New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-04
Wild William
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Rain Postpones Local Ball
Games-Big Holiday
Events on To-day
By W. O. McGEEHAN

The Yankees and the Washington
Senators will meet twice on the his
toric battle ground in the lee Of
Coogan's Bluff to-day. The rain which
descended upon the Polo Grounds and
various other points in this vicinity
yesterday spoiled a perfectly good
double-header in which Wild William
Donovan expected 20 retrieve some Of
the losses which he sustained in Bos-
ton. The double-header will be played
tomorrow.
To get into the proper spirit Of the
day Wild william will deliver couple
Of addresses TO his troops before each
battle. The orations will be made In
the privacy of the clubhouse, however.
There should be stenogrspher there
in order that the eloquence might be
preserved for posterity. IL is ex-
pected that Wild William will use sll
the words employed by the late Patrick
Henry and some that Mr. Henry did
not think Of.
Ten per cent Of the receipts from the
Ylnkee-Senators series will be turned
over 10 the Red Cross. As the Fourth
of July is considered the best baseball
date of the season. this will be no piker
offering. There will be drills by the
Yankee and Washington platoons dur
ing the series.
It is expected that the eloquence Of
Wild William will be potent enough 10
suppress the jinX which has been dog
glng the erratlc footsteps of the Ianks.
The timely base hit seems to have been
missing from the Yankee outfit, and
Wild William has been shutting the
lineup as he shuiiles the pinochle deck
during the few hours he gets for rec
reat.on in the cool Of the evening.
The Giants journey across the Bridge
to-day TO meet the Robins, the cham
pions of the National League. Il is
hard TO believe that the Robins were
once leading the league, but Squire
Ebbets Of Flatbush IS going 20 raise
rag, gonfalon, flag or pennant over
there to-day 10 prove 10. The flag was
to have been raised yesterday, but the
rain suppressed IT,
Squire Eobets believes that the flag
hosting will have some psychological
effect upon his Tutoring Robins. He
figures that when the players are re-
minded of the fact that they once won
a pennant they will begin to play like
pennant winners once more.
The Giants will return Immediately
after the series with the Robins and
will meet all corners at the Polo
Grounds. Heinie Zimmerman. who
starred in the last Giant game, cannot
be expected TO DO his best until several
days after the Brooklyn series. Those
long sea trips TO Flatbush always un-
dermine .his constitution.
Aftsr the series with the Senators
the Yankees start West on one OF those
more or less crucial trips. When they
return the dopesters will be better
able TO figure just how they loom up in
the breathless American League pen
nant race. The Tanks are not out Of the
said pennant race, you must remember,
despite the current righteousness.
On Friday there will be a session Of
the National League for the repudia-
ton Of the reputation of McGraw un-
less somebody IN the mean time hnds
a new reputation which VIII repudiate
the reputation Of the reputation. II
the reputation Of the reputation Is
repudiated then sll regulations should
be repudiGted II John McGraw re-
pudiates his reputation, who will re-
pudiate the reputation that John Nc
Graw repudlated!
Oh, what's the use? Wen repudiate.