The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-05
ny RING w. LARDNER.)

Chicago, Oct. 4.-Gents, there Is a
strong family resemblance between
The Rings, both of them is tall and
handsome and has beautiful curves.
both Of them is inclined TO be a trifle
Wild. Jim has bit more speed. Meth
Or Of them has much luck, at least
they told me down in Cincinnati that
lin was the jinx bird of the National
league all summer as the Reds never
batted much behind him as for me.
the boys has been batting around me
OILY a trifle. Jim pitches better than
I write and / pitch better than he
writes. Jim is a decided blond while
! am a kind of a dapple gray since
the series opened up on account of
Jims complexion he don't look so bad
when he don't have a chance to shave.
Jim got a lot of praise today while
all I got was insults for instance I
was down in the hotel before the
game and a Chicago man and a man
from Cincinnati was trying to bet
but they couldn't find no one to put
/. up with and the Chicago man spots
me and introduces me to the Red
Bird and the latter said he wouldn't
bet under such conditions.
But this family resemblance don't
extend to all family's for instance you
take the Fisher boys. Hay is intel
leant and teaches school in the win
ter but he don't have much luck.
Then look at Bud.
As for days game there was a
scribe down town this a. m. that 2
men asked him who was going to pitch
today and the scribe said Cicotte and
Of the men said you are crazy as
av-y1r he
can't wash the back of his neck. So
when we come to the park this scribe
told me about it and said they wasn't
noting in the rules of today's game
that required Cicotte to wash the back
Of his neck or the other newspaper
men neither. Well, said the other ex-
pert. the man was just speaking figu-
rative and meant that Eddie has a
sore arm. Well I said. IF he has
only got / sore arm he can still wash
the back of his neck as / only use 1
even when I am going to party.
THE back OF your neck looks like it)
said the other expert YES" I said,
but what's the difference or not about
Cicotte only having one sore arm as
he only pitches with l arm" Yes you
bum. but that is the arm the man
said was sore" That is the kind of
clever repartee that goes on between
the experts and no hard feelings on
ether side. But of course the . of us
look Cicotte over carefully when he
got out there to pitch and we come
70 the conclusion that 1t must of been
his left arm that was sore after all
and if he practices hard he can learn
20 wash the back of his neck with his
right especially as he was born right
handed like a man should ought tic
De No. gents. II wasn't no sore arm
that beat Eddie today. But just the
other member of the Ring family fine
" getting some of the breaks and the
way I seen the game you couIdn'i
make me believe that either OF the :
0'rds has any impeachment in the old
s9uDer as I have niclznamed it Eddie
had sore heart when il was all over
but there's other seasons coming and
maybe another game in this serious
which don't look like It would end for
a month as 1 look for another 1 OF
them 4-day rains to begin early to-
morrow a m.
Gents. do you remember when they
decided to have the serious go games
instead of the conventional and a
while lot of people said that was sour
for the Reds as Afr. Gleason didn't
ave the pitchers TO go games Wei
now it looks like the disadvantage
VAS is p. J.. Moran as if the serious
las of only been skeedoodied to go I
ames he would of only had / more tc
win.
BY now where as on the other hand
nr. Gleason has still got the same
/ oitehers he had to begin with. The
my people therefore that gets the ad-
fontage is the athletes themselves as
hey got paid for 5 games insteat
q 4 and 1 beg to assure the publis
thar the newspaper men wishes they
had kept it 4 games as we don't ever
set the privilege OF talking back to the
lmpire.
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