Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-27

q az "the old soup bone TIE sfas ff
the salary arm hucccnie Hist Hff1t |1
SIT that triple when Tho bases ta< dsh
populated2 Accident, mebhe
Jaesa erunted and turned over -
slab, Hardy had made 1ve hlfs Of H
in two games. which g eetlfne d
accident and into design.
The season progressed ana ts
/ go-lucky Reds fought their way IS
head Of the second division They mNs
no secret Of the fact that they
playing better than they knaw how. n
frst-division teams found them an unt
pected stumbling-blocis HardyH isfI|d
7 hitting was attracting attention. and &
I began 20 Be broadly hinted that iof oHes
Beninmin Franklin Daily had made 81
take. The manager smiled erfmiy when
I the papers IN his own town began r
\ sure him lightly for allowing aach
sweet hitter 20 escape
/ As for the Blue sox fans. they haa
I some trouble IN recognizing Hardy f8f
I the same man they had once tormtnftd
I They roared at him, and reminded hln
OF the goat and the tin can. bit Harfr
only laughed at them with his fhunb
his nose He was nolsy. aEsreshive af5
almost cocky.
Didn't ! say that fellow would mahs
trouble II he ever got Into his atrIde
asked DAILY
Down the home stretch they went te
the close Of the season. The Blue sos
were tied UP In a driving finish With Their
old enemies, the Grays. BY taKlne thtiY
last three games the Blue sox could via
the pennant even II tile Grayn won their
last two, which seemed likely. As no
pitchers seemed 70 be able TO Withstand
the terrific onslaught Of the heavy end
Of the Gray batting order
curled up In the corner of Pullman
smoking compartment, Hardy read fhs
sporting pages. and turned the situation
over in HIS mind. II was pretty fonrh
luck he thought, 10 have to play against
man nne Ben DAILY IN such crisio.
One more game won meant nothing se
the Reds One game lost meant eVere4
thing to Ben DAILY. A pennant meant
bonus for the manager. besides fst slice
OF the post-season PROFITS
catterson loafed into the smoking cone
partnuent and cast an eye over tho head.
lines OF Hardy's paper
wish K was the Grays we had to
play, said Catterson. Il like Ben Dait.
and want TO see him win out bur-
We've got to spill the beans for him II wa
can You remember what an awful bcIch
there was two years nRo when they SAID
the Pinks laid down 70 let the Grays win7
never believed there was word II
truth in that. but the scores made Il look
sou' roet the f'lNlAd a Darrel OF money
the next season. though. Jee-rusalem!
wish It was any man but DaIyls
Hardy was looking out at the fivfnr
landscape, one knee doubled up. ana IA
bony shin In fiis powerful hands Cat
terson had been putting him thoughts
into words
Ny own brother couldnt have been
winter to me- said the boy, al last ~
owe him lot; more than I can over
repay. but-oh. thunderl You know what
mean. I'll do the right thing if x
breaks a Iegl"
Good stunt said cstterson. n hone
We drop these three games. but they'v8
got baseball team 10 beat. None 81
mat scandal stun 10 mine!"
'This was the situation when the aoai
series opened on the Blue Sox field.
on the first day the Sox aiirhted un.en
Cunningham, the Reds splthall artist.
and hammered him for four runs ii the
opening inning The hits were nearly All
clean drives. A thousand miles away he
ITraya We're doing the same thing To sheir
opponents
on the second day the Biae sox. aflil
hltting like iends, drove two Red pIfche1.
70 the bench, winning BY q score 81 II io
o the Grays won their last game 81
game. 49,
CONTINUED ToAIoRRow.)