South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-24
O'LOUGLIN
IS SUCCESSOR To
TIMOTHY HURST
of Repartee and Sar-
caSm is Always Ready With
C0me-baCk-GiantS
Need Pep.
~ Ernnk a. Menkr

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-The silken
Mr.. OLOughlin seems 10 ave sue
ceeded Timothy Hurst as the umpiri-
cal master OF repartee and sarcasm.
A large flock of vicious mosquitoes
recently arrived on Manhattan island.
and among the points OF interest
which they visited was the dug-out
in the polo grounds. SO many
"skeeters" damned their singing way
into the dug-out that the Yanks fed
TO the lawn for protection. Encamp-
cd there, they began TO make NOSES
Ike jeers whenever silk made de-
cisions not to the liking of the said
mosquito-bitten Yanks.
Back TO the uug-Out for youse,
murmured silk" at last.
The Yanks protested
If we go back there yelled one
Yank TO silk those insects viii
bite us more and were liable TO get
malaria fever and thatll cripple the
team"
Cripple il, hey" retorted silk.
"Vyhy,Asay. if about 10 of youse guys
weren't on the team the owners would
be better Of"
a while later Catcher Alexander of
the Yanks was ON first. The next bat
ter hit a foul and Alexander pulled
q bone" by dashing for second. He
was out on a double play.
YOU'RE out, Mr. Alexander an
nounced silk" you're out for try
ing to go 10 second on a foul fly. And
vet" said silk" as an a~fterthought,
there are SOM of youse ball players
who have the nerve TO question the
judgment of an arbitrator"
Bob Shawkey was in the box for the
Yahks-and he was lbing poorly. He
gave a pair Of passes and allowed a
flock of hits. Then Shawkey began
bowling over silks" calling of balls
and strikes.
Say, me boy" cut in silk" don't
try to alibi yourself with the crowd by
kicking TO me. You're doing all
right-you're certainly doing the
best you can"
The western fans make the same
diagnosis Of the Giants case as do
the home fans lack of pep" and the
loss Of the wonderful fighting spirit
that carried them to the crest of base
ball in years gone by.
The Giants play a ~listless. "I-don't-
g~ive-a-rap game, in the opinion OF the
fans. They seem discouraged 10 an
extreme degree. They don't go into
the game as they used to-with the
old n-spite-everythin
motto.
The Giants gained their greatest
glory in the old days through their
wonderful rallies. Times innumer-
able they went into the final innings
of a game from two TO five runs be-
hind and closed with "A rush that
brought them victory. They never
quit fighting till the last man was out.
But all Is changed now. The
Giant machine has grown rusty; run
cogs are worn and it doesn't run
-.la4LTv- U-hn Old ~ Cnn01E zone
and the Giants can almost be cOnsid-
cred out of the 1915 pennant battle
To be sure, they are still within
striking distance Of first place. But
they are there not because the< have
played good baseball, but because all
the other clubs have played So poor
~ thai at this late date a 500 per
cent club still can be figured as a pos
sibility. Before September rolls
around it's a safe bet that one or an
other Of the battling teams will have
played away TO a good lead-and it's
an even safer bet that 1t won't be the
Giants:
There never was a pitcher who
was a better loser than Alexander
is the bouquet that Pa Moran heaves
at the pitching star of the PhtIies.
THE majority OF pitchers crab and
peeve when they lose. and If II hap
pens to be the fault of their team
mates they howl like a wounded sea
lion.
But Alexander is different. To
lose hurts him-but no one knows II.
After a defeat he's just as good ma
tured as after a victory. If the boys
boob away a game behind him Alex
never says a word. If the boys come
up and start To tell him how sorry
they are he icst laughs and tells them
10 forget it-that such things are all
part of the game.
Alexander is the most popular
man ON the team. not merely because
he is a great pitcher, but because
he has a wonderful character-be-
nansn ha.s n man cloar thrOmgh.-