New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
4 Few Hairs
On Upper Lip
Beat Yankees
Iii. Schang Knocks Out
Home Run with His
Mustache
2, ". O. MCCLELLAN

By ". o. MCCLELLAN
w. Sehang, wearing the Oni'
N'D Vs.. ief, in Organized Baseball
h,u game for the Athletics II
- ~ inning at the Polo Ground
y - -. after she Yankees seemed Il
IN -. psstime roped sud hog-ti'd
With the sole surviving hniSl
,;,b a home run that exploded
-rst rrandstand with a dctona
: !, a.t woke tic echoes under Coo
q, SIsf u..., 81. A,,.
y, ,se usual place. when The mar
4 n, n,tle fringe Of spinach on hi'
~ u, ,.epped up to bat with TIVE
,1., Russell. who had bee'
- nice sight ball for eight inn
", jus, starting TO blow Ih'
= - 6isintegration vas when h
- down the alley % Schsng
-.ne ended rbrapuy and an
,,.,6,y OF the instant
Titus Lost Offender
...aehe became eNtinc, 10 th'
- ,sst,mc seven years ago when
49, 80 n tbe Philnes, removed
f.ll sweep o. razor a l2-ineh
.f.sburn hued spinach. Prior
f''.o - nj Titus baseball players
ls ,-ore mustnches, but whlskers
ana other hlrsute clsgulSes.
- ,rac,icc. like the wearing OF
~. tassed out Of the pRsume-
4 I'll tic mustaohe Of Titus very
- ,svs our colleague, William
s..t 81 recall IL because II was
~, Titus had. When It was re,
90 lust naturally disappeared
= o. he game. ..s..L,,
..--st'o1 when Schang started the
7. with q fringe on his lip. II was
49,. tho growth was q modest one
.--msJ down almost 10 the poinl
fr5sree. lt was neither waNeG
bTifartincd Ike the spinacnes Of
I. bssshsn DAYS. Still. II was a
,.,.he q growth supposed % be eX-
"a 10 The game. o.
n. other players protested 20 Cor
/ ~ WscGilicuddy. Lets try one
.g,- with a mustacho,' he replied
/ 4, esht be much worse OF than we
re- anyhow
Chills OF Fear
re-, .,srtlinr success OF the mus
-, revival in yesterdays game has
:. .l1ls Of fear shooting through
! !, hearts Of the other members Of
i. itblsties. Connie Mack, 10 IS III
nd is ready 20 ISSUE an order that
~ The Athletics revive the custom
rearing mustaches and suspenders.
Ia NJ MseGillicuddy is said 10
, searching the antique shops FOR a
-,.,,he CUP. which rs 10 be presented
Seh.ne as a token Of esteem. Any
= possessing one Of these heiriooms
ri be able 10 dispose of 10 10 the
+lstie msnarer for q neat price.
3, Kelley. once the pride and orna-
/ y Of the Orioles in the days when
i drht Of mustsches and suspenders
! be public highway did no. cause
-,s 70 resr or automobiles 70 BACK
y Is inclined 20 believe in the return
he customs Of the hirstute period
as national psstlme.
They hit when they wore them.
a Joseph tersely. Just then Schang
~ ne ball. and Joseph added. Il
y ypB 50"
l,isph once. ln common with VII
m Robinson. John j. McGraw and
,r, RrOdie. sported 2 mustache and
we ,uspenders. though his face IS
round and smooth as any Of the
iri balls IN the Doyle Academy.
Cap Huston Impressed
sgain TillinghGst Huston is also
s,a6tring mustaches for the Yankees,
g IS firm against suspenders. The
ran wore a mustache when cam
trlE near San Juan Hell. IF the
2lstcs can trim the Yankees just
.zsss ny BOYS have no hair on their
css' he exclaimed. "lN turn the
risss into a company o. po.lus. And
Donovan viii have 20 grow q beard
& them q good example
tyss, who pitched the opening ses-
here for the Athletics. was a fair
ssgh problem for the Yankee bat
"a In the fourth inning the Yankees
s.sd 10 have him wavering a bat.
? s.ashed a hit through short, and
~ Bun Baker drove one to night
u The pair advanced on Msgee's
'rase PiBp scored when Peckln-
q vas thrown out by Noyes.
he fifth Allan Russell. who
o an effective bat once in q while.
/" two-bagCer % right held.
a'os Xavier Giihooley singled and
s.l scored
ny made tie game look safe enough
ne Yankees and most o. the IN
ANS Of the stands moved in the
,Saon Q; Harry Stevens's coffee par
: situated Of the top Of the stair
- The coffee klatch remained IA
Afa until the start OF the eighth.
ne air was rent by a couple OF
EXPLOSIONS.
OoDfiers Bear III Tidings
4 e,nsrs from the lower part OF the
',stnd dashed Up 20 Captain Hus-
& y report that Stufy McInnis, o.
Itis'ies, had singled 20 centre and
osies had beaten out an inGeid
he last report WAS that Walhe
'g vas a. bSt and that there was
I sas out Captain Huston dashed
ne FIRST line trenches 20 watch
4 liogress Of tae battle.
1ng rubbed his mustsche refec-
N a. he faced Russell and the bare
taspenderless multitude began
sS The next moment the ball
= n the upper grandstand and the
eita the deSpised spinach logged
~ We paths, driving IN d couple 81
'vas with him.
- NO out in the Yankee half OF
snhg Nunamaker hit a freak two
~ and Caldwell, the last hope OF
S-h, was thrown into the breach
e ielegrspher was tossed out boy
Inc nan with the mustachs
al-mrnnr ovrr 81. .r,. Igar nuaa