The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-06
Big League Gossip
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
No. a..A. or n"d.

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~. over In rnr"p" . fav"rltn "-pr""
aIon uf the trnnnh~s Ia
Won nnvor got hi 10y Ia. one y"n
hear coming
Tur that reason tho ola ramraiRn~ra
laugh at tho bushrra whom lhny hfat
como up AMI duck because ,hry hear
. bullet sinK.
ngura II Is about tho ann" way In
haseball-you n"v~r got hit by th"
nlump you Son coming. ltr IN" on"
you're not looking FOR that hicks YOU
hardnat and lnrtn longcnt.
My club wont hnrk h"m" with overy
man In prin" ahnpn To climb ana i"'l
OF optimInm about tho nnlnh "o had
n grand chance 10 go up nnh hIho 1"
olnRn up. for tho homo fans w"ro onR"r
10 70 out to tho park puy their lohr
bits and root for winner. Phllnd"i-
phln and Rrouklyn wrro Ia he our "rH'
visitors mud neither hnd undr ua mucn
trouble 40 fur. even In their "wn phtH''
In fact we fnttanrd up VOL Oh tho
podKora when tnat
Tho club WAS no, "ripplrd up ny IN
Iurlnn: thorn was un positive break IN
tho winning rtyi". h"thtng WA thi-
Eihle un which Ia hintn" II slump. ~ At
Il came "n ~. and 80 al" nllIl IN H.
t'p in cur r~turn h''I"'. ~" hh1 h""h
lIuyInu good bn,rball mad III" T"nI Ia
aldo kind. c"nntnuIlf 'r"arina AZ oar
oppuneuIa ThluHn had hr"heh l"I ~
All or u nudttou nothing w""lh y" 'i's"''
amd avery wa tried wont "g"'""'
The ilnrInurIl weather lli liza ""rst.
al y,,u ..uId have Irlrh nn ngg /" f'""l
rrl
OF wun ~ hat The plnYofn '""I" MOI
,la,, n, uIpht Yuu auy II wnr 1uHl
n, touuh ZEN tho rlnitnra Not nni'"
.rh,, only ntuy In town ihroo "f Tour
dnya nj 4,tcr"h No hnh |" ati"h !"
u right along
Curing n h,u club nf a slump In on"
or tho r"uRh-rt jobs manager over
hn- on his banda IT In au"Htiun OF
getting your tcnm tn bcllor" In lte"''
nynIn Tho attack could not havo
rurrh, N, mt n ,vorsc tInc hrrnuHo wo
wore particularly nnxinua to oloan up
IA, home mud lost EnninH through
hard luck WHOM ,h" Giants wore being
hcntcu. too. md We hid good chance
70 climb However. | nm not making
cxcusrs II Is NIL IN baseball. Whom
We w~rc going at our best little NOR"
,hnn n week ago. md certain locnl op-
timista were talking about winning
pcnaut | said that We might encouh-
ter such u stump ms usually ofcrtaRcS
MI ball Clubs in season ana nave
hard hight u finish In III" hrst dlFisIon.
However. at that time. ala NOT
r.nllv expect tn" s"thack 50 soon anu
honestly hoped. with the spirit aud
u,tu,l-,,, on th.. team. We might run
:, .,, 3D.. ,l,..,, -, ;It. finish without
..,.,,,,h, ~, ,re THIS weather has
.,T,'ro ami , ln, II starch And tn" 10
,,n.,.,. vh. were predicting IA
,,ut.tnI nnly ten ha'n hE" are NO"
ru.,n la last place.
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.., ,, H.. t.LIu.. their i". h"l',n l."
,,, n A., h,ru s.ius had r.r
pan ''' re-" -
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veg" "''.'' ,'..,.t-. T.
ON "'". .,.... ,,,,I crc 81 NV
" - me- rnr other day. WIN, n
Pr'rE'r' w. ,,rlL go, II hc Nns rnll-
r'"'n' iH,n,,h c>.mn,,on- Tic wouldn't
CT mn" , ,nnm,.c
may" = ''"'' '.,.,,. ,ru,. think rho
In'" @ ',,,r,, DO rn,lstcd hard