The mirror., 1915-06-03
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BY A Fan.

BY Fan.
The thing certain baseball it's uncertainty. It is
probably this that helps hold the interest of the multitude of
fans through months of each and is this uncertainty
which nsures good popular sport uncontamnated by
gambling influence The players organized ball we'll
paid for the greater part we'll behaved give their best efforts
to the club they and have small time for matters out
side the regular routine during the playing we
could Judge OF the final results OF from the box
of the first few games interest the game would
and would die natural DEATH but for the
one swallow doesn't make SUMNER games
criterion of what to follow. This brings the little
ter OF accidents and off the field to valuable players
club starts off ratng pace with all it's players in the lineup
and wins string of games Suddenly of the players spikes
himself while rounding first base and out of the game for
week Next day the catcher acquires broken finger
two in trying handle fast foul tip and has to sit the
bench for while star pitcher falls bathtub in the
dark and breaks rb maybe falls out second story
dow walks into street while stargazng Another
suspended for back talk these things and
more they start follow other with bewdering pre-
csion and old ball club falls from the lead thru
the CELLAR and only requires week do it, Then per-
haps at the start the schedule calls for with rival clubs
which inferior all around playing strength
Victims leading the vcors become conceed while
later they bump into strong clubs and get sound beating
likewise causing them do the pummet percentage
table, All this much the various baseball writer's
who paid chronicle the dongs of this particular club
Thus observe of clubs that hailed pen
nant at the start gradually changing into estimates of
the teams chances for finishing the the
division. predictions made loud praises launched
in the early days, nobody would have hedge later But
the fans must be fed the dope and the writer allowed
special cence change this the occasion require
The of the past week concludes another chapter
the Cleveland American League club with Joe Birmingham
ing the role of recipient of the Tin Can Joe thinks
tract strong and Opnes he will report for duty the
ball yard each day in order to make good his claim the
monthly stipend 1t isn't exactly clear whether he canned
player boh He will be able to find this out
when he tries collect In the meantime the Maps prob
ably do than under oe regime Many good players
have become Nap payroll through
mngham's efforts while Lajoie, Johnston Olson,
Pecknpaugh and Bandng the conspicuous All
cept the latter doing well in their berths which in
order are: Athletics, Ftsburg, Cincinnati and New York.
Blanding has retired from the game Birmingham, fine
fielder and fair all around player not
he the unhappy faculty of aroung the eny of
his players by his methods of instructions which closely
preached what is known as 'badgering
The Phles have been tumbled from the lead in the Ma
on League through series of defeats the hands of
the Boston Braves They had reganed the lead by beat
ing the Cubs haow fashion, the Braves have started
and under the leadership of John Eve who still crutches
and has sit the BENCH playing snappy ball. Manager
Sangs became i'll and had to call Evers from his
home Troy and take charge. On their trip the West the
Phes past form should be able this temporary
setback Manager Moran has released pitcher Oeschger to
make for the Indian pitcher Ben lineup who is about
ready for duty.
The Boston Red Sox rough snag when they
the White Sox Comskey Park recently They
able single game of the SERIES atho of them
hoty contested for innings Pitcher Dutch Leon
ard suspended and home from Chicago for alleged fail
keep in condition and when he arrived in Boston
the newspapers story the effect Of which that the club
winning because Pres Lannn had practically usurped
Bill Corgans position Manager the trip and made
duty the players each day when they returned
the hotel from the Leonard said of the players
failed show the hotel for this pannng preerrng to buy
their meals elsewhere of their pocket In the light of
what happened to other clubs where with the
management vogue doesn't likely that Boston
will continue very long The Red Sox good
a proposition to spoil by such methods.