The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08

game. Time was when club owners
would object TO their baseball brica-
hrac engaging in such strenuous Off
season pursuits, but they can't say
anything now.
very little attention, outside os TIM
abuse heaped Upon them, ever Was
pala 10 the scorccard boys at the bIp
,easue parks. They were considered
stripes, the official Newspaper Of the
following: PRINTS 'he
You can't always tell a hero bv tho
look on his face nor the lob he holds
A ~ oIllcer now stationed in France
average looking youth. who used 10
oispense score cards and souvenir pro-
Grams around the Polo grounds, The
klu knew Jack Murray personally
and had spoken to Mathewson. That
was an the fame he claimed.
A9out three years ago the ~youngster
suddenly disappeared. Last week tho
OFFICER ran into the same score card en-
pert again In 1he z. of A. But he was
no longer selling score cards. This
Tune ne was arrayed In khaki. Khaki
and something else. And the M
shlng else was the croix de guerre
pinned upon his faded blouse.
All he had done was to volunteer
70 take a message across a stretch
swept by machine guns, shrapnel and
rlfle lire. after three French runners
had been shot down almost at the time
OF starting. The former score card
Kid not only started but arrived safely
after four hours Of ~sigzagging from one
shell hole to another, where he had to
make constant use Of his feet, his head
and. his nerves through every second
Of the journey.
tEyNthnwn A.,~ - +
three years?" he was asked. .
20" he said, British East Africa,
Egypt, Algiers, India-in about 2s diff
ferent countries, as l remember it."
How many OF the thousands who
saw this kid selling score cards at the
Pole, grounds read romance and valor
in his face or In his jobP
Connie Mack, manager OF the Attn
letics, is n individual associated with
baseball who believes that the national
game is coming back stronger after the
kaiser abdicates and hands his sword
over to Marshal Foch.
Baseball may have lost some of it's
immense popularity since the war be-
gan" said Mack recently, but l be-
iieve that II will always be the national
pastime of this country.
"If peace is arranged during the win
ter, the season of 1919 will be one of
the best on record, for the people are
thirsting for n return Of the sport on
an unrestricted scale,
personally. am not In favor Of re.
Stunning baseball until the war ends. II
has been suggested that some large
major league clubs in tho East form a
temporary circuit composed OF players
under military age.
This would never be a success, for
the fans would not take a half hour S
- riAa AZ naa thcfp Dlay
II am against anything that will
tend to cheaper baseball. would much
rather see the parks closed than to
/ try to palm off a spurious article on
the baseball public"
Three players in the big leagues had
the distinction OF driving the ball into
Inc bleachers last season without get
ting credit for a home run.
az the Red Sox; ]. Franklin Baker, the
0home run king" of the Yankees, and
Emil Meusel, the young outfieldef OF
The Philadelphia Nationals.
On July s Ruth propelled one, of
Stanley. Covcleskts spitters into the
ninth inning, with the score tied and
Amos Strunk on first base. When
Strunk crossed the plate the game end
Cd, and Ruth got credit for only a
three Dagger,
vrnnnds, Baker drove the ball into the
s,isht field bleachers. Unfortunately
ne bases were crowded at the mo-
want. and as a result the third base
man got credit for only a single, With
q man on second in a ten-inning game
Of phtladelphia between the Phillies
aona the Braves, Meusel hit the ball
into the bleachers, but got credit for
oniy q two-hagger.