The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
From Sport Fields

walIy Schang recently came TO
terms with the management of tie
Boston Red SoH and reported for
duty shortly after. wally couldn't
stand being out OF work what with
every day.
II is quite natural that the white
elephants of Philadelphia and the
Tigers OF Detroit should be in sew
enth and eighth place respectively.
Animal acts always come at the tail
end Of the bill.
Philadelphia is between New York
and Washington. but not in the
standing of the clubs.
Tho Tigers. living UP to baseball
etiquette. still use travelling uni
forms. but don't move at all.
II. Greeley advised lot Of young
men TO go west. but what would a
Young man think OF the advice after
starting out from New York and
bunkinG right into Detroit.
There are six million people in
New York and tho chances are that
the Giants are being panned by the
entire population.
There Is one consolation for De-
trOit. Although they are losing fast
they could be losing faster. Con-
slider the fact they have yet 10 play
a doubIeheader.
Both the Giants and the telephone
service are improving. We are told.
We have yet TO see a sign Of lie
in either
The Giants have gone West. but
their move may BE- taken or eN-
plsined in a different Itgh:. Are
they taking Horace Greeley's well
known advice or is it the way a
soldier goes West?
Connie Mack still has hopes NJ
seeing a large crowd file into his
ball park. The open air boxing sea-
SON will begin soon.
Great chance for Hugh Jennings
to outdo Phil Sheridan. He might
turn his boys around. telling them
that they are at present going in
the wrong direction.
Before prohibition many men who
were living with their wives only
had breakfast at home two days q
week
Benny kaun is warming the
bench. II Is the first step nC his
journey to some class A league
team.
A haircut might be worth 4 dol
lar il the BARRIERS union Guaran-
teed that every barber in the Coun-
try would he compelled TO wear q
mouth silcnCer while at work
Paper makes a mistake in head
line. Instead OF saving that l.eOn
Marines would be shipped 10 Mexico
TO Quell the recent uprising there.
the headline set forth the infCrms-
tion that only zoo would he sent.
At that the paper was right Ask
Germany, she knows.
Many man announces that he i=
M after-dinner speaker and then
proceeds TO confirm IL
Prominent physician asserts that
a wildcat can never br tanned
Looks like a dirty crack at Nc
Grsw. whose Giants arc at present
resting firmly in last place
Georges Papin. French light
weight. recently arrived in this
country and is scheduled TO box
Lew Tender. the Philadelphia
lightweight France being almost
5000 miles away, II seems like an
awful distance TO travel to take a
pasting.
The weather man is all wrong
as far as many Athletic pitchers
are concerned. They have had
more showers than the weather
prophet predicted
The sale Of Ty Cobb wouldn't
have much effect upon the TiEers'
chance for the pennant.
There's only one thing in this
world that can beat Houdini out
of a box. That is an Athletic
pitcher.
Hugh Jennings and Hen Ford are
about on the same plane in this
life. Both are famous for theiT
hivvers.
Georges Papin. the French light
weight champion, took a long. nasty
trip across the ocean from France
only to find the American ozone
filled with boxing gloves and the
boxing gloves filled with hard
American knuckles
The French kiss each other on
both cheeks when meeting, being
introduced or decorated. In Amer
lea they are kissed on both chins
with a pair of fve ouncers.
II they possess more than two
chins the extras come in for their
shares also.
Sugar TO retail at 30 cents
pound.-HeadIine. What poor
tramp this Jesse James person was.
Detroit fans are happy. The
Tigers are going on the road for
days,
Tough day for Babe Ruth yester-
day. He got only one home run.
Philadelphia is gradually over
taking the Tigers for last place.
Must be tough On Ty Cobb what
with the Tigers in last place snd
no butcher boys around TO sock.
The fans have stopped talking
about the price Of Babe Ruth. Babe