The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14

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Johnny Heydler, but Ban let 140 get
How d'ya get that way" replied
the Crouch OF Glen Echo.
why, don't you believe Bans
word? And doesn't he give the names
of the whole 40 American Leaguefs
who Joined the colors? Guess / know
what / read. / can read. can't II"
"Maybe-but you don't know a
whole lot about the American League.
that's ALL" continued the Glen Echo
Crouch.
IAN right. old kid, explain-ex-
plain" replied swampoodle Pete.
Here's the list Of American Leaguers
right here, plain as day."
yep, plain as mud. not day. re-
Joined the Crouch OF Glen Echo.
"Do You Know Themr"
Look at that bunch from the Red
Sox. Do you know Pertlea? Who is
he? And how do they claim Jack
Bentley when Frazee amt even paid
Jack Dunn for him yet, and Bentley
never put on a 2oston uniform?" con-
tinued the Glen Echo Crouch.
And look at Grifrs gang. That's
enough to make a horse laugh. That
there Nef person amt with the team
for three years. They tell me he re-
tired when he failed to make good
after bein' sick. And who's Gibson
and Thompson, and Murray? Imagine
they'll be on the team next summer?
Tell me that, that's all: tell me that!
IT'S the same thing right down the
line, too, Ban claiming a lot o guys
who couldn't make his teams and
were dropped to the bushes. Look At
the Des Jardiens. in Cleveland's col
lection. a big stiff who was a cheese
from the start. Did you eVe~ see
Harry Lunte in a Cleveland uniform.
or ]. l.. Petty. either? Yet their
names are in the list.
And look at the Chicago bunch
what a farce that is. leading OF with
Won Kolnitz. who was with the Cinci
Reds in the other league. Gosh and
how'll Comiskey ever get along with
out Harry Lake, Fred Henry, L. Con-
stsntineau. Bruno Haas, Earl Kiser.
John Mostil. George Lees, william
Mcclellan. Pat Hargrove, and Charles
Robertson?
"TIEers Are Funny"
The Detroit Tigers are funny with
service. F"rinstsnce, who's Ernest
Altent. L. L. Hollywood. Z. C. Bigney,
and H. q. Pelsen? And Joe Cobb was
in the bushes. even playing semi-pro
ball around Cleveland when he en-
listed in the marines.
You don't have to go any farther, |
oil kid. to show that Bans boast il
like all Of them, mostly wind and the |
rest all wind. He's got a lot o. real
guys in that list. real players who |
were with their team either in 1917 or |
1918. but mixed up with the bunch |
are a lot o guys who never even re-
ported. let alone played in any games.
THE Washington list shows how |
raw il is. That Gibson and that |
Thompson never reported. They came
in the baseball draft and Joined the |
army in the other draft without ever |
seein' Griffith. And Neff is out o
baseball, and has been for a couple OF
years.
And the Red Sox claimin' Bentley |
and Paul Smith, get that? Jack Dunn |
claims he never was paid for Bentley, |
and the Montreal club sued the Red |
Sox for the payment on Smith, losing |
because Smith had gone TO the army. |
Then they got Smith back. and now |
the Red Sox point to him as one OF
their heroes"
How DO They DO ItE"
well. how do they do it, that's
what I'd like to known" asked |
Pete.
We'll. II you ask me. I'll say it's
because a bunch o poor fish on the |
believe everything Ban |
tells 'em. never trying to check MIN |
up. And Bans a wise guy. take it
from me take il from me"
HE must be-" grinned Swampoodle |
Pete. Il see he's going to stick |
on his job even after he fell down |
three or four times last summer. I'll |
say he's ono clever guy"
well. just because you agree with |
me. I'll open up a little bootleg lik- |
kerr" said the Crouch OF Glen Echo. /
but remember. this amt no habit o
mine. -Four dollars is too much for |
this stun. but what you going to |
these days."