New Britain herald., 1915-07-14

Where steiney. Evers, Tinker, Chance
Once led the league a merry dance?
Or do your memories take wing
lack where the vanished echoes ring
With - "for Chicago - Brown and
King?
Like spectral shade ws down the lea
I wonder If you ever see
Gray ghosts of Cubs that Used-to-be?
Gray ghosts that gather. one by one, 4
To frolic once more in the sun
From lost campaigns, forever dcneo
Gray ghosts that gather and careen
s In phantom whirl across the green
To mold again the Old Machine?
Or. sole survivor Of the cast
OF fame enduring to the last.
Are such dreams buried with the past
These are bizarre days for Brooklyn
fans. Heretofore their ultimate
huzza has faded out around June 10.
BY that date each season the cheering
had about ceased. But here, all of
sudden, July is radiant with hope and
dreams, the vocal catac1ysm has only
begun No wonder the weird shift
has tossed Brooklyn and environs into
a frenzy.
The Dodger Status.
Can the palpitating Dodgers main
tain their late furry No. But they
won't have to in order to finish first
There is no terrific amount of class
in the National league this season, and
amy club thatlcan travel from now out
at a 500 clip should weave a soft nest
in the gonfalonic branches of the
Pennant Tree. The Dodgers have as
good material as any one else, with
greater impetus. If they fail to sud
denly remember some day they are
the Dodgers there is no height too
great for them to reach.
The Case Of COombs.
Fate has turned some queer tricks in
it's day. It tossed Johnny Evers from
four time pennant winner to
chronic tail ender, and within six
months Johnny collected Ibis fifth
. world series stipend.
Has Fate the same award in view
for old fashioned Jack Coombs :?
Coombs, like Evers, came from a four
time flag winner to strong cellar con-
. tender, and it may be that he, too, will
collect again The scheme these
ribald days seems to be to leave the
top, move to the bottom and whizz
back UP with the elevator.
By Hughey Jennings.
My infleld is no wonder;
My pitching staffs no peach;
But what else does ball club need
| With Crawford, Cobb and Veach
1'll give Coffey chance, an
nounces Mr. Willard land 1 only hope
he is at his best Like Kelly does.
. We've had some wonderful light
| weight champs since Bat Nelson and
/ Ad Wolgast-both real fighters.
Wonderful in their amazing ability to
Eelect the greatest combination soft
/ spot and easy ka1e within reach. Mr.
/ Welsh doesn't care whole lot who,
| whom Or what he meets SO long as it
| isn't a regular fighter beyond ten
/ rounds
Having at Us.
Sir: Do you still figure the pennant
race rests among the Cubs, Phillies
| and Braves, as you did last week
JUST A BUG.
| mat was last week. his WEEK lS
| another matter. Our selection this
I.week is Dodgers. Giants or Cards
| Next week we may shift snappily to
| sPittsburg and Cincinnati That being
/ the sort Of race it is.
The Cub Future.
4 Col.#Bresnahan at present is mainly
concerned in giving thanks that he
4 and his club have escaped from the
its bysmal vengeance of the Drastic
Dodgers.
But having escaped with at least a.
/ portion Of his command intact, he ex-
4 poets to rebuild his lines and get going
again. He figures that hs club, after
a long, steady clip, was due for
i stump, and that it is now about ready
to swing back into the track again.
i He is looking, for a stronger offense
from Zinn, Good, Safer and others,
with a return to stendier pitching.
/ Rresna han is a good hustler, and he
/ has enough good material to make a
hight of it over the full distance. He
hasn't a great machine-but he has
/ enc of consistent power-and con-
sistency will be the winning factor in
/ a race minus any sign of brilliancy.<
TIL great Zim has been batting of
| late with his oldtime smash. In Zim
and Shuttle the Cubs may not have the
two hardest hitters III the game, but
they have the two who beyond any
others, barring Lajole, carry the finest
! rhythm and grace known to the art
/ of bringing bat around in the gen
eTal direction of flying ball We re-
II u I, &c. -