The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
Big League Gossip
CHRISTY MATHEWS0N
New York Giants Manager Cincinnati Rsda

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uncertain about hirins scouts this S"N-
| son. and there hasn't bern MUCH b"a:-
/: ing Of the bushes for now talent. be-
; cause they all feel Il Is foolish I" pu!
; in draft for n youugstcr and then
have Uncle Sam beat YOU In II and d"
! likewise According tn IN" announc"-
!; mcnt few ball players under th.. dral
! exempt. Baseball is not one "f the
! professions deemed SO important 1t ~
rmpts a player from service. And onl:
married men who ar" the sole supports
Of their families will II" passed ~.
Most of III. Older stars have Iui." Il
; little laid by. Few should he dtsIuall'
! fled on physical grounds.
However. tHl feet is one OF tho
things Uncle Sam objects to IN a sol
dier. don't know WEATHER h" expects
hts boys tn do n lot "t running ur not
but II they do. you can put down 4
hot for me- IL will ho after the enemy
and not away from him. can nam"
! n few big l"agusrs who HAY" feet a"
flat 1t does not rcqlur" I'm army expert
to discover them. They rock tho bench
; every time they run down /" hrst h"sc.
AS Hank Gowdy led all III" rest n;
! worlds series in 1914. an hc has ted
nil the other big !"agncrS in nnlisuinI.
and he has now left his ball club %
join his regiment
Staftings and Boston will miss This
tail. thin. heavy hitting, gam" catcher,
as it was during the worlds s"ri"s.
They gave Hank great s"ndnff. ! am
told John F:vers said snod-hy Xix" a
father. He liked Han kfrom III" first.
Now. remember this. warned
Johnny. Don't "frgci the old pepper
This neuritis ar'I crabh"d DISPOSE
ton. and / would be along
Il bet il will hc softer than working
for StaIlingS, replied Hank. 1t will
seem like Il vacation. almost.
Gowdy had not Intended joining his
regiment until ;he middle ut July. bat
he hurt his let in brooklyn SlIghgly
and so decided on the spanglcs Iur III"
khaki right away.
To give Hank a proper sendurf and
show nIm the ola spirit StIll remained
on the team. George Stallings J"nnuI
Evers. lted smith and tyler all got pIt
or the held by kigler The day GUwdy
left them.
Remember. Hank. admuniSheI
Erers III parting. you can 60 as lar
as you like wheu YOU get VH-r there.
No umpire is gUlnS to put YOU OH rnr
field. That Is what 1 wuulu like about
il myself
The Boston team will bear watching
from this pUful ~ the unI$h Slallii:gs
Is never out bf race, ana th' rhIu -
playing lots more baseball than II did
carrier in the season. This Is Stailings'
ginning to show their old lighting
spirit and their pitchers NJ. showing
much more stuft--both impur,ttm,.
The war atmuSpheer ana rNluesrcnt"'
OF the season StiIl continue in III" hIS
leagues. The ball players S."m Ia n-
regarding most IF the unpircS as Ger
mans and taking workout against
them. warming ny their hate.
To set back to tho draft again for Il
minute. You won't see many players
duckinS II il they get Tapped. Df courS"
| have heard some uf the boys Kid. "no
man on my team saying h. would duck
Into the mountains aud let them nlui
MIN. but | happen IT, know he was nus
ing around about volunteering, the
same day he man" this statement.
This is not true "f cvcrybud! cIS".
however. | have heard men III other
branches Of business toll OF All tho
things dependent on thenI-otherwis Sc
they would be ticklcd 10 death tn go. II
ought TO be good time for wives 10
collect g lot of back allowances l"hG
overdue. from what ! hear of the heav:
supporting some chaps suddenly have
lining Ia the cloud for The wives any
WAY. However. | heard Of one wife
who did not seem To hav" mach con
fleuce. She wrote the war depart
ment:
BE sure to get my husband:
\ fellow WAS telling ME the other
night-a big husky bird and un0os
thirty-of how much he would like 10
tear into tn" Germans with rifle IN
his hands.
But" nc added. u have 10 ship con-
densed milk 10 the allies. This Is very
And" said someone in the parr:.
YOU don't get shot al shipping con-
However. Uncle Sam will lake cara
Of all these. He's lair manager. lie
knows the older men not fit for soldier
Ing should get the jobs where they can
spectors Of ammunition etc.-j"bs IN
which you don't get shot at. One man
WAS frany. anyway:
Are you going | asked him.
swcred. Il have been shot al, but
never. with my full knowledge and con-
Sent
papers have gotten tangled W in such
a jam in New York, Off IT wont dn dhc
game any good All tho baseball writ
ers in the controversy 7 know. and |
know McCiraw. I like both sides. and
I IEurs' there must have bcrn some
In ali tho time have known Nc
C;raw | have never seen him stop back
from anything. and he has been undHr
some pretty heavy fire. too.
The writer's In question have always
given everybody fair deal and arH
honest. How 1t happened | don't know.
II is too bad
Prohibition won't hurt baseball any.
but u will b. one or tho few things
that have happened Ihis yrpr that
hasn't. Still the crowds keep coming
to the parks. One Saturday zinc" thn
weather. got good looked at the big
parkfuI In Cincinnati
rs il possible We ~" in this war"
asked ono OF the players. "nr have I
just been having a had dream"
(Copyright, 1871 by the Bell Synd-
cate. 1nc.)