Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-13
PLAYERS MAKE MERRY
SONG AND STORY EMLlvEM
JOURNEY OUT TO CHICAGO
Runyon Discovers Much Musical Abil-
lily Among Ginnts-.sDope" ON
Other Gnmch.
by DAMON RuNYoN.

York Giants from High Bridge to the
l-aSalc Street station to-day.
"Hype" 1Goe, the famous wandering
troubadour of the Roaring Forties, got
the old ukelce out of the ice box at
Jacks and brought 1t on the trip
Mushroom quartet was promptly
organized, and 1t distributed enough
sour notes along the right of way of
tho New York Central to curdle all tho
milk in Indiana and Illinois.
1t was reminiscent of the good old
days OF the open town in New York
TO sec TYPE" cur!ed up over the luke"
snatching melody from its strings with
his prehensilc fingers. while Fcrdi-
nand Stubblefeld Schupp chased the
harmony with fast curving voice.
Ferdie is one of tho most musical
guys in the league. When the jazzing
begins. Fcrd just can't keep still The
band mp ut the Polo Grounds cut loose
a melody yesterday that I'erd hadn't
heard before. and he could scarcely
keep his mind on his pitching from
trying to learn the tune.
Arthur Fletcher. the short-neldcr,
also has fine. afr-coolcd voice, which
he dearly loves TO play with. and he
! took an active part in the closeup
stuff to-day.
Then there is Hcino Zimmerman.
llcine has voice which reminds one
OF pastoral scenes. such as the lowing
herd winding slowly Ger the lea cspe-
cially the lowing part.
WORLDS WORST TENOR
DISCOVERED ON TRAIN
The worlds worst tenor came to
light from the lungs of Harry Fink,
the mik-fed hoy from the Catholic
Protectoratc, OF the Bronx. When Fink
suddenly hurled his voice into IN
opening in silver Threads Among the
Geld" the engineer brought the train
to Il stop at LaPortc. Ind. lie thought
the conductor had stepped on the
emergency brakes.
Finally, terrific rivalry in song de-
"eioped. The gang of correspondents
who are with the Giants, and who have
car to themselves, laid claim to
Hypc's" services and took him away
to their end of the train, where they
organized another distressing scene of
vocal violence.
The ball players. bercft Of their
music. hunted up Frank Belcher, of
Sweethcarts" and Miss Springtime"
fame. who is travelling with the club
and got him TO sing for them. This
was taking an unfair advantage OF the
correspondents as they had no bass
singers with them. They had nothing
bat sopranos.
dancer who used to practice with the
Giants up ut the Polo Grounds. and
VINO is now Northumberland in the
English army, on furlough made the
trip with the club. and he delivered
an address 20 tho players on the train,
telling them something OF his ex-
Dcriences.
McGrew made a short talk. and there
was more singing and story telling
Ihus 1T was quite journey. one way
and another. V
This morning somewhere in Indiana.
zard which pasted snow against all
! the telegraph poles and trees. 1t was
! cold and wintry all along the route.
ana ii is by no means summary in
| Chicago tonight.
hAUFE' ALL ABLAZE AS
HE STARTS WESTERN TRIP
The Giants left New York on the
hop. They went directly from the
POLO Grounds after the game in taxi
cabs TO the station at High Bridge
\ big crowd hung around the club
mouse waiting for them to appear and
"hen Benny kaufr came out he was
| followed around 10y mob like II cham
pion fighter. Benny wore "a green hat
green suit. faEcy-toppcd shoes and
rainbow nccktie. He had u handful OF
mail. which he read in the taxicab
en- route TO the station, showerins
scraps of paper along the route. Linny
does not keep n letter file
Most OF the correspondence contained
'd'ice 10 Benjamin on how to hit BY
the time the advice reached Benny he
didn't need it,
Few commuters getting off their
trains at High Bridge recognized the
Giants as they waited for their LAX.
shore Limited. but otherwise the de-
phrture from the big town was made
more or less surrcptitious!y Harry
burke came along and discovered the
secret blu, Harry had nothing on the
Giants as they learned at the same
time that he is living up that way.
Judge Francis Y. Mcouad" the New
loTk City magistrate; Bert Kenney, OF
lruxton. ~ Y; DR.. Frank Finlay. OF
f!niayville, Pa; Joe Gardner. of Dal-
las. Tex. former owner of the club
representing tina, city in the Texas
league: Dick Winfrey, chief Of police
81 l'hl!as' ana numerous others were
II the party.
Little Billy McAuliTe, who served az
thc fianis' mascot this season also
made the journey. Bill has n uniform
ahc everything. The ball players took
up a collection for Bill which netted
him s5l.l5
soX WON'T FACE ANOTHER
GyAST RIGHT-IJA SnER
II IL believed that !IcC;raw Will start
. sim Sa!lcc aGainst the Sox in the next
game. Il VIII almost surely he old SoI
% Benton. The Sox will probably never
get smother peek at Giant right
handler.
Having had a look at him on two oc-
c"sion" the Giants arc more than ever
convinced that the stories about Eddie
Cico'te'a shine bail" arc nonsense. II
ne has anything frcnkish in the way
OF curves they DO not know It,
DaFy Robertson gays he hit n high
'a"t ball and two spittcrs on Cicotte
III the last game in which Eddie APP
pcarcd.
"Ecs got Il dandy splitter ana a slow
hnuckIc bail" says Davy, but there's
nothing extraordinary about his de-
livery"
The players are inclined to tho be-
lief that Danforth used some sort or
sailor. however tn. ball Knuff bIt