Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-06
GENE FOWLER'S YARN
ON CHICAGO TRAGEDY
Tells How 1t Happened to the Cubs Declaring Strikes
" Unpopular in Windy City, and That Flack's Head
Has Been Optioned Against Ivory Shortage
ny GENE FOWLER.

* CHICAGO, September 5.--Chica go.
something date or anothcr-Boston
won.
Such was the message of Avery Hold
close. the ace" OF tho lads of the
lighthouse compilations. lie carried this
Z Chicago skyline rlimmcrs like vision
OF horrid house tops from the pcrspec-
mEG that is circumjacent to Mr.. Co
Il Is r yano p snst the e"s scors
something to something. II is being
bruited about that President Wilson
was confidcntany. and not for COM
mon GOSSIP. The, red -hosed filters an
a larger crowd than was anticipated
eased in tho gates. This carries out
an adage thai ono should not look a
words. to make it plain for New York
[slickers, person should not glimpse
ha steed is Of he fr nay va qsps
With the Red SoN's victory. tho old
ddopesters., including sam SSuuall. Noble
portant scribe OF the Battery. Echo
are a-sca. In fact, tho wave OF Grim
son-hosed triumph puts curl III their
1t was predicted by Ring oftener that
the Cubs would cop the opening fray.
Intelligence. bet on the Sox. Judgment
is thing of philosophy. What amt
amt. and what is. isn't. Be grammati-
cal at least.
STRUCl< ON DOME OF
TIlOlCiIr ONCE: At LEAST
The flock OF Cubs struck on the dome
of supposed though. IN some, inning
not depart from its spherical shape
after this contact was u source of
cago University. II merely goes to
SHOW that no. matter how hard life
Guiding, the umpires. fellows who arc
not picked out by tho populacc AS oh
jects of thought and near thought. in
able ball. Ivory returns to ivory. de-
spite, what the Willie Hoppe follow
S%rS think. In fact. they al come back,
not ktllGd by the hump. the Ernns-
his dome. 1t is threatened that the
shortage in ivory. will make Africa
And com ,nskc,yy r@rk nopnaa habitat
But there is series. Really. one
should not get gay with such Sc
rious series. For II means the cham.
Isl, and the Bostonesc have taken the
jump In fact. they have grabbed
was a discovcrcr before Edison even,
thought that New York would be n
"3 nc port Who will say nay:
press agent the Hudson River ever
had, including Damon Runyon: averred
tho stiI water at the stills Glentucky
napers. please COPY. Don't write Mr.
w attefSoN.)
THIS Play WILL. NOT
HAVE ANY LONG RUN
The first man a; tho hearth was
Hooper. Mr.. Vaughn known in the
circles of the elite ass James" served
Hooper astrk". strikes are unpop-
ular in Chicago. az least since the
recent 7. W. W. hearings. Hooper hit
q tardy earth ball toward first base.
Vaughn covered. II was the first play
Of the series. Actually. II is not pre-
dicted that this play will have n run
nj nr.1 NS lao nj - tl,.,
Universe. Broadway.
Play followed play, even as the plays
OF Gene Walter follow other efforts
Or, is il an effort after all" Some say
not. For efforts are deliberate.
The winning run arrived in the
fourth inning. II came like a message
from the home berg Vaughn pitched
himself into n shell crater. He walked
Shcan. After that Strunk popped TO
the hurler, intending 10 martyr him
self to advance the lad on the opening
stone. Whitcman. cavortinG in the
field to the LETT tried 10 place a swat
in the solar garden. He managed to
pole single over Hollochcr's sky line.