Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
WATSON LOSES
AND THEN TIES
Athletics Hurler Tosses
in Both Games at Cleve.
land Park
SOUVENIRS COLLECTED

Cleveland. o., July %.
Fifteen thousand Cleveland baseball
bugs went to League Park yesterday aft
ernoon to witness what were advertised
to be the last professional ball games in
Cleveland until the war is over. Inas-
much as it was expected the league was
to bust and the contests did not really
mean anything. such an attendance
showed that there still is a lot of peo-
pie who would prefer that General
Crowder modify his work-or-fight"
order,
Surprising as it may seem. the 1900
saw two real ball games, both teams
fighting hard for the victory in the first
game, which finally was won by Cleve-
land in eleven innings by a score Of 3
to >, while the Athletics also fought to
win the second. but only succeeded in
tying the count when they found they
had to hustle to catch their train back to
Philadelphia.
Many Balls Grabbed
It was a souvenir collecting crowu
Of bugs. Cleveland fans have been
noted for years for their honesty in
throwing back balls fouled into the
stands. They lived up to their reputa-
ton in the first contest, but nary a
one went back into play in the second
affair, each fan that grabbed a So Reach
ball wanting it as a memento of the
| last game played in Cleveland until
peace is declared" Because Of the
hobby, the Cleveland club was out some
! forty iron men.
Although the event was supposed to
be sort of funeral affair, the soemnity
of the occasion was several times inter-
rupted In the first game. the work or
fight order got hold Of Charley Jameson
30 firmly that when he was called out
at the plate by Umpire Evans, he not
only challenged Fearless Bill to obey
the last half of General Crowder's or
der, but. putting two mitts, compactly
arranged in front of him, charged into
the arbitrator. Bills huge chest pro-
tector saved him from injury, but his
feelings were hurt. No umpire likes to
have a player lay his hands on him. and
when it comes in front of fifteen thou
sand Of his fellow -townsmen he is espe-
cially aggrieved. Bill turned white with
rage, and was about to forget himself
and ask Jameson to meet him under
the stand after the game when George
Burns induced the belligerent Athletic
to go to the bench while the going was
comparatively good. Evans then ban
ished Jameson for the remainder Of the
season, thus insuring Jameson that
there was one member of the Philadel-
phia team who would catch his train.
Burns Excited
In the second game George Burns also
got excited, but he merely GRATED, and
orations always were in order at fu.
nerals. But there was one player who
declined to view the ceremonies a.
tragically as did the others. That wal
iris Speaker, who II baseball is cast
into the discard within the next week
, will enter the naval aviation corps being
left-hander Spoke has some of tn,
eccentricties that southpaws are sup
posed to be equipped with. He hat
not had a chance in center field, so In
! duced First Baseman Johnston to chang,
places with him. as he absolutely hat
, to have a fielding chance in what h,
expected nigh, be his last game of pro
fessional ball.