Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
CItAPTER IT
She supes 60 Conquer
Second Inning
Riverside's Drive, \

Opfle OUT OF tne UlOSt Ntiiibio
man can have outside of bein' electro
cfted or the like. We have gone to work
and moved from where we was UNT IN
peace and quiet to place on Rrcrs'de
&. drive where Grants Tomb ana al' 'ne
6 rich guys lives and the dugout we are
IN now would make the waldorf look
like stable. not that our eN-horne
wasn't class. Joe. was p>rt'c'N
satisfactory to live where we was an"
I 4 they had been no complaints about US
from the neighbors or like that' out
Jeanne has fell In with a ounch ot
friends now which is leadin her tn's
wrv and that like she was YOU'RE
I. infant baby and had no mind OF ne,
own. Our new home Is called 'ne INo!"I
Majestic Superb and they is Two .nr
babies as big as the singer Buildin run
of hrass buttons and the Ike "ntcn COS COS
rofhin' hu. stand outside all dnN f'pE
euardin' the entrance SOS no mud Won
splash on II and etc.
3LI4k Joe. I thought the rent was nrnIai III
tr-yiy ex-nat. hut alongside OF what
& have got TO try and raise every m,nIi .,,h
for the new one. the last one was IRE,
and they throwed in breakfast. On 'op
,of that, Jeanne goes to work and hires
tNscxtry maid to do nothin' but look aiIcr
MY babv and got payroll nov i,NT
Fr@she Bethlehem Steel Works. Where
y
me and the first time you read that they
was some bank robbed OF a lotta JACK
you can say. We'll. poor M-he was
a drove to II and | trust ne uoh get oNei
- forty years.
Joe. baseball with me will soon he
nothin more than side line. because
II have grabbed off couple more Joos
Tor myself SOS I can keep from joinln
the boys In the alnShouse. the war
correspondent which ! fitted anout
France with has came back and what
does he do but get me on the paErol
of q newspaper hsre. All / sotta t ',t 90 ,,S ,S
ssbaseballs situation and tn" like, with ~
fcoupla funny cracks here and there u
possible and they will let me sign my
sanane to it, provided got tie ntrN.,
Il Well Joe then they was SportnEs
goods house which made me prep 81
ton 10 try and sell their warcs, ualn.
my famous name as decoN. ana ! VII
* Eet a commission payin more lhaN Tue
one I had in the army did outa that
1 Joe, l am buster than guy with the
n fee water concession in Hades, Ill tel
2sthe world In the mornn' ! am sclIn
.isportng's goods, in the afternoon am
io playin baseballs and at night am
full fiedged arthur writIn articles tor
the newspaper, am tryin, now 20 gsi
y bomethin' to do between II p. m. anu
b- daybreak SOS won't look Ike no
3 ttioafer and only today answered aI
!, Tor night watchman.
so far, Joe have failed 70 set tn"
lake on fire at either OF my new lOLS.
I managed to sell Shorty smith
:; catchers glove and the little iLt-Hc"L
I, didn't pay me for 1t and the next day
x he, gets traded to the cubs ana toON
,,Is the mitt with him. That an b&"
g but Joe, | put in i've hours al
~, this trick newspaper wrltm ihhg, gel
tin together real dope from th' inside.
. II was good stun II ! do say II myself,
siJoe ana 1900 times better tnan the hCp
them reporters writes. which what a.
they know about basebals? II vas AK
about how | felt certain that th' game
of bscseballs was sure TO eaten on Will
4 the American public and be "A success II
given time ana Mac was maxim "A big
mistake by not doubltn my salary be-
fore | was grabbed by some more SEN
sible club and / could p!tCA rings around
Ernie Snore any day OF the Week, MOI
countm sundays and expect 20 haNr
one OF my DIg ;eSt years ana Mne'"' uJ' ;
them landlord gypS get oil 20 raise the
logor h,''.' - .t.'s t'Hu 'EI' '"'u &C., -
together they WAS lw, page o. IL, JO. 4,
all hot stun. Well, they tn.U"cu away
three-quartrrs Of It and says w.t.
pretty punk hut they WOuhI uE and IL,
IL. up anu get I. rtpovLr. 10 "r!'" II
hereafter and all ! would nave 10 GO ,a
sign IL. | guess ! ain cut cur Z" b" Ii
arthur hey, Joe? \ gC! has EJtla ue
born that way and get 1t tuc sane wa!
he gets mis- ears, yent
Well. Joe guess you have srcn where
the fittsourgL lIrmCs ncronIr ravIn
maniacs yesterday amt grab oil "A game
IEOtn 10 D. Joe, tneN Win X al
the niiltn fIainc when IhCy are lWJ runs
behind and | have puCnru s,eriII suNcI
bnil up 10 then. HeNeI gJl surA Il
tough DreaE m all my at. cNC,Pt wEru
was captured l"'aonrr Dy 'ne sl""r =
heads, Gnu lirEI ..,.SDurEn B.. : Tia" 20
phil tiICk,ly i,Tu IOu. p!d, on me to
beat m. ! W"I SNOW yOu the I,H-J.,s
them birds WCnl 90 III putl,n' /, over M
4nJ how dCEpsra.r - lIa Iuud, n Un
csuu when hey nave 10 ~ up "Sd...~.
ii.t. Uc, the nintn mEIn Goa. : ,,..,
and the score IS to laEUT M, or -
guess | oughla say-,hough At umrs
IL must 10 to the public as II was
really the whole team from the wa!
them guys work in back OF me. Wei
anyways, | walk the t.st man up just
sos he could see what a uas" IoONrI
like for the first time mat day and wua
does he do but steal scCJnd ~ me.
That's gratitude, hey? This here got
me so infuriatin that | made the next
! Euy pop out and four pitched balls sen,
the third baby To the dugUut. The next
bird guessed one right and singled,
q sendin THIS here migrate VIA Ch mad
walked to ihiru well. here | am wI,h
Two on and two out ann IN" game srw i
UP In my ShTt pocket
Y ice, even II YOU VII Il paints reader
you will never guess wuat "app, ned thew
/, or what them guys puIl d on G'. 60,
I two strikes on the last man w and IT.
all over but the showers, NI."u lu~l a.
I was ShootI over the thirI sunk" hrar
a noise which | have often h"Hrd IA
u IlSIll over tllN hts"l u - IlIl
! less than y a'eyOVlUuc, JOa, and just a.,
IL sSils over the park this batter Slam
Z the pill on lin" dllN" II nru.rr amt
them Dig stiffs out there g., all lOukIu'
up IN the air at this II re HrryU, luita
and II went for Il home run
4 Joe. one Of the reporters rpII m" after
ward In the clubhouse that he had seen
the manager Of the Pirates rush madIy
from the park when rha; last gIN COM
TO bat and he wHs muttcr a. "SDmelhlL
must be done go The T"I Or',r .ays h.
will bet million do,lus o. Il nauuful ui
4 crulleIs that the Pirate, m@uHE,r went
out and hlred that guy = rs over tn
park ~ the critical m mutt. tdkln &,
last desperate chance that our ou'ueidcrS
would LOOK up at It lunIg enough for tn
ball TO so through en Wrll Joe.
wouldn't g. so far nS to come right our
and charge Big League manager with
no crime like that. brCausc u, wuIlI
have had TO have worked fasl t. of hirrd
tia. aviator and they va no Hrrlo,
planes parked outside the ground whel
x II come in H0wever-yOu can draw
4 your own conclusions. Joe. AHyway )
+ I have not hvC minutes ago wrote q
letter 10 the National Commission witt
I ali the facts and demandIu' that II.
areyoplpnes is allowed 10 II" over an
hall park whilst am ptChin' | got
.rf,ougn 10 contend with AZ IL ~, ntN