The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-06

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denim what a man does unless you
know that he might be doing worse.
After one inning you begin to see
things Science is here, crouching
around the circle, watching the most
primitive of sports. hitting a hurled
object with a club. Science is the
moving picture men A dozen of them
grind and grind and the big sun
above. little knowing it, is changed
for the moment into a baseball re-
porter, just like this humble writer.
And every movement, every look, is
written in sunlight on the film.
Marvellous beyond belief. But the
accurate old sun. great reporter that
he is. has this handicap. He can't
make any comments as he goes along.
And comment by reporters is the
spice of reporting. You remember
that fine report OF Brrke's speech
impeacb Ing Warren Hastings. 1t was
all comment.
Last part OF the second inning.
Kelly has struck out-he is supposed
| to be one of the best htters. He
struck out 10 times last year.
If there were only time. 1t would
be pleasant to tell you how the
pitcher winds up. Those mystic
movements come probably direct
! from the ancient SYPHILIS. They twisted
and foamed something terrible before
they delivered their messages from
the gods. Pitchers don't foam much.
but twist terribly before they. deliver
the ball from the mounds Why
mound? It is as flat as the rest of
the field.
End OF second inning, and no runs.
AS before said. the game is mo-
notonous and dull but the crowd is
wonderful. They don't know 1t, but
they pay to see and hear each other
Its like a picnic groundl Bring
your own food and pay for the use
of the table.
Here comes Bullet Joe" to the
bat. His name comes from the speed
with which he pitches. He won more
games than any other pitcher.
But listen to that; just listen,
Bullet Joe"--real name Bush-has
hit a ball very hard and Bancroft
of the Giants, is running, with his
back to the ball. He has it, caught
timed precisely.
Try to catch a ball going like
bullet as you run with your back
to that ball. The human body is
wonderful machine. as the Bible
truly remarks. feasfully and won
derfully made
Three out, no runs. Giants come to
bat for third inning.
You Will understand, please, that
this is hammered out. line by line
as 1t happens on a small typewriter
and instantly sent over the wire to
200 cities by ]. H. Howard of tho
Western Union. He can send your
copy, correct your mistakes. supply
you with baseball lore and watch
every play. The human mind as
well as the body is fearfully and
wonderfully made.
They do it so easily. A ball going
like bullet is hit with a heavy club
and leaves the club going three times
as fast as it was pitched. 1t cuts
the air, strikes low, bounces along
the ground. If it hit your ankle, that
ankle would break. II you saw it,
you also would run with your back
to the ball. A man bends down,
scoops it up, pauses, throws it to
first with perfect certainty, and
Bancroft is out.
Here is the toughest roar SO for.
Heine Groh has knocked ball to
the fence and running at 100-yard
speed, he goes to first; louder
roars. They never let the first roar
die down.
A good 100 per cent American can
roar as long as any player can run.
He goes 70 third and stops. They
are roaring still. Each feels that he
made that hit and that run.
Happy, borrowed achievement.
But in vain is the three-base hit
spread before the bleachers. All out
and the fourth inning begins with
no runs.
That is good baseball playing but
it's not amusing. When Ashley
Grace used to make 10 and Is runs
all by himself in Dave Hands lot, it
was more fun.
Babe Ruth with bat hit the first
ball. But he forced man to run
from first to second and that poor
thing is out. 1t was all very com
plicated. That feature should be
cut out and both allowed to stay on
first and run together. If that be
baseball bolshevism. make the best
of it.
Nehf lis pitching for the Giants
and you can actually feel him think.
Babe tried to slide and is out at
second. He rarely slides, they saw,
and when he does slide, Mother Earth
recognizes her own.
All Yankees out in the fourtb
without run. In comes the Giants
again. The little mascot batboy Is
kneeling. Does it ever get tiresome
to him? Answer, does Mahomed i,
his made to-order paradise ever .at
tired of these hours and that wine
with no headache? He does not. The
little boy. right knee on the groun1
left foot on its toe. revealing reguiar
baseball plates. leaning on hat
There Is bliss. What tragedy n
he should never be professional
player.
Mr.. Ross Young has struck out.
See his face. see his bat hurled
through the air, see his stride or
righteous hate. If the lip dare speak
what the heart feels, that ump;re
would be bawled out.
The fourth inning is over and no
runs. Don't bet against Nehf, but,
otherwise, bet on the Yanks.
SchanE, of the Yankees. sacrifices
himself-baseball has it's little sac
rffices. There was a man at second.
Schang hunted the ball. knocked it
down Just in front Of himself, where
no one was. The man on first got
safe to second Schang. of course,
was put out. But that sacrifice
counts for Schang here in baseball
scores, as it presumably does above.
Now man walks. Ladies. for