New Britain herald., 1916-09-15
From the Field.

Let eacn man say ms IS my game, I've entered-so I'll make my stand; 1t may be that I'll come to fame; It may be that I'll never land: It may be I shall reach the height, Or stumble onward through the rout, But after all, a fights a fight III play it out.''
 New Strikes.
 Strikes being the order of the fes- tive occasion, we suggest these addi- tions:
 1. That golfers strike for courses without bunkers or traps, and twelve inch cups planted in the hollow of each green
 ?. That poxors strike for univer- sal adoption of the Freddie Welsh sys- tenn, where each man can take his own referee along.
 8. That ball players strike for a fve-inning game and the right to- bite any umpire under the left ear at any given moment.
 The Survivors.
 That five clubs out of the original sixteen should survive the pennant controversy through the middle of September is by no means a record, tut it is at least big improvement upon the past few years. As a big average since 1908, the last year of the Big Smear, we have only had two or three contenders at this section of Q waning race. Today there are three survivors left in the American, with Boston, Detroit and Chicago in the hunt l. .7' 's Countless injuries crippled the Braves, leaving the edge to Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
 Attempting to pick a winner under the conditions that exist is foolish mainly for the reason that out of the field no one club has shown any con- sstent all year strength. No man can pick out any one machine and call it a great one. Unless Boston can crush Detroit and Chicago the Red Sox have DO great chance, despite their game ness.
 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia As for Brooklyn and Philadelphia, the finishing schedule permits of too many shifting possibilities to offer any ] tip.
 Brooklyns last seven games are i against Philadelphia and New York. | Philadelphia's last seven games are 1 against Brooklyn and Boston. As the situation stands today Brooklyn has | the harder finish, but the decisive se- i ries is pretty sure to come when the l Phillies establish their outposts along l the GOwanus canal
 Princeton's Chance. l If Speedy Rush can find a quarter. back to direct Tiger destinies this fal | Princeton has the chance of a lifetime | to overwhelm all rivals l Yale, despite her start in the right direction, will be rebuilding from the | bottom.
 Harvard has lost Mahan, the most dangerous single factor of the modern game. And to face this situation Rush has first class material but first class material is of no great use with cut a directing general at quarter to l shoot it along. Given a good quarterback Princeton ! should win both games. But good l QUarterbacks are not to be lifted by the scruff of the neck from the crowded highway and dropped into position on the field. Which reminds us that Pennsylva- n1a's day around the bottom is about ever. Penn at last has the man to lead her out of the wilderness, provided she is to be led at all. Songs of the Off Trail. Whether it's ghosts from forgotten Autumns,
 Whether it's dreams of the great Might Be, l. hard to stay in the crowded places When the winds are whispering Fol low me-" Follow me through the dusk and starlight,
 Follow me through the dawn and i dew;
 And who can say when the journeys over?
 Maybe we'll come to a dream that's
 How does Heinie, the Great Zim," queries Cub fan, Took in a Giant uniform ?'' Generally in the direction of the umpires if there is any one in sight.
 Umpire Lord Byron, the Singing Judge, has arranged new song for the peevish athletes. It is entitled, "Please go way and die.'
 When asked to dash off something after the manner of his less illustrious predecessor, the first Lord Byron, the poetic ump, responded as follows: Manhattan Isle, Manhattan Isle, Where lawn McGraw now plays the
 game,
 These peevish players make me smile l yearn to toss 'em from the frame; I yearn to see their boiling wrath, Then chase 'em to the shower bath"