Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-07

ban Johnson cannot De Kaiser any
longer, say American League mag
mates. Johnson used to be a sport
reporter and not a very good one at
that. He fell in soft when the Amer
lean League started and has been a
Czar ever since. We have nothing
against him personally" say Messrs.
Frazee and Griffith but from now
on the club owners are going to run
the American League.
Poor old John Bull. He don't want
TO play baseball. but he cannot quit.
now he has once nibbled at the delic-
ious morsel. Says a London Sports
Magazine:
Yet although the reason why
cricketers do not take to baseball has
been clearly shown. there are certain
points about the game which would
Of themselves make il worth playing.
In the first place. the throwing in
by the fieldsman is simply streets in
front of anything that cricketers can
do, even the youngest and most ac-
tive OF them. The way in which a
man gathers the ball and returns il
without\ the very slightest loss OF
time would afford an object lesson
to the best eleven the universities
could turn out. But we shall never
see this baseball perfection in cricket.
for it implies the presence in the field
OF no player who is not in the very
prime of life; the numerous veterans
who do very well at cricket would be
Eopelessiy out of it.
Another great point in baseball is
the beauty OF the throwing by the
pitcher. on July 1 both the pitchers,
Pennock for the navy and LATTE for
the army, threw in the most graceful
manner, but Pennock, who is left
handed, would have afforded a model
for a Greek sculptor. worthy to be
placed side by side with the famous
'Discobolos.' His every action was
grace itself. and his subtle variations
would haave made the best OF our
bowlers envious. In cricket there
have been many left handed bowlers
whose style has been impeccable, but
we cannot remember any one who has
had as graceful a style as Pennock.
and we most strongly advise cricket
ers TO take any chance they may have
Of seeing him or LATTE"
Following Johnny Evers' an
nouncement. that as a knights of Co.
lumbus sports director overseas he
contemplated organizing a baseball
team made up OF men in the army and
navy to play a series of games in
Paris or nearer the trenches with a
team that John McGraw of the Giants
nlans TO take abroad, baseball en-
thusiasts from all parts of the coun-
try are suggesting players names for
Evers' consideration.
Sunday baseball was tried here at
Rochester for the first time. Rochester
defeating Newark, TO 0. No admis-
sion was charged. but the fans con-
tributed to a collection taken up at
the grounds. The officials OF the
local club announced that Sunday
games will be played Cor the remain
der OF the season.
Kid Elberfeld, one time Yankee and
until recently manager of the Little
Rock club of the. Southern League,
has a double hatred against the Hun.
Our entry into the war and the con-
seauent disbanding OF the Southern
League throttled the Kids all alb
sorbing ambition-he wanted to stay
in the game until he saw his son play
alongside him. From time TO time
Elberfeld had business propositions.
but he would not step down. Wait
until my kid plays over there at sec
ond for me and then I'll retire" said
Elberfeld. And he stuck by his guns
until he had TO quit.