The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22

Old Pants Rowland, manager OF
the worlds champs. has been APP
pearing in vaudeville recently around
Chicago and seems to have given
general satisfaction. He has dis
cussed the worlds series for the
vaudeville patrons and has been al
ways interesting and at times down
right humorous. But he managed to
make little break in his perform
ance on the opening night, many
present being moved to guffaw.
Rowland was telling about the cele-
brated Zim-C Collins race to the home
plate and he declared that Heinie
chased Collins a distance OF "from
| fifty to seventy-five yards" which
seemed ludicrous to all Of those who
knew that the distance between
third base and the home plate is only
ninety feet.
Jack Hendricks is putting over a
brand new sort of comeback. 1t now
appears that he is yet to be the
Cardinal manager next season. When
Branch Hickey signed Hendricks
some weeks ago he found that Jack
had a contract with Indianapolis that
has a while vet to run. Now 1t seems
that an agreement may be reached
between the Indianapolis and st.
Louis arrangements and that Jack
will get the big league job he yearn-
ed for, after all.
Another way OF bolstering up the
big leagues next season when many
of the boys march away win be TO
| import more Of the Cuban baseball
stars. There are more than a few
fast teams in Cuba and quite a few
star players can be recruited there.
The most recently reported Hun
outrage is the bombing Of American
and Canadian baseball fields IN
France. Our boys abroad are obliged
| to hunt a new diamond every few
DAYS, as the Huns will spot their
playground and blow a few large
holes in it the first chance they get.
1t just shows their dirty dutch dis
position!
II any of the New York Giants had
hoped to get raise in pay next
season they may prepare to burst
into tears. The New York manage
ment has decided that all Of the
Giants must get along with the same
contracts next year though It's pos
sible that all Of the players have not
1
President Hampstead and Manager
Muggsy have been in no great hurry
to chat with the boys about 1T. Most
OF the games stars who are lucky
enough to be still at it all next sum-
mer should be willing to worry along
on the nice fat wages they are now
| getting, especially at q time when
baseball is none too prosperous any
way.
Ernie Shore, Of the Red Sox, is
the most recent of ball players to
become q yeoman in the navy. The
| yeoman branch OF the naval SER
vice seems to be picking up quite 2
few ball players and the like VINO are
willing to go to war so long as they
/ are not likely to endanger their
precious lives thereby. The work or
q yeoman is commonly described as
OF a clerical nature and many Of us
are puzzled to see how ball players
are especially well fitted for such.
Five years ago Bombardier Wells
knocked out George Raodel i'm the Sec
ond round Of a bout staged in Lon
/ don. RodeI Is a Boer and fought the
British ia South Africa before he be-
gan lighting In the ring AT the
/ time he insisted that he got a raw
/ deal in the bout with the Bombardier
In the long dispute which followed
| the scrap Rodel claimed that he was
waiting for the count Of eight to get
Iup when the timekeepHr rang the
bell and spoiled his rest.
Rodel began fighting In the ring
about eight years ago. and whipped
an the best amateurs IN South