New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12

springs the spreading palm and wh'
all good union tourists know.
Then in one night they were carried
willy nilly to the far Northern city of
Memphis, Tenn. where the honest Es-
quimau chews blubber and paints his
body with whale oil to resist the frigid
blasts Of the Arctic country. Every one
/ knew this day would be bloomer, for
the Pullman porter bestirred himself
at $50 o'clock this morning. and, fol-
lowing the orders of Manager McGraw,
woke every one else.
This arising in the middle of the
night could eliminate only in ultimate
disaster. Many of the good union tour
lists could never remember when 5
o'clock had leaped at them from the
dark rs it did this morning. To be
sure, Steamer AL Demaree recalls that
there was once fire next door to his
home in Chicago at this unearthly hour,
when graveyards and Pullman porters
yawn, and a few of the other Giants
claimed that after the last world series
they had gripped 5 o'clock by the hand
under the delusion it was high noon
No matter
$50 Below Zero
Not only was it $50 O'Clock in
Memphis, but it was about $50 below
zero, and though the players later
dressed and went to the park to view
the spot where Admiral Peary planted
the American flag on his recent week
end at the North Pole, they returned
shivering.
There are some queer Esqumaus in
TINS vicinity. One such. who answered
to the name OF Van Sandlin, gained i'm
mortal fame by carrying to the ball
park the key to the pitching box. He
was instructed to unlock the pitching
box and have it ready for the Giants
upon their arrival at the park. By
some mischance Prince Henry Schaefer
mad given the young Esquimau the
wrong key, and though he tried both
the pitching slab and the home plate il
would unlock neither.
Van Sandlin carried the key on a
long strap, which he was instructed to
wear about his neck. He followed
every rule of the game religiously, and
when the game was called off he
brought the key and strap to the lobby
!
/ turned to Master Key Keeper Schaefer.
1t was explained to him that his failure
TO procure the right key had caused
both Cleveland and New York no end Of
trouble and had resulted in the post
ponement of to-day's game.
Van shook his head sadly and offered
to return to the park with the right
key. Another key was obtained and
Van retraced his steps down Main
Street with the heavy. leather strap
bound round his neck. If no one tells
Van anything about it the Giants will
promise to have another key for him
if they return here in 1919.
pep" Young Leads at Bat
A postponed game contributes GER
tain disadvantages. 1t is then neces-
sary for the literary members Of the
staff to review and wade through for
mdable columns OF statistics. At the
+ end of brief skrmish with ele-
mentary decimals we are able to an
nounce that "Pep" Young is leading the
team at bat. having made nine hits IN
seventeen appearances at the bat.
Some of the supposedly keen stats
ticians with this club have tried to tell
us Young-Y oung has been at bat elgh-
teen times. 1t is therefore IN the
spirit of one proffering an important
that Young-Young has been at bat but
seventeen times and consequently IS
hitting .529 instead Of d mere 500. One
cannot be too careful in these small
but important details. But, among
friends, the Giants have lot OF rotten
statisticians this spring who wouldn t
know AL Elias Munro from Lew Dock
stader.
Captain Arthur Fletcher IS next on
the list, with seven hits in nineteen
times up, with Doyle and Burns trail
ing, with five slams each IN sixteen
times at bat.
In the five games played thus far
the Giants have hit for forty-two safe
ties. as against Cleveland's thirty-six'
though the Indians have sent in TWEEN
tv-two runs to McGraw's eighteen.
iris Speaker has made six Of CieVe-
lands hit total, and four of them nave
been for extra bases. Benny kauf
and the great Tim have hit but tour
times safely, yet they are promising TO
reform.
Withal the Giants have presented
stronger offensive than the Indians.
and Yesterdays pitching by Sallee and
Anderson brought the box work 10
even terms.
Bars African Golf
Manager McOrdW CduSeu IL ~ NC an
nounced last night that hereafter Al
rican golf would be taboo in his
club. African golf, as we have pains
takingly described, is played with
small cubes. The possessor Of the
cubes calls upon the gods on high to
witness that the baby needs new
pair of shoes and implores certain
numbers. particularly the seven and
eleven. to disport themselves in pub
lie. Manager McGraw thinks SO little
of African golf that he is going to COZ
lect 500 from the first golfer ne finds
trying to flrt with Phoebe. Little Joe
and Hudson Super, which is the latest
sobriquet for six.
The Giants manager has higher
regard for poker. 1t may be played
safely until II o'clock at night. but
after that It must be stopped, which
is the first protection that has been
offered the newspaper men on this
trip.
Early this evening the two teams left
for Chattanooga. which is also located
in the far Northern province of Ten
nessee. While at Chattanooga the
teams will visit Lookout Mountain,
which is the spot where the first base
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