The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
By DAMON RUNYON.

Chicago, oct. b--At ? o'clock to.
night. Western and Auditorium hotel
:!.-f.. the worlds series of 1917 had
reached the well stage Of the con-
Nersation.
The shine" bali the weather, the
probable pitchers, gals. and all such as
that. had been exhausted and every
body was Just saying we'll
When YOU get down TO where every
body is saying we'll IT is time for
the party 10 break up and give the
L=-ermour a chance to perform the
duty to which nature Intended Them
This goes for q worlds series. the
dispersal ~ soclable, tile good night
parting az the garden eate. or a con-
versationar Jam with the Old lady
when the yelling starts. the say
is done
Well. that's the situation here in
Chicago as these lines are being tick
Cd together by folding, air-cooled
typewriter
Some soceiness manifested itself
around the edges Of the series this
morning It rained Besides thar. the
national commission, and Clarence
CIoseclutch Dorgsn got in The great
American pastime WAS practically IN
termed LhFouEHout the daN
The weather man, Fullerton, con
suited his figures, both offensive and
defensive. and announced that tomor-
row the weather viii be better than
today by at least five calories. one boat
length and three runs.
The baseball community let off three
cheers and rebel yell at this news.
The rebel Yell was supplied by Clar-
epce Closeclutch Dorgan, the hot
hlooded Southefner, who comes from
South Of the Slot, i'm San Francisco
The ',ew York Giants were at an
cllor in the Auditorium throughout
the day The Chicago White Sox
chung desperately TO their respective
hrtches in remote paris of the city
All parts Of this. city are more or less
remote, though some are remoter than
others.
No member Of the sox lives less than
three dola and thirty cents as the
taXieheater Iiiee from the bend in the
Chicago loop.
Series situation Romans same.
The situation. as regards the out
come Of the series remains just as be-
fore It is in statu quo The Giants
may win and so m the Sox. You
c3n never tell how IA an eIenhant can
Ing ribs
The national commission has open
ed headnLarterr NJ tn Congress ho-
tel At 8 O'Clock the walters had to
/ be taken To a blacksmith shor 20 &c.
calks put on their shoes The Con
gress floors err very slippery The
J local closing hours for al places where
people want to he is / o'clock Out
side Of that no CLOUD darkens the
bright vista Of the national commits
sion.
Bobby Wallace. who has been In
, the American league since Arson was
recruit was wandering around the
LOBBY of the Congress this afternoon
trying to get ticket of admission 70
the past)me. He was havirg no luck
Clark Griffith was attracting coagu-
llations of persons with loud declama
tions about bats and balls for the sold,
iers AS side line to his occupation
d for collecting instruments OF amuse-
ment for the fighting forces, CLARK
manages the Washington clur
Cmps Get Together.
Bill Evans. Charles Rigler and Bill
klem three OF the four umpiree who
win work In the series. met for thc
first time since 1915 IN the lobby ant
hung up the old conversational punch.
ing bag
Punching the bag ~ hasehaliese
for chewing the rag" The origin o
the expression traces hack to tt ha
bit some men have Of using thei
hands while tallang much after thu
manner Of a fellow hammerint
punching bag
The two Bills and Charley got I,
the yelling" early, ard thtn set GU
10 find silk OLouRhln. the fourth mn
pire in the series Only umpires know
where each other stop in baseball
city They pick out quiet inConspicu
Gus taverns and hide there year b.
year
The four jumps. in the present series
are staying al the hotels where the,
stay during the run If the reGulat
season. They will not tell their ad
dresses They are afraid HeiBe Zim
norman might want to look EN- III
after one of the games
Heine spent the day very pleasant
" doing about eight miles up anr
down the lobby Of the Auditorium
Delegations Of his old friends who re
side In Chicago waited upon him a
intervals
Old Players Tell Experiences.
Dan @ IAeary. the old time ball play
e. who never fails to cali on McGrav