The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10

Football players who have played on
the Polo Grounds this fail are lodging
the club house used during the baseball
season By the New York Giants. super
stitton may pay no part III Football
but the fact Is that hereafter Il wi. be
difficult TO get any team which knows
the history Of football on that famous
field 10 dress in that locker room.
Attention was called TO the odd coin
c!dence just before the game between
Army and Navy. Army had the home
clubhouse. There Is an ob3crvaat young
man on tho Polo Grounds force. and tho
moment the choice OF Clubhoused was
announced he commenced wagering al
the money he could raise and scrape
that Navy would win tho game. He
knew little or nothing about football or
about teams. and when he was Joked
about this he made a startling state
mont. lie was declaring that no would
bet s 70 . against any team that dressed
In the homo clubhouse. In support OF
HIS argument he tated that IN The last
three yoars tweuty-three games nave
been played on the Polo Grounds and tae
club using That dressing room had not
won one. They lost twenty-five games
thc other vas a tie with tho taFor.'''
which expected An easy victory oc'ns
lucky 10 tie the game.
An examination Ot the scores showed
his Agures 20 be correct. and no selected
the right dope IN picking tho Navy TO
beat Army.
A Football "Jinx"
Superstition plays n big part IN the
majority Of sports. and K has something
OF effect on football. even moro than on
some other sports ! know ono player
who firmly believes that tho reason Tor
one OF his b.S b'uHders this fall was
that no happened to get one stocking on
inside out before the game. In inc
wearing Of numbers many or mo
coaches had trouble assigning thirteen
and Il Is remarks bic thing met
called out early in the season. max IN
Ave games on one afternoon ther" were
seven players wearing the number "h"
were hurt
have seen the loss Of tho toss or
the coin for choice OF goals act as
spur 20 one team and as a d.spirit!ng
influence upon the other.
The indian Sign IN Racing.
This summer. during the racing
around New York. there Was fellow
who had a queer superstition. He had
n worry cloae chun and ihcv operated
together for a long t.;u". Then n" dis
covered something. or thought he did
which amounts 70 the same ;hN'nE' II"
thought that whenever n" told his part
nor anything about a horse he 'J'nNcd
tho tip. lie tells mo that n three weeks
he told his part7er fourteen tmef
about horses. and each time he lost
Every time his partner refused I" wager
on hts advice tho horse won. Every time
he failed TO inform his partner OF MS
bets tho horse won. He came To the
conclusion that his partner was linked
and refused 20 tell him anything. H."
started winnicu. He Is credited with
being one Of tho biggest winners on IN"
season and ms PARTNER II a heavy loser
lnrndenrally. however. Il caused
esr.sm III tn" firm. for The ink
thought he VAS being thrown down.
There Is :, crap shooter in New York
who had an odd experience for years
He is one OF tn" luck!est OF all crap
shooters when he IS guIug hut h" loan
ed a loser car fare. The m.nui' he hand
cd out the car faro he started losing. He