The Washington herald., 1918-09-05

The dope late tonight points to-
ward another damp day. II a game
is concocted by the morrow. GER
tainly the mud larks will have a
hing. For this afternoon there was
an ocean Of slime in the region Of
first base at Comiskey's ball yard.
Betting continues to be as light
as an attempt OF a landlord to be
reasonable in apartment house
tariffs.
The REQ sox. champions OF the
American League, are ensconced in
the Metropole Hotel, out toward the
park in which they are to perform.
They ~snt the day and evening in
rolling Sat dice for smoking privi-
Ieges. Aside from a meeting short
ly before the lunch hour, the BOs-
tonese were idle and impatient. A
few watched the steady drizzle that
dropped from ragged clouds. The
sun came out as infrequently as a
life termeT in a Stale prison.
Omaha Ike. a relic of the days
when dumb bells could speak and a
contemporary Of Noah. dean of the
food tides. opined that today's rain
beat anything he ever saw with the
exception of the reign Of Kaiser
Bin. which certainly was a stormy
session.
A bomb was thrown. dropped or
planted in the Federal Building, but
: Il the Ieft-handers in town are pro-
Gucing alibis.
In view Of the fact that Doc Krone
is billed 10 attend the series. a crowd
is anticipated as Doc weighs almost
5,o pounds. not including his avoirdu-
pOis above the brows.
Il Is said that Mayor VIM. Hale
Thompson hasn't been asked to pitch
the first ball. He is too busy speaking
at various locations where voters con-
EFugate by twOs and threes. Persons
discussing tllc series are of the opin-
ion that Mr.. Ham Lewis will beat
Thompson for the Senatorial booth by
a whiskeT
The batteries aside from the dry
cell and the one on a certain corner
Of New York city. are said to be
Mays and Agnew for Boston VIC
Vaughan or Tyler and Killifer for tho
Cubs. 1t is asserted further that
Babe Ruth either will pitch. catch.
play first base or carry the bat bags.
Murphy, the ground keeper, has not
been interviewed on the series. But
he says that tOday's rain saved him
a lot of trouble.
One young man went about the town
crying after the manner OF a bargain
sale that he had $4,000 to wager on
the Cubs. He is under a physician s
care tonight, no one believing that so
much money exists for sportive pur-
poses. Money is mendicant 1t goes
begging on the classic.
When Speaker, Duffy Lewis and
others were cracking the horse hide on
the profile with their ash mallets, no
one hesitated when and where to put
the money. But the deans, manage
scribes and Pharisees hgieye the con-
fiict will prove close and chaotic
Hence money ot the mart is not her
aided by open flinging at odds and
ends.
The most insrestIng BIT OF gossip
and prediction Is based on who will
pull the conventional bonehead play in
this series. Fred Merkle is counted
out. as he committed two blunders
which have entered into baseball an
nails. Some bronzed pioneer Of the
pastine. a veteran. who saw the gang
plank showed off the ark. or one who
remembers when Mime. Bernhardt was
young may be the candidate. or
some lad from the minors, whose
hands are as tough as a ward poll
tician's children and whose head is
built on comparative lines, may do
the dirty work. Some skulls ars as
thick as a new York telephone di-
rectory.