The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-12
GOODBYE. LITTLE FLIyvER, GooD-BYE.

has BEEN SsaEA sn mashed has a." inser MS so MA ms ike The following t 10 its
sacred memory)
Oh, dear little fivver, I've had you so long,
yo AId R RnSt, ! must mus S oa you m go0 Sumees me along
Until sometimes wished ] could cry.
Your pride and your glory have long ago vanished;
But thoughts and attachments will never be banished.
Goodbye, little flvver, to you.
Your hood is a relic you floor is aslant;
r s tae ss'% To to be be ra taa1nf but aPp honest, I cant
i've R known n when You've Nv been the he best friend that had
In sunshine, in rain or in snow;
To see you preparing to go.
How ancient and crippled, how weary you seem,
vo Yu va bundle of o iron non. and ars tim now Int . dream
And to run you like this is a sin,
And slip N a price for tie buy y ~
Goodbye little t.ivver. sood;bye'
THE STORY OF THE SUICIDE.
The story of the Hack Ford is sad and hearrending. Billy has
Just had the buggy since 1892 and figured it good for 80 years more.
1t is true that the roof was gone, the wheels were wobbly and three or
four doors were missing. but otherwise It was in excellent condition.
The steering gear was still intact and the feeding system had been
changed from milk to Goa. and wood. However. one day last week the
thing simply dropped dead. A coroners jury impaneled for the occa-
sion rendered a verdict to the effect that John Henry had died from
unknown reasons.
It seems that the car was dashing madly down Mississippi avenue one
without ,hSn a word Of warning Va. insn the Ford ord. deye a6SdD aH ts STd t .,Gs.3 and
Passe RS y rushed a shed o the the scene ee'' and noticed something moving
stammered: Say, lift that thing off my ear 1t was Billy Jr-
none other. ~ md nur = .a
scratched. az w Ssn the g0 Collected I'll the PET parts tS a vacuum T%a n cleaner sn was called LED
in to gather the scattered fragments
Fanz-No; as we gather the dope, the league of nations has placed
no restrictions upon the Chicks. 1t requires no such powNRful a thing
to keep them down. ts
Boy, page Rip Van Wrinkle! Out at the park a sleepy guy forgot
himself to the extent of calling Jack Lewis Jimmy Mullen" Lewis
didn't even know who Jimmy Mullen was.
THE MAYsJoHNsoN CASE.
Willie Hohenzollern, late boss of the Germans, seems to have had
very little on Ban Johnson, as far as policy is concerned.
Johnson's latest bid for notorety is the result of his action In
the Carl Mays case. Mays, a pitcher Of the Boston Red Sox, stepped
up one day and decided he was through with the club. lie was prompt
y placed upon the market and went to the highest bidder, the New
York Yankees.
Johnson thM pulled his hand and suspended the athlete indef
lnitely. Following this the Yankee owners protested the decision ant
requested that the ban be lifted. johnson refused.
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byron B. therefore became the storm center of the American league
tThe Yankees threatened to strike in a manner similar to our other hare
workers of the day, and elowners decided to seek recourse througl
the courts. The president called a meeting CT the league to rne upo1
the issue. but when the New York owners notified Johnson that the,
would not attend the powwow, Ban was forced to cancel the call.
For years Johnson has been the car of the league. He has ri
the circuit in excellent manner, but now and then he has, gotten owe
his head and has played too stiff a hand.
1t is true that Mays has qualified for a suspension, because of hi
action in quitting a game, but he has not deserved a sentence of thu
entire season.
johnson has laid great stress upon the assertion that pennant con
TENDERS should not barter for the player because of the integrity of thu
game.
Baseball has long ago become too commercialized to even consde
the suggestion. Those who pack the kale generally pack the flag.
Baseball is not what 1t used to be, and those who say 1t is ar
! merely talking through their kelhes.