The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-21
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.l


We do not share the perturbation OF
our fellow writer's of the sporting
pages concerning the-intentional pass
in baseball. We doubt that the people
are much wrought up over it. The
average fan goes to a ball game to
care how it wins. But we find the
Hon Babe" Ruth's thoughts on the
subject alluring, both in the matter Of
their clarity and their literary style.
Touching the subject deftly with
piece of scantling, the Hon. Babe
says. in part: During this season.
when 1t was seen that pitchers were
continuing to pass the heavy batters
when there were men on bases, many
them will be considered, I suppose,
when the big guns of the game meet
next winter to make another try at
cleaning up the game. BIn I don't
knoW-it seems to me that the whole
thing Will depend on the umpire's abil-
ity to tell what is in the pitchers
beam"
We don't know, either; and 1t may
be the Hon Babes" purview of the
the plan VIII impose a very heavy bur-
den on the umpire in games in which
left-handed pitchers are working
On SAS WHole, however. we fancy
our plan for dealing with the Babe"
and at the same time obviating the in
territorial pass. 1t is to groove the ball
when the Babe" is at bat It may
very well be that the grooved ball is
| his weakness
1t appears that Mrs Ponzi knew all
about her husbands past. That
squares with our own experience. You
can't Keep anything from them.
In Which Howard Fools the Bull.
Howard Stone had an experience
last week that would chill the courage
OF the average man to the bone, says
the Saffordville correspondent of the
chase County Leader. He attempted
to drive bull from a kaffir corn
| field, when the animal made a mad
rush for him. He hit the bull in the
mead with hammer he was carrying:
| but this only maddened the animal,
which made the second rush. This
tome Howard sidesteped and hit him
the second time. this time breaking
the handle out Of the hammer. How
ards wit prompted him to jump over
the bulls head and on to his back
when the next charge came. He did
this, but the animal still had the ad-
vantage, as Howard was turned the
wrong way on the bulls back. The
result was that he was thrown vio-
lently to the ground, stunning him sc
that when he attempted to rise he
found he was unable to do SO; and by
this time the bull was making another
charge, so he simply flattened his
body on the ground and lay perfectly
quiet. The bull evidently thought the
job was done; and he gave it up and
ran away.
We reproduce the story of Mr..
Stones adventures for the purpose OF
/ IN,
annals of his time. IN the brief space
i of two or three minutes ne disclosed
the qualities of courage. resourceful-
ness, agility. endurance, cunning and
finesse. Few man in history have
done as well.
While the eugeDic courtships at &
/ London institute devoted to the incul-
cation Of the art of sanitary and by
gienic appointing are drawing large
crowds of interested spectators. a Lon
don correspondent admits the speeta-
tors are disappointed. The students
he says, are extremely self-conscious
We are. as the Hon. c. G. Blake1es
| once said when interrogated by his
constituents concerning his attitude to.
ward certain legislation then pending
we are ''for everything that's nice
But we doubt that eugenic courtshir
carries sufficient vibration to become
J pOpaAdA Will tire ptSPle- LHo P0Opit
are much more open and freehended
in their wooings than they were. say
! twenty years ago; but they will never
adopt hygienic methods at the expense
! of thrill.
! Two of the old and efficient aids tc
courtship and marriage have passed
from view. We refer to the hammocl
and the top buggy. Many men grown
gray about the temples will read these
lines and recall sitting down in ham
mock care and fancy free and arising
i from it manacIed for life Others viii
remember buggy rides upof which
they embarked light-hearted. exuber.
ant boys to return engaged men. But
If the top buggy and the hammock arc
gone. the porch swing. the parlor sofa
and the park bench remain. 1t is still
possible to achieve the thrill of love
at a minimum of exposure to the pub
lie gaze.
! It is true the process of courtship
as we have once or twice had occasion