The New York herald., 1922-08-15

cinnati, which is defended by young
Marshal Patrick Won Moran, the gre'
head upside down, thereby practically
Last of all comes the long march into
the fortified town of st. Louis, which is
but Is also defended by some heavy
resolutions from the Chamber of Com
merce. Long before the Giants en-
trained for their drive the Chamber of
Commerce began to store the whereases
and the be it resolves into the arsenals
go that the barrage of resolutions prom
ises to be so heavy that It will be diff
cult to make any advance or TO hold
any ground even should any be taken.
The little Napoleon, John Joseph Nc
Graw, imme lately retired to his draw
ing room with h S. war college as the
train pulled out. General Hughey Jen-
nings and Colonel Cosey Dolan. his two
aides. partook of light repast of ham
and eggs shortly before midnight but
refused to give any of the details of the
meeting of the Board Of Strategy.
Pittsburgh or Waterloos
The gravity Of the demeanor OF the
little Napoleon indicates that he realizes
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Fifty-four Days War Is drawing near
and that defeat at Pittsburgh might
spell Waterloo.
The situation OF the Worlds Cham
pions is as serious as you want to take
it, Heinie der Groh. the regular third
baseman. has slipped a trick knee and
accumulated some water in the same.
The pitching staff has suddenly taken on
the complexion OF slab of soft Swiss
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not the way pitching staff should look
at this time of the year.
The Giant strategists are banking a
lot on Hugh McQuillan who was kid
naped from the Boston Braves. ard on
Jack Scott. who was rescued from the
hospital for sore soup bones. Both look
fairly promising at the current writing.
The big engagements to come will; tell
more about them.
In charge of Lieutenant Eddie BrannicK.
laison officer of the expedition. Lieu
tenant Brannick has command of the
largest flock of correspondents ever
gathered under one Pullman roof and
the corridor Of the car is becoming too
congested for African golf and other
Indoor sports in which correspondents
are wont to seek intellectual exercise OF
diversion.
Brannick to march the correspondents
in column OF fours to a point of van
tage early in the afternoon. They are
supposed to protect themselves in the
clinches and In the breakaways while
in Pittsburgh and the management will
not be responsible for any who are
beaned by hunks of coal. All coal
thrown at visiting correspondents auto
matically becomes the property OF the
correspondent beaned. The same applies
to coke, steel ingots and bits of pig iron
Before entering Cincinnati Lieutenant
Brannick will issue corkscrews with
which the men may defend themselves IL
attacked during the Siege of the city.
1T Is announced that Josef Won Heintz-
man, the Baron of Fountain Square,
will wise the passports of the corre-
spondents and entertain them at his
baronial castle. The Burgomeister Au-
gust Hermann. will present each Of
them with a silver mounted pigs
knuckle.
The March ON Cincinnati.
The line of march into Cincinnati
should be impressive. In the lead will be
Field Marshal John Joseph McGraw in
taxlcab. After him will march the
Giants herd of trains pachyderms, with
Jess Burkett, the skilled mahout. lead
Ing SnuIIllU fH1l GOukIdS. FOiiOWllS
will come Heinie der Groh in an ambu-
lance preceded by the Exempt Brewery
Horses OF Cincinnati in column of twos.
The Burgomeister himself will ride in
an open barouch After that will come
the Dill Pickle Workers. the Pretzel
Benders Guild. the Delicatessen Girls
and prominent citizens in motor vehicles.
The stein from which Col. Tilinghast
LHommedieu Huston used to quaff will
be taken from the city vaults and ex-
htbited on a float guarded by members
of the Free Sitters and the Peruvian
Club. The stein has been mounted on
one of the simple little kegs so familiar
to the city in the brighter days of the
reign OF Burgomeister Hermann.
Col. Huston Is still remembered in
Cincinnati as the maker OF useless gifts.
He built waterworlxs for Cincinnati. and
the inmates OF the place arc still point
ing to II and exclaiming in their gut
tural patios. "Ach. Looie Give look
once Vas ISIS it?' There is stand
ing prize for any native who can tell
what waterworks is good for. Nobody
has ever started to compete for the
prize.
There have been no special prepara-
tions made for the entrance into Chicago.
as most OF the inhabitants are said to
be friendly. Samuel Newhall Crane.
the official scorer, VIII show the visitors
through the stockyards and Mary Gar
denis Opera House.
The last city to be visited will be St
Louis. As the troops near this town
shrapnel helmets viii he issued Ia
protect the correspondents from the hail
OF pop bottles. As some slight protec-
tlon against the resolutions of the
Chamber of Commerce, gas masks viii
be issued. and a warning will be sounded
at the approach OF any member Of the
chamber carrying concealed resolu-
ton.
The nnaI engagement at st. Louis Is
scheduled for August %. After n,at the
survivors. IL any. will be entrained for
the Polo Grounds.