The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
AttabOu!
Big CoY1c Shea
THE ANNUAL FALL ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE ANNUAL FALL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Soon fades the spiked shoe from the field,
S %SsrG ,P Ss.. and s a9ss sss si..t to i yield
Soon auarterbscks will dance . Jig Y
And bucktng backs will have their day,
For, boy, the grid games on the way!
Soon sporting scribes will change their talk
Hns @i Rlsm s%s h RS1s VIII It f iae sns sq'alh'
As Bender hits s, the line" today
III mention here the best game yet,
Who deity rise and boot the ball.
6 Don't cs sssy sns F Red. n have, S won a, the race
Ny sporuve soul no longer pines
OF quarterbacks, who pass the bali
The same old stuff you've heard before.
Boy, don't tell ne Of Griffns rap again
For Johnny Footballs on the map again.
ONLY FEW DAYS NOW,
LARGE op ss. . few s ~ Ssss NOV p, pDtal S' d SFsss such mn n'1 q 3 1 ss " i @. Has
aadss g sa ) Z. SITUATION HS = Is s'2 posSttpi r"''"' AA' : :
They are bound to come-as certain as death itself.
a. states that Memphis won a sennant in 1907 and p" claims it
Neither 81 The only remnants IA saE cd ,S., Memphis & sas, we're those Of 1908
ana Charley s' Frank iR' Attached a%S the s"f flag : IN a0S 1908 3 and nsG' with an inherited
%@Sh tn n yaos n Whs,'I 1rD s1%s sSmS wh af t The r root onnn nnce t Tns sas
was Charley Babb who in 1908 ran out in front by 100 points in late
Atlanta II, Bril- Lord was in third slaee in 1915 and would have finished
strength and the necessary fielding class in his arary.
At that Lord carried the widest man in the league in Borneo Jack
Ru'h snasa;m Of The had East St, Tennessee Dn,ss. ,R %o1n snm. p0n,,,, ~,
a, the sd 'ime aso. a , %4' so SGdnss loaa's t heP plate p1 ~sa 8 hi / nssSasnss
telescope. His curve ball was a rhythmic story Of grace itself and his
fast one bounded In like a cannon. But he couldn't get 'em over.
HaiHng from the Tennessee mountains as does Sergt. York, Bushel
man was we'll versed in the fundamental principles of handling a smoke
wagon, Bns Lord will confirm the story,
On the last road trip in 1915 Lord announced that cash would
not be supplied the athletes until Memphis was reached. I'D To this
time Bushelman had never drawn on his account between pay DAYS hut
circumstances arose In Atlanta in such fashion that Jack needed the
kale and wanted it right away,
Brs was approached and flew into a rage. "Tve a good MIN
to kick you up and down this lobby" he roared.
Bushelman whirled In a rage that only an aroused mountaineer cal
summon. With glartng eyes he looked straight through Lords ponder
Gus frame and muttered through cencheN teeth: Yes, and IL yu do
they'll send you. back to Chester in a coffin
Lord backed off.
Bris knew his man and, moreover, remembered that discretion was
the better part of valor. When the season closed Bushelman announced
his retirement from the game to enter the lumber business.
RED AND HIS NEW JoB.
Red Smith has been hiding his light under a bushel Back of the
plate he was a truck horse for work, but rarely had a chance to sep in
with individual stuff. In the field at present he is romping along with
all the cleyerness' OF an odhmer at the Job and is getting more than
his share OF base hits,
His deta limitation earlier in the season to forsake the mas for
a newer spot was scoffed at in some circles. Red will never make an
II outfelder" said the wise ones, He's too slow for the lob"
The torchtop Is not a speed marvel by several dusty leagues hnt
he is quite a guy just the same. II he can't race in fast enough for iow
drives, he supplies a flying dive instead. and If he can't retreat In tins
he goes up in the air. His system may be somewhat different from
the standard employed. but he gets there in time-whch. after all Il
the main thing
Washington fans have a new bone to pick. 1t seems that thew
have accused the management of failing to give the grounds proner
attention. AS a result, hard hit balls bound about In wild and gro.
ltesaue fashion,
q winner and must turn in a new direction with their wrath and fury.