The New York herald., 1922-11-01
Cincinnati Owner Dickering
With st. Paul Club for Vet
eran SOuthpaw.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

HOuIlsl ny JOilH JoScpi n4SbIdW Soiiic
time ago, is about to return to the big
league. August Hermann. the good
Burgomeister of Cincinnati. Ohio, is
about to purchase the Rube and his
port soupbone from the st. Paul Club
of the American Association, accord
ing to advices received from Josef Won
Heintzman, the Baron of Fountain
Square, Cincinnati.
The Rube's salary arm, his left, was
sprained while he served in the army
in one of the Southern camps as the
Rube was reaching for his susie
nance, of which he required consider
able, at the non-commissioned officers
mess. Shortly after he doffed the
army o. d. to don a Giant uniform
again McGraw moved the Giants right
away from him and the Rube passed
on to st. Paul and comparative OBJ
livion.
During last season the Rube's left
wing started to come back, and he dis
covered left handed fadeaway that
He looked so good that the Yanks sent
bone specialists to look him over, with
a view of purchasing him for the ivory
exhibit with which the Yanks will open
their new park. The result of the tests
made by the bone specialists came out
negative so that the contemplated pur-
chase was abandoned just as Col Jacob
Rupert was refilling the magic foun-
tain pen and tearing a leaf out OF the
check book.
Burgome lister stops Brooding.
Thereafter August Hermann. who
was still eating sour pickles and brood
ing over his poor judgment in discharg-
ing Jack Scott on suspicion or perma-
nently sore soupbone. became interested
in the Rube. Since Jack Scott, who was
fired personally by the Burgomeister.
came back and was the pitching hero of
the late world series in Giant uniform
Herr Hermann has become so sad that
he has refused all nourishment outside
of a few pickles. little kraut, some
liverwurst, weinerwurst. pigs knuckles,
sauer beef, pretzels, liederkrantz, hase1-
pfeffer, frankfurters. noodles schmier-
kase and rheinbraten. The result was
that the good old burgomelster has be
come shadow of his former self.
Since he heard of the possible chance
of the Rube regaining his big league
form Herr Hermann began TO cheer up.
He is reported as having said IF
could have the Rube come back once
and beat Chon McGraw everything
would be nice again. Things has been
] looose ever since that Chack Scott got
sore in the arm and made me sore In
the head. Then that Scotts arm amt
sore any more and he Is pitching in
worlds seriousness for Chon McGraw.
Maybe I will have Rube Benton pitch
ing in a worlds seriousness next year.
and the laugh will be In my face instead
/ of Chon McGraw's. Louie pass the
/ pickles for the chentleman from the
/ newspapers. Pickles is nice to loosen
4 the digestion
The return OF Casey Stengel and the
/ baseball miracle which materialized ~
the return Of Jack Scott's arm to form
has made IL seem as though the axiom.
''They never come back" did not apply
/ TO the national pastime any longer. IL
/ the Rube can report TO Patrick Aloysius
/ Moran in anything like the form he rs
! reported TO have attained in the wide
I open spaces near st. Paul he may an
1 nov the Giants considerably next yehr.
]
| Giants. and the Rube was one OF the
best in his day. 1t might be that ne
| could left hand the Giants right out OF
| the top next season. for the Reds at THIS
very early date look like the team iha'
/ would give the Giants considerable
! trouble next year.
The Burgomeister OF Cincinnati thinks
| that this may come TO pass. He was
heard TO remark TO josef Won HeintZ-
g.. Gstffs at
| Choa McGraw laugh while the laughing
is loose, but maybe next year the foot
will be in another shoe"
Huston Crows n Mustache.
| Since the curtain dropped on the late
/ world series there has been nothing new
| around the Yankee offices but a mus
tache which Is being raised by Col.
Tulinghast LHommedieu Huston. white
| this growth is still in embryo, II shows
considerable promise. Evidently II
the plan Of the Yankee owners to dig IN
for the winter. and 1t is hardly PROT
able that the heads of Coils. Rupert and
! Huston will be shown above the paEapets
until they send out the contracts for mex.
| season.
The adding machine IN the Yankee
/ offices has disappeared. Cousin Egbert
| Barrow denied strenuousls that n sub
tractinR machine would be installed In
its place when the time comes for the
making out Of the 1928 contracts. Yet
tho adding machine has been taken out
and YOU can draw your own conclusions.
Asked as TO whether he had heard any
thing about the bomb which Ban Johnson
was said 60 be preparing 10 throw in
the direction OF the Yankee offices, Col
Huston said: THAT must have been a
Typographical error. / think he meant
4 bum"
Following the announcement that
pitcher Bentley had been acquired there
came a brooding silence over the Giant
offices. ItNvas broken only when Secre-
tary James Tierney raised his voice to
DENY that John Joseph McGraw indorsed
tho PLAYERS union. The Giants have
very little further trading TO do in
preparation for next season. There will
be some disturbances in the Yankee
Offices later on. Of course, but for the
present Col. Tiilinghast L'Hommedieu
Huston is following the peaceful pastoral
pursuit OF raising his own mustache,
which il TO be one OF the most striking
decorations at the ceremonies attendant
upon the grand opening OF the Yankees
new baseball park Col. Rupert also
will wear one Of those decorations. and
the competition between the owners,
while friendly. Is none the less keen.
Denny Knocks Out Loughlin.
NEW ORLEANS. oct Si.---Young Denny
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