brooklyn Federal League club, has
struck responsive chord ia the
bOsomS of baseball magnates at large.
tThere are several of them az lnrge.D
The Hrookl,n club. a. you probably
have read Ia the public prints. has set
aside Monday as Il day On which base
bail fans, regardless of race, creed,
color, sex or previous condition Of
serVitude, will be allowed 60 enter
the park free, gratis, for nothing.
without paying cent.
Charles ". Murphy, president emer-
titus OF the Cubs, il enthusiastic
over the Fans Day proposition.
"lt il great idea" he said. when
interviewed last night ''Ihe fans
who have done 50 much to make the
great American game what Il Is nre
deserving of some rewRrd. II IL were
not for the fans IL would be impOs-
sible for magnnte 20 run shoe
string mp 10 million. As result
the club management has set inside
day on which the public will be al
lowed TO enter the West Side park
cember I5."
Charles SOmers of Cleveland II one
of the few club owners who does not
quite grasp the "Fnns' Day" iden.
Nv haddRyameRn fRnsfi he said. ~
don't know what tan looks like"
Connie Mack is another advocate Of
"Fans' Day" lie = hnving printed
several thousand tickets bearing the
following annoUi dement's "This ticket
and 25 cents entities bearer 90 any
25-cent seat In the park"
Judging from the scarcity OF passes.
there never viii be Fans Day" at
the Speedway.
Freddie Welsh is la favor of a.
Fans Day in the boxing game pro
vided somebody else is doing the box
ing.
war has had little effect on the
Ivory supply. Right here in Chicago
we have IA TO Is baseball scores.
Ad Wolgast didn't mind the altl-
tude Of Denver He left because the
purse wasn't high enough above sea
level,
Cy Williams Is popular among his
IN Ehfh AtAuEtt FROM Nhith
fact we deduce that he does not own
"a ph0nOErhph nor NOW the lawn nj
a. IN.
Joe Birmingham has been canned in
spite of the fact that he has an un-
breakable contract Before the war
Europe had a lot of mpreguable
forts
As wEX JONES MIGHT SAY.
LIES Mysteries-Am boxers.
One of the beauties of presenta-
tion speech at ball game is that you
are so far from the plate that you
can't hear il.
Possibly II u 81 mere coincidence.
hut whenever there IL talk OF ~ match
between Mcfarland and Gibbons there
II a sudden rise In The temperature
Of the atmosphere.
HOW TO REACH THE SPEED
WAY.
l. CultiUate me acquaintance Of q
gent ich0 0iCnS motor ear and bun
1ew rounds
2. Join Martin DefducVs hRmq
olub or take a feto lessons from Dan
OLeary
3. BuB an orygeH helmet and take
a chance on the l. Q.
ban johnson has become the The0-
dOre Roosevelt Of baseball. lie Is
organizing smother Ananins Club.
Jim COrbett picks Tom COwler ~
the coming heavy weight champion.
but Il were well 10 suspend Judgment
on the lad. lie may not be aH bad as
all that.
II is not surprising that Heine Zim
stole home with one leg on the blink
We have helped ball players TO steal
home with both legs out Of commits
sion.
~ IN said In some circles TINT ~
cobb Is n baseball scribe. bur there is
a widespread suspicion that he never
will become afflicted with writer's
cramp.
a FAN BY PROXY.
/ Ike a IgiHninD game,
There Is no ian ran doubt u.
do not care 10 see the sdmc--
ia rdther read about H.
I'd rather let the battle rage
White I am eating dinner
And bun the eUeRtHg sporting page
10 learn WhO l0as the t0tHaeT,