South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
CHARLIE EBBETTS
SMILES JOYF ULLY
At HIS DODGERS
Brooklyn Boys Have Been Going
Big This Season and Now
Are in Second Place.

NEW YORK. July 23.-If conVen-
tionalities didn't act as bar. Charlie
Ebbetts woulG be rushing forward
these days. embra ing each and every
one Of his pop-eyed Dodgers. and kiss
ing them ferveutly upon the forehead
and Adams apple for those Dodgers
certainly have gladdened the heart
and fatteued the pocket book OF the
said Mr. Ebbetts
Charles and companions engaged IN
promoting National league baseball In
the wilds of Brooklyn, experienced
very lean year in 1914 and there was
the prospect that 1915 would be even
more so. But the Dodgers have sur
prised rybOdy-themselVes mostly
--by playing wonderful baseball and
keeping within hailing distance of
first place almost since the season be-
gan.
Just a week or so ago the Dodgers
PLAYED FIVE home games that brought
out total attendance of over 10000
fans. That meant at least $4,000 for
the Golfers OF Charlie Ebbetts-an
amount bigger than Charles realized
for any 10 home games last year.
And the end amt yet" asserts the
enthusiastic. confident EDbetts. MY
boys are just hitting their stride.
They'll bear watching right along. OF
course, ] don't want 70 predict that
they'll win the pennant but ] do want
park for staging world series games.
When a certain New Yorker learned
that Howard Drew. the crack negro
Splinter had harpooned job as Pull
man dining car waiter on the Pacific
coast, ne said.
Il guess it must have been Drew
that waited or me when I came back
from the fair"
"How's that?" asked bystander
We'll. the fellow who waited on me
acted as if he was waiting 10 hear the
crack of a pistol before starting"
one OF the strangest features of
Honus Wagner's batting career is that
only twice. over a 19-year stretch. has
he poled out more than 200 hits per
season In 1900 and again in 1908 he
got POI safeties
Fandom assumed that because Wag
ner batted 300 or better over L.
year period and amassed grand club
bling average OF .331 for all Of these
L years. that ne had often made more
than 200 hits per season. but the rec
ords show TO the contrary
Al Orth. the umpiring person. seems
TO be unduly worried about Grover AL
exander. the pitching wonder Of the
Phillies
Alexander throws such a speedy
ball that eventually il will hurt his
arm says Orth. "No pitcher can
last very long if he puts all of his
arm power in a ball. the way that AL
eXander does
However. Alexander seems TO be
shooting Orth's argument to pieces
right now. Alexander busted into big
league baseball quite a few spells ago.
Ever since then he has been throwing
a bullet ball. If such a delivery is to
H. IL
seem that Alexis wing would have
started backwards about three years
ago.
Instead OF starting backward how
ever. Alexander's arm seems better
and stronger this year than ever be-
fore. The speed of the Phillie phe-
nom never was so great as il is now
and his arm is In such shape that he
could pitch every third day and not
feel the strain.
Such q poor lot OF horses were run
ing at the Ascot CLOS Angeles) track
recently that the public turned away
in disgust Joshng remarks came
from all sides but the climax came
one day when a junk man drove into
the track with a load OF tin cans and
began unloading them in front Of the
stables.
The irate track officials rushed mp
10 MIN and asked the why's ana where
fOres of his action.
"A fellow gave me s. and told me
TO bring a load OF tin cans and unload
them here" explained the junk deal
er. HE said the cans were TO be
food for the goats that are stabbed
here"
FLYING Fairy. once the Queen of
the Turf" is To bee retired by her
owner. Capt. r. r.. Cassatt The Won
derful race horse has seen her best
days Early in her career she was able
20 carry up To $50 pounds and beat
some OF the hest horses in the game.
But the old speed is gone
Just n short time ago. after suf-
fering numerous defeats 10y some fast
stake horses. Flying Fairy was sent
against an ordinary lot OF animals
and asked TO carry only 100 pounls.
and Flying Fairy was beaten
That defeat has decided me upon
the retirement of Flying Fairy" said
Cassatt.