The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-23
ON THE SCREEN Of SPORT:
By Hugh S. Fullerton.

Branch Hickey has been moro or less
Of a joke among ball players and among
some Of the fans who have INDUCED
themselves in none too gentle Laughter
over his fads. his refusal TO engage IN
baseball on Sunday. his blackboard dia-
grams and lessons to playersIont
Branch Hickey sounded n new and hugh
noto 10 all baseball club owners Gil
msnaxers. players and fan fans reesn nd,Sc. a
: real ball club this season. resurrectea
the talk that the Giants would ouy
Rogers Homsby and someone went 10
ask Hickey about IT, HIS reply Wa, ~
The spprtSmanship OF the People VI
St. Louis Is not for sale.
II every owner took that stand ana
maintained IL the future OF the oaseoaII
business would be- much more secure
than II 10. ~ .o-
Hickey has been offered fortune tor
Hornsby. Four different times the New
York Giants. who are the worst oltchG
crs in this kind OF business, nave ~ =,
lowed the story TO go out tnst tre
Giants had MADE a high bid for the ser
vices of Hornsby Last spring. snort
" after McGraw closed hts horse racing
season and resumed hia eonnecti4n ia
baseball. il was confidently prcdicted II,
some New York papers. which ciaineu
that the news came from the GIANT o.
fees. that Hornsoy would come 70 INC
! Giants in trade.
eSted In the Cardinals were prooaGy
tempted TO make a sale. The Cardinals
have had q hard row to hoe hnancia4ly.
end tRsse have been tunes Sssr the
rain financially. But hickey, stuck 20
fornsoy, refused TO sell. and nov he
a his team are reapins the reward;
sent position. and approximate their
sent gait, ought to clean UP more
ey in gate receipts than anSone
afford TO pay even ior ao1n st,iiiv
20 ana New york. TO buy Hornsoy
easily have ruined one OF inc
At Youngsters the game has ever
Naturally kid: Just sta5ttnS ga, IS
made him dissatisfied to remain
losing team. and IL Ia not crhi
inn NJ all to say that he want
Slay with the Giants. Almost
would have had that ambition.
beason Hornsby seems TO have
hat the way to get TO the top
Sofession Is TO hustle and put
in himself into his game
eng en- fxn =; spoiled 1uth
that the really great stars
lie, the ones that last are
Hams In the grnaller cities. Is
The stars Of smaller CLUBS
Cobb with Detroit. wagner
trh. probably made greater
those teams than they
made with Chicago or New
ley draw quite as much OF
Fay from home as they do ~
8 way, is a publicity made
his case perhaps opens new
Lseban. Hereafter We will nave
campai gns Of press cgenting
sebal stars. just as they DO IN
yatre or movie business. KUN OF
has made good on his publicity,
p matter Of fact the publicity
him better. although he Is one In
ndred who would be atrected tna'
Ordinarily too much press aE Snth
s, an honest. simple minded ooy1Sn
of a man isn't spoiled by it. He
feves II and lives up to II.
II remember one case. Shariie Mes ~
an. who was extremely enthusiasts
as praising q young catcher eStraIa'
tnntly telling how wonderful ne was;
how no would show up Sneak ana Al
tho other stars. and bunch OF report
ers were making notes WIEN rTe so- H, o.
chell. who IL quiet. thoasn'iu' SoR' ~
Cut out the bull. Charlie You're
liable 10 ruin a pretty good young Dali
He was a bit late. Some 81 the re-
porters commenced praisinG the young
ster and predicting wonderful tn,hSs
for him. Tho result was he s"elled up
BIT. failed utterly with me va anS
fnaliy. on his third real trial, is making
weather Against Cardinals
With Hornsby leading the paLtins
and inspiring his fellows the cards
80 r,aktnr real bid for a pennant Tor
the first time in years. ns"re 'ns ne
tear, a Pretty fair ono. with lot o. o.
spned and punch and ptchlnS staLL
~hirh. ~ Schupp returns TO steady form
e< ~ seems 20 b. doing. IL danKerous.
r.. Before claiming championship
20 ne Cardinals. You would oeIter
s,-ra on St Louis climate and caLSu
Ia-a that the Cards have the ouIk o,
,heI- games at home during July ana
August. ,,.,
II nv opinion. a st. Louis team mus.
~ almost ten per cent better tnan =
CN,rnp,, team or q Roston team, 10 WIN
championship The weather In 81
Touis in summer is sufficient TO sap the
vitality out Of almost any athlete. y
cool summer would mean more 20 tne
Cards penant chances than almost any
thing else. BY mid August st. LOUIS
.earS usually willis and slows up. IL -
nor possible for II 20 hold les fast gait
during O three week siege on Inc n0tne
grounds during the super-hcated pcrioo
Speaking OF Hickey and MS deciara-
ton OF principles: his team now looks
10 have as good chance at tho cham
rjonship as any in the circuit. Phiia-
delphia has no chance at all. Now sup
pose President Baker had adopted the
Hickey ideal and kept Alexander. kille-