The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-02

for the home fan Is ever an optimistic
bird and his hopes Will rise without the
assistance OF. yeast. a little careful
wholetiguring will show the Giants
have a long. lang lead and will require
whole lot Of pursuing. II We had
won some Of those hard luck games
from the Phillies we have been losing.
we would be In q much better niche 10
ratch McGraw and his temperamental
troupe today. Should the Reds ever
win tho worlds championship. the casu-
alties among the home fans from shell
shock would be terrible. I am afraid
we are going TO save lot Of lives this
SEASON. at least.
The hot weather Is taking a little
of the pep out Of the whole race. /
wish had lot OF money. and would
hire my club place upon mountain
or some place fully equipped with cleo
trio fans where the boys would be sure
Of sleeping at night with sweltering
If there were no counta!n convenient.
would build one If I had money
enough. Cool nights would help a lot
in keeping tho team on its toes.
Some Of my boys pulled new one
lin New York that upset q whole lot OF
motorists. With the aid Of a newspa
per properly folded and a Sizing sound
with their whiskers, they could initiate
exactly an automobile tire disinte-
grating.
Having rchearsed this until tho 1m,-
tation was perfect. tho boys would get
Broadway. whore we stop. and wait FOR
game. AS a car would breeze along on
IA hot night, bang would 20 the tire.
One evening they had as many as two
hundred machines (total count for the
night lined UP along the curb for
couple OF blocks with the drivers fret
fully feeling Of their shoes to see which
one had blown. What q change In rx-
preston comes over a mans face when
he thinks one Of his shoes has let 70.
IF you are driving past the Anson1a
some night. and you think one Of your
shoes has blown out. don't pay any ut.
tention to It, T warned q friend OF minc
who has q car. 1T will only be my ball
club demonstrating to New Workers that
the boys from the sticks are not so
slow"
a couple Of days later this friend
showed up with kick. He was an
awful crab. Finally. he let me have II.
Say" he grumbled.. II thought you
told me not to pay any attention If |
heard a noise like a shoe blowing out
Within three blocks Of the AnsonIa
took your advice and ran ten blocks
tube and the casing"
His had blown out on the level.
guess 1t was trying to cross up my ball
club.
Ban Johnson has limited the worlds
series might be done away with this
year on account OF the war and the
draft. Personally. think this would
he mistake. The luck Of the draft
should not be taken into account. IL
Is just one Of the breaks OF the game
this season. the same as injuries. etc.
II ono team or league catches it hard
err than others. that Is all part Of tho
game. But. II the old Cleveland club
were together today and up leading tho
league, know what team would hc
torn to pieces by the draft. never
saw q team havo as much hard luck
az that fine machine used to--one which
should have walked away with several
championships except for tough breaks.
So far have not accumulated COM
plete returns as to how much tho drHit
will affect the racing Reds.
Clarke Griffith spent n lot of time
collecting money TO buy our soldiers
in France habeballs and bats and
gloves. Then he shipped them IN the
Kansan. which was nickcd by ter
man submarine. and the whole outfit
went to tho bottom. Grif never did
have much luck. But. with his nc
cuStomcd pluck. he is Mt il all over
again and subscriptions ran b. Scnt Ia
him Mt the Union Savings Bank build
Ing. Washington. D. c.
I would advise putting couple Of
life preservcrs on the next shipment.
Copyright. 1917. Ivy tho Bell Synadi-
cate. IncD