New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-25
Words of Billy Sunday
Seem To Be Coming True
with a Vengeance.
CLEVELAND FANS
WANT BILLY EVANS
Think Best Umpire in American
League Would Lead Indians
Out Of the Wilderness
BY HAYWOOD BROUN


when Billy Sunday frs. wen. e.,
Paterson he predicted that some.oi,,
terrible gould happen 10 New Yoyts
an just look A. our Giants noTT
Moreover the providence which M.
McGraw's men IN the cellar cen. T..
tent upon making things even worse ~
flooding their retreat.
Rain caused the third sucee.,ir,
postponement Of play a. The Pa
Grounds yesterday. and hyphens.sJ
Hans and the other Pirates vent W.
with one victory and no defeats AZ 49,
fruit Of their visit 20 New York.
The weather also prevented the pan.
between the Superbas and the Csr5;'
mails in Brooklyn. Miller Hucgins vii
bring his St Louis team across -.
river to-day. McGraw's men are goir,
70 climb very soon. but the Cariir,l.
may prove a most unsteady staircase
JEFF Tesreau, who has not pitched sInc.
he held the Cubs 20 S. on SuT,ss.
Day. probably will be the choice -
McGraw for mound duty.
John Lobert, that loyal surra,,,
took advantage Of the rain 20 at,sr3
the races at Belmont Park. Scanr;r,
the card, John found in the last ,ars
horse named Feminist. Upo, n.
quiry he discovered that Feminist LqS
never won or even run race h.,
that discouraged him not q whit ard
writing out his ticket he said 20
friend Feminist a place.
"Woman's place." said the memory
broker sententiOusly, els in the home"
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding
replied Lobert. Feminist a place
And when John collected he received
Just five times the amount he had bet
The Governor Of PENNSYLVANIA IA,
removed Hans Wagner from his fsb
commissionership. The Covorror
maintained that Hans did not cover
enough ground
l Schopenhauer, Fred Nerkle's favor.
ite author, was a pessimist. but they
cant come too gloomy for Fred these
days. Any player who dislocates an
| arm and returns 20 the game week,
later only to break his nose has a
right TO take violent issue with those
who maintain that everything is for
/ the best.
Bill Donovan knows row that Isaac
Newton was right. The Yankees have
felt the tug Of gravity.
There is an umpire who has friends.
and what is more, his friends are fans.
The rooters OF Cleveland have sen, a
petition 70 the owner OF the Indians
, asking that Billy Evans be appointed
, manager of the club.
I'VE feel confident" saws the com.
munication, that Mr.. Evans, with bis
broad experience and we'll known >ana.
billtles, IS the logical man az this time
to make our ball team the success so
earnestly desired by the patrons o.
the game in this city"
The job Of being manager Of the
Indians is something like the Vice
Presidency of the United States. and
there is no telling that Evans would
accept. He is known now as the best
umpire in the American League. bu, a
change in jobs would put him in COM
petition with Connie Mack, Hughie
Jennings and Bill Donovan.
The Canadian soldiers at the front
are said to be ever 80 eager 20 get hold
Of the sporting pages Of American
newspapers. Maybe they arc the fel-
lows who have time TO read the stories
about the iniquities Of the twenty-one
player limit in the National League.
Canadian soldier in trench reading
home paper to contradict says here
that Benny Kauff has jumped e the
Giants and that the Federal League IS
going 70 get square by going after ell
National League players, whether
/ they're under contract or not
Second Canadian SOLDIER wonde.
when those fellows will get wise
enough 10 quit lighting.
Pete Wood. a brother o, Boston's
Smoky Joe, is working out with the
Giants at the Polo Grounds every day.
He, too, is pitcher.
when you have stood there ir The
sun judging balls that come with
binding speed or with tantal eng
curve or slowness, it isn't any wonder
that an umpire's face becomes su.len'
hard and homely," said Hank O'Day ID
a recent interview. The statement was
shown to Bill KLEIN. That's all nom
sense" commented Klein, I've been
umpiring for twenty years.
Miller Higgins is said to be DIS
satisfied with Bescher as an outhslae'
because he holds the ball too 'ong
/ His trouble here was that he did NO.
hold it long enough.