Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-13

Less than three weeks remain in
Chicago has the edge. The pitchers q
the ball and best of all. the club fin
on the road and will have no easy tim
The Red SoX and Cleveland are fig
With the odds in favor Of Boston. The
home grounds, and they always play
Regarding the World Series
TNHE Loyal Order of Killjoys is OF
the opinion that the big series will
fall fiat this year and will attract lit
Tie interest. Others predict that 1t VIII
be only a moderate success.
However, and be that as it may,
there is no cause for alarm. AS Jimmy
Dougherty, the Baron of Leioerville'
saws, "the circus crowd which attends
only the worlds series and the Army
and Navy football game will contine
their efforts to the worlds series even
II II is played in Honolulu.
The baron has the proper dope for
thousands will be attracted by the
rare bill. Chicago and Boston are TWO
very good baseball towns, ana there
n no doubt that all seats Will be
aold in advance. OF course, every
thing depends on the makeup or the
clubs. If the original lne-ups take the
field the series will be as successful as
Of yore.
h,,t the Cubs must be considered seri-
ously. 1t will be battle of pitchers
and the Chicago hurting staff is dong
nothing but winning games. lEler'
Vaughn, Douglass and Hendrix are
mighty good fingers and should be
effective in short series.
Dempsey Lost His Chance
VIYHEN the authorities called off the
w big boxing benefit in Chicago last
Saturday Jack Dempsey lost the
chance of a lifetime. Jess Willard
the reluctant challenger. had con:
scented to meet him in a tour-round
tilt with big gloves. and would nave
had an opportunity to show the pup,lc
fCst how good he was. Now Jack the
Giant Killer must wait for n chance
to mingle with the titleholder, and that
chance appears mighty slim.
Dempsey and Willard would be a
GOOD card even in the Sahara Desert.
That match is the only one that would
attract international interest, and the
fans would spend theiI last nickel to
nee IL. Too bad Jess has retired for
& the duration of the war. He would
have a chance to swell his ALREADY
swollen bankroll with $4,000 or more
In the meantime, Dempsey will rest
up I'm Chicago and leave for san
Francisco in week or so TO appear
IN a patriotic benefit on September
IL, He will not appear in the benefit
In Brooklyn next Friday night, now
that his match with Miske has been
called off.
Real Pitcher in Brooklyn
ACCORDING to Tommy Rice, the
"A Rrooklyn scribe. BurleiGh Grimes
Tho let down the Phillies in the first
@sme on Saturday with one real hit
Snd one hit that should never have
6een credited, Is just now as good
uitcher as either major league can
4 show, bar none. His record for the
season to date Is fourteen won ano
aeyen lost and his lost string was
mostly compiled early in the year. be
6sre he got going. Grimes is right
landed spitballer, obtained by Brook
Ivn from Pittsburgh last winter with
FAR MamauX and 1nfielder .Chuck
Ward In exchange for George Cutsha"
and Charley Stengel.
Ward was drafted by the army or
the spring training trip, MamauX de
/ serted to seek refuge in shipyard
from the draft as he himself admit.
tad and Stengel not long ago joined
the navy. The deal comes down tc
J Grimes for Cutshaw, and Brooklyn Is
big winner on the transaction, as
Grimes Is young and VIII De sple u
r,lay major league ball after the war
while Cutshaw is on his last legs.
An astonishing feature about Grimes
T II the control he has over his spitbal
:, delivery. 1t has been asserted that M
man could entirely control a splitter
but Grimes comes as near TO II al
4 any man ever did. AS an evidence o.
that, a cursory glance through th'
records shows that he has issued si2
masses in his last four games. Or
Saturday he walked Bancroft ant
Stock, the first two men who facec
him in the first inning. but after tina
never issued sign of pass. III TIM
I we're a normal year Grimes would b'
one of the most.discussed men in th'
pastime.
Msgnates Uneasy
= H1AN JOHNSON'S statement tina
- Secretary Baker has not ever
toen approached about carrying tn,
Geason over day beyond the Septem
q Ter date he set for the enforcement
a. the work-or-fight order against tn,
athletes has astounded the club own
y an Apparently the magnates seem
~ nom their conversation. to have sup
0oned that Secretary Ba':er had beei
6ounded and thought of tacitly ac
" 0a1foacing in the standing for Labo
Nv. September 9. and also for tn
':< &ofId's series a week or ten days. I'm
s. bsdiately thereafter.
They do not appear to have under
oood that no approach had been mad
Mr. Baker and Johnson's statemen
~ caused much uneasness. TIL
6jayers are more affected than tn
Ia6anAtes. Pat Moran thinks all o
~ ~ squad will stick through the com
- western trip. and Wilbert Robir
4 hn Is confident that the Superoa
1F1ll play until the last horn blows
& Hut there are some of both teams VIII
~ are worrying about their futures an
4 ~ known to be prospecting aroun
NJ foc 5ohe.
4 \: 0Svernl Of the married., Superoa
S4flY made arrangements for worl
~ the work or nght order of Jul
nnr11ng. and HI Myers actuali
~ team but coEae baek'