The daily times., 1921-07-22
NOT GOOD SPORTS

They had rain out at League Fdrf
Yesterday afternoon and the Aims
House boys didn't get beat again
They left town this morning FOL
Rocky Mount while the Brewster
kids from Wilson were registering at
a swell local hotel.
The Millionaires are here to en-
gage Mr.. Warhop's middle class
crowd in three battles, the first OF
which is to be staged at Mr.. Barry's
enclosure on Eighteenth street this
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock.
Local fans will be treated to a
rare sight when the visitors take
the field today. One will see well-to-
do young men clad in the more or
less plebian uniforms of ball play
ers and messing up their well mani
cured haIds with common horsehide
pran6 6tsH.
Regulations prohibit the use of
diamond studs and gold shoe laces
or Wilson's delegates would make
our own boys look like a bunch Of
rag-muffins from BuzZard alley.
AS most banks close at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, the Brewster boys
have plenty of time to don uniforms
and get to ball games in time to
participate.
Stock tickers connected with
leased wire from Wall Street play
sweet music to Mr.. Clark's lads
when they're on the bench between
innings.
But ball playing is nice recreation
and if one doesn't care to play polo,
he might as we'll spend the after
noon swinging willows.
Mr. Warhop will either pitch to-
Mr.. Lefty Carton. Both are poor
boys and are playing ball for a liv-
ing. They naturally feel embar-
lrassed in the presence of so much
prosperity, but will do their best
against those who are resting upon
the lap of luxury.
For the visitors, Mr.. Joliff is
likely to be charge d'affaires. Mr.. |
Joliff is rather quaint young man,
$ differing from other wealthy persons |
in his set. He spends his summers
in the South and winters in the |
North. Yes, at the first peep of the
robin, Mr.. Joliff leaves Richmond,
his home town in the far north and
hies himself down south to Wilson
for the broiling season.
of |
Clark's youths are wonderfully fine
ball players. In fact, so seriously
are they taking their annual diver
sion that they are now leading the
Virginia League by a margin of two
games and a half.
Our poor Tars are right on their
trails in second place. Should the
proletariats succeed in repelling the
de luxe in three games, Norfolk will
lead the circuit by a margin of half '
a battle, which is something to think .
.about.-NerfoIk Ledger-Dispatch. {
The above is but sample of the &
foolish stuff that the sporting editor {
of the Ledger-Dispatch is writing re- I
garding the two North Carolina q
towns who are winning in the vir- I
ginia League. He may think it is /
creditable to himself and his paper. {
but any fairminded fan or man in ]
Norfolk or elsewhere will draw his G
own conclusions as to the motive (
and animus actuating such emana- tC
tions. c
Last year when the Virginia cities s
were on top, and Wilson was run T
ming along with others in attend t
ance, and was putting up her share d
of the money and losing without C
murmur, the Virginia cities were r
laughing at us and saying that we C
were too &mall to support a team Il
that could play ball. They won a
dered why we should want to get in n
a league with big cities. Our aspi- a
rations were more than they could p
understand, and they pitied us for b
attempting the impossible. G
This year since Rocky Mt. has won tt
the first half, and Wilson will un-
doubted1y win the second half, the
Virginians are unable to say wei
can't play ball, and they can no longer
make fun of us, but they have as