Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-30

would he n crime to lose this game, for they
haven't even got blow off you yet"
At the Finish
Even then. pitching the last of the
eighth | didn't feel nervous or excited or
under any strain It was not until the last
Of the ninth, with only thre> men TO get.
that | suddenly realized I'd like 70 have at
least one no-hit game in my kit-and espe-
cially no-hit affair against the World
Champs. ! still wasn't too nervous to speak.
and 1t was not until two were out that | got
my shock. | had only one man to get, and
he tapped an easy one for an easy out. An
error resulted. and, with such a fine chanu,
gone it occurred to me then that the next
man up was about due. 1t generally hap
pens that way. Leave an opening and they
nail you. Facing th's last man was the first
nervousness | felt. I knew the side should
have been out, that he had no business
up there. and that | ought to be on the
way to the clubhouse with a no-ht game
sewed up. But this time the upset didn't
work out.
"If Donovan hadn't mentioned it in the
eighth" remarked Mogrdge II don't be-
leve | would have known | had a no-hitter
until after the game. If I had begun to
figure on a no-hit game back in the fifth
or sixth inning doubt very much whether
| would have landed one"
Batting Pitchers
The old idea that a pitcher couldn't hit
! is being rapidly dissolved. Ray Caldwell
| is the main pinch hitter of the Yankees.
| Walter Johnson is the leading pinch hitter
| of the Nationals.
But the premier bird of them is Babe
| Ruth, of the Red Sox. Ruth is probably
| the best hitting pitcher that baseball has
| over known. George Sisler started out as
| pitcher. and he may have challenged
| lfuth's title but not even the Brownie
| star is as feared as the big eft-hander
nj pa1 cts Ia i- ,t,l,p
| consistent batsman. but he is as likely to
| crack one over the fence or up into the
stands as any man in baseball.
| Last season Ruth had as many home
| runs as Iris Speaker or Joe Jackson. two
| Of the games leading sluggers who played
| in almost three times many contests.
"In attempting to carry the Grand
| Canyon writes Enoch. did Mr. Van Loan
| use a brassie or mid-iron?' Neither
| He employed a spared spoon.
TITS wonder to me-" writes another
golfer. that some of these modern golf
| architects haven't picked up the Grand
| Canyon and moved it over for hazard C
one of their courses, I'd as soon try &c
carry fifteen miles across the Canyon as
! would 1875 yards across a swamp"
The Battling Burg
| Dear Slr-Georgia may produce a variety
Of stars but for galaxy of luminaries il
one branch of sport no State city car
hold candle to st. Paul Pipe the fol
lowing eXponents of the manly art:
Mike Gibbons.
Tom Gibbons.
Billy Miskc
Mike ODovd.
Eddie Q<id> Billings
Billy De Foe.
Johnny Ertle.
And we could add Fred Fulton IL w
needed another to yank us out in from
of the field, though Freddie isn't exactly
st. Paul entry. w. N j.
Which suggests a slogan for this scrapp
community. viz, St. Paul-the City wit
the Wallop
Golf Lesson
He t1ho hits one in the heel
win knoto hoto cholera patients feel
Playing out OF tomato and potato hazard
is all very well. But playing out Of a
onion patch makes 1t hard TO keep ones ey
on the baltimore than once. Ever hay
an orb bathed in the succulent moisture
the bubbling young onion?