The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-16

travIth whose legs hnve been bad
When some nr these long hilters know
II fast nnr IL ,'niuInE---Hnd as shy they
wuIldn; drpcnd on signs If they were
being l"lh wrnng--thcy can set them
selves for the fences.
r." show tho difference. We played
III" nhlllirs n srrirs In Cincinnati. on
nurInni SiZ"d grounds. md we won tho
NM "rliy or games boating Alexander
tn" iirSt timn he started and having
only ourselves IN blame for not trim
ming him ON his second appearances.
rhrr" were several long flies hit by tho
Ihilllr* III that srrirS which would have
gotten Inos" OVER TN" fences In their
own park md n'hanHrh tn" whole coin
pl"N ton If thr Hnm". RnuSch nnd some
"r the other uUtti"llrrs. however. had n
chance. Ia get these in our pnrk. ] doubt
II we wuliId hnv" won this series IN
those tight htiinG i'hilly grounds. New
rrih"l"SE. You cannot hltrlhuto oil the
Philadelphia success ur late years 10 IN"
short fences and their ability rs sign
and an nfrll which Is n great machine.
.tral"rS. There is Grover Cleveland
having worked together for three or
four y"nrs--;Iways n his help. The
probable temporary slump OF Alec IL
holding the team down now.
Some time ago. | WAS given a wrist
watch but never paid much attention
80 it, 50 1t WIS assigned 10 decorate
The kitchen aud dictate the length or
The period Iwn-mInulc eggs should DE
huilrd Finally II stopped. so | took IT
Ia the jewellers and had II fixed. When
/ rnIlrd for II recently. put It on and
wore. II that day at the bail purlG. Some
81 Ih.. players kIhdcd mo II little
nhntu u
We won thai ball game z" IN" " "
short rI.li, Toms We haven't lest CO
iI.r rlnrr. np /" Ihr writing ar IhlH
pir.., Thr InrI rrrIrr lost. h"T"i"
,,i.irlr irir I" "r~ i"Ih war "E"l"n'
ii,nI"n wh"m IT," iii"l"r rinIi"h ia "n
ihnuir Inri IIIr won't. l'"I worm ~ l"il7
nud ~. tub ~ nnvr "a" '"l'n n Grani
" INNING IL ''hi'nG"
AIIrr h"I 'tm ~" wrist w"''h r"'
,,r," nal ~" h"ri -" r"i"R g"'"l. ""
rnn md TIurh rh"w"h ~" win Ih"" "n.
mai T"ury wn1 tho Inst '"nv"rt. don
Mug IL" '"l"r1 In li"r'"n tho "'h"r
Ln; won stitch With Ihnm ton. ~"
Iuug ne tho It"hr keep "aIirking " III"
WY They mr." nj ri"s"nl md wlnulhK
ball gnru"a You CON Eny whnl You
Hike rhnur mo. won would hRv" /" cut
min. or to ret II loose" Lot them
,akc us for soldiers if they want ~.
I'm rui'c VI th" row between McGrnw
mud I;yr"n. il did ON" good thing. IL
llnIr"l Hyr"n greatly ns nm umpire"
In tn" past. Il punch in IN" jaw mas
,rrn.d ont 10 be tine tonic on more
Than ono occasion. know comic ar
tIsi who had made a fortune out or
the characters he created. Said he 10
me- nrrr:
"a bunch on tho Jaw made me an
nrtisl. had wanted 10 be prize
fighter. but the knockout In my first
fish, convinced me my Idea was al!
wrong"
Byron wns nn the shutcs when he ABB
snrbcd the McGraw bunch. He was very
had on bulls and strikes. but ! Will say
for him that he wus impartial. n"
would miss them for he pitcher or call
them un thu !,ntirr. lily poor decisions
did not favor tn" h,n" club or III" viz
TORS TIL" only reason we c"llldnt
complain much about his umririnR WAS
that We wrrr winning with him. hui II"
wasn't giving II" my the hest or II.
rrnhnhly the reason he missed ="
unn, ,vua brcauar he WINS thinking ~
something To tinE ar "i some 'h"'''
hr of rrrnrirr md Couldn't b" bot IN
cred watching them close. lie could
have avoided the Jnm with Mr''rh" NV
Iu.kIny into hIs dressing room. l'Ui
he hrIIryrd he way II hiE pnri or tn"
show md he ear. We'll. TN" ear Hot ,
his and - did Isyrnn
Tie has worked with uR several times
since mud h" ls greatly improved and ,
suhflucd umpire. lir has cut out MIS-
r,,,,us srrikr motion md lot OF his
hum comedy and is attending closely 10
business aud calling them Erarer right. |
liz. is also working more on IN" bhScS. !
Thorn arc TWO or thrc" more for whom
7 might recommend the same treatment |
If II similar Improvement were 10 re-
suit.
During Honus 'WaEnrr's brief engage
nl.nt MS manager. h. had one or two
funny rxp.rIehccs. We played RI" Pr
rites thu. ilrsi day Eana was on the job. |
and he moved ont In the first baSe
conch lines. Some nnr sent the but hoy
ntlt from the bench tn ask Wagner who
he wanted down in the bun pen Il"
wnrm ny.
oh, don't rnrr." answered Huns.
"Scnd unynn" You like"
The gnme wh~ just beginning. why
,.huuId II. worry about the tenant or
TN" bull pen?
Jim Thorpe In il nrnvy sleeper. Wh''" !.