Evening star., 1921-10-11

Durin my sixty-four years expert
ence with the national pastime I have
mingled with bugs of all cities and in
all stages OF, the disease. but Itneyer
bugs and still able to walk. If the
seen none, so. far gone as the Yankee
Yankees win this series they will be
no living in New York City, and II
they lose it will be so much the
worse: They don't seem to be no fu-
ture here for a man that is In the
declining years listening to some
thing besides base ball talk.
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AS far as the umpiring is concerned.
of course: the system is wrong and
Judge Lands will no doubt have it
arranged different before next falls
alleged classic. An umpire's place is
in the grandstand, and especially in
the press box. where a person can see
the plays and see them right, and If
you don't believe it come and set in
my seat today and hear how wrong
the guys are that is down there on
the field trying to umpire the game
from that ridiculous angle.
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Why, Bob Meusel come up to bat in
the ninth innings and hit two-base
hit to left field and he hadn't no sooner
got to second base when this here
RiEler said 1t was foul and made
nun CouIe pdch anu Dat over 1naI lS
just sample and the worst of it was
that all we could do about it was
stand on our hind legs and boo.
Meusel himself didn't say nothing to
Rigler, but that was probably be-
cause he amt only known him
week.
high points of yesterdays pastime.
In the Giants first inning. McNally
kicked Burns grounder and Bancroft
forced Burns at second. Frisch sin
gled and Young walked, and the bases
was full with Kelly at the bat. No, he
didn't. He singled to centerf1eld and
drove in the Giants only run.
In the Yankee third McNally
walked and run to third when
Schang' Ngrounder took sour hop
through frisch and went for a two
bagger. Mike scored when Miller flied
to Irish Meusel Irish's throw would
Of nailed McNally if the plate was
ten feet nearer the grandstand.
In the next innings I'D came the
Babe. and what did he do but lay
down a bunt. This surprised even
bis old pal, Jack Dempsey. The
and Ruth scored all the way from
first on Bob Meusel's double to left.
Bob himself come in on a couple of
outs. In Babes other three times at
bat he got nine strikes.
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Ruth has a bad leg as we'll as a
bum arm, and it is becoming more
and more painful for him to write
his article as he uses a typewriter
on, which the shift key is operated
with the foot.
You can read about the rest Of the
game in the detailed accounts. Suf-
flee it for me to say that haven't
been so thrilled since the day Car
pentier went back to France.
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The ball players don't get no share
of the dough in the games played
hardly help from crying when he
thinks of those boys out there on the
field giving their youth and vigor and
getting no returns. The thought of
I the or thousand bucks apiece
already coming to them is all the
consolation they've got. Poor stiffs
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Manager Higgins pitching prob
say All he has to do 10 find out the
names of the guys that was in there
last Friday and be sure it amt none
of them. They's two or three pitch
ers for McGraw to pick from. Toney
and Shea is his first choices but 1t
was rumored round last night that
Slim Sallee. who has been warming
up for two years. is pretty near ready.
(Copyrfght, 1921