The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-13
JOURNEY FRIGHTENED
By SONG AND STORY
Rx DAMON RuNYoN.

ShicA&o, OckOoer %lz.-Song ana
story eniivened the Journey Of the New
LaSalle-Street station today.
"Hype" Igoe. the famous wandering
troubadour of the roaring forties. got
the old ukelele out of the ice box at
Jacks and brought it on the trip.
washroom quartet was promptly
organized and it distributed enough
sour notes along the right of way of
the New York Central to curdle all
the milk in Indiana and Illinois.
1t was reminiscent of the good old
days of the open town In New York to
see 'Hype" curled up over the IKE,
snatching melody from it's strings
with his prehrenslle fingers, while
Ferdinand Stubblefeld Schupp chased
the harmony with a fast curvlng
voice.
Ferdie is one of the most musical
guys In the league. When the jazzing
begins Ferd just can't keep still. The
band UP at the polo grounds cut loose
melody yesterday that Ferd hadn't
heard before, and no could scarcely
keep his mind on his pitching from
trying to learn the tune.
Arthur Fletcher the short fielder.
also has a fine. air-cooled voice. which
he dearly loves to play with, and he
took an active part in the closeup
stuff today.
Then there is Heine Zimmerman.
Heine has voice which reminds one
OF pastoral scenes, such as the low
ing herd winding slowly Ger the lea.
especially the lowing part
Worlds Worst Tenor.
The worlds worst tenor came to
light from the lungs of Harry Fink,
the Tilk-fed boy from the Catholic
protectorate of the Bronx. When Fink
suddenly hurled his voice into an
II, Ax N
Gold" the engineer brought the train
to "a stop at LaPorte, Ind. He thought
the conductor had stepped on the
emergency brakes.
Finally a terrific rivalry In song de-
veioped. The gang OF correspondents
who are with the Giants, and who have
a car to themselves, laid claim to
"Hype's" services and took him away
to their end of the train. where they
organized another distressing scene
of vocal violence.
The ballpIa*ers. bereft of their
music. hunted up Frank Beicher, of
"Sweethearts" and Miss SpriDgtime"
fame. who is travelling with the club.
and got him TO sing for them. This
was taking an unfair advantage Of
the CORES ondents as they had no
bass singers with them. They had
nothing but sopranos.
Wallace McCutcheon. the former
dancer. who used to practice with the
Giants up at the polo grounds, and
who ia now a Northumberland in
the English army. en- furlough, made
the trip with the club. and he deliv-
cred an address TO the players on the
train. telling them something of his
experiences.
McGraw made short talk. and
there was more singing and story
telling. Thus il was quite a journey.
one way and another.
This morning, somewhere IN In
diana. the train passed through
young blizzard. which pasted snow
against all the telegraph poles and
trees. It was cold and wintry all
along the route and IL Is by no means
summary in Chicago tcnignt.
The Giants left New York on the
hop. They went directly from the
polo grounds after the game in taxi
cabs 10 the station at High Bridge.
A big crowd hung around the club
house waiting for them to appear and
when Benny Kauff came out he was
followed around by mob like a cham
piea tighter. Benny wore green hat,
a green suit. faney-toppsS shoes. and
mall. which he read in the taxicab en-
route to the station. showering scraps
of paper along the route. Benny does
not keen a letter file.
Benny Gets Free Advice.
Most of the correspondence con-
tanned advice TO Benjamin on how to
hit By the time the advice reached
Benny he didn't need II.
a few OF the commuters getting "a
their .raips at Hixn bridge rgacqg :
niZea the Giants as they waited for
their Lake Shore limited. but other
w!se the departure from the big town
WAS made more or less s1rreptitiousiy.
Harry Burke came along hid out be-
hind Big Cheaters and discovered the
secret. but Harry had nothing on the
Giants as they learned at the same
time that he Is living up that way.
Billy Fsrnurn. OF the movies, came
with the club. still wearing that big
yellow leather coat which Is the envy
81 all beholders, and claiming to be
$1,000 ahead in his betting on the
series.
Judge Francis Y. McQuade. the
New York city magistrate; Bert
Kenney. Of Truxton, n, r.; DIR. Frank
Finlay, of Finlayvilie. Ia: Joe Gard
ner. Of Dallas. Tex. former owner Of
the club representing that city in the