Evening star., 1922-10-10

signs a new contract Oh uoSS iot.
He is held responsible by his op-
ponents for all the mental iapses
as well as the lacks OF some of the
players of his team. The fact that
Bush openly rcbelled on the field
against his orders. is held by some
to he a display of the pitchers base
ball slnartnrss as opposed TO the
mana gers dUmhUeSS.
other students of the game. how
ever, hold just the opposite and Bush
will amhle his way into the alleys
and lanes of base ball history as
the first big league pitcher in a
world series who played the spoiled
kid pouting and sulking when he
could not have his own way.
l. isn't Bullet Joe any longer; it's
Bunhcaded Joe
Huggins cannot be blamed much
for not wishing to discuss his future
plans. Fans are beginning TO realize
Giants. the manager of the Yanks
has had his little daily dozen OF
trials and vexations III his effort to
Keep his temperamentaI bunch from
strayiHg from the winning path.
Busy RefundinG Money.
The Offices of the American League
club were almost as busy today as
they were before the series started
for on the force falls the task of
game that was not played. The work
entailed in sending back the coin Is
quite as hard as that of selling the
tickets in the first place because
holders are scattered and refundlng,
instead of being done in blocks. will
be made almost entirely 10 indt-
Y Niduals II is expected that 10000
checks will have to be drawn for
this purpose.
So far as the owners of the clubs
involved are concerned, the series
might be termed a financial bust
If they had retained the receipts of
the second game, which We're given
TO charity. they would have had
little something to show for their
trouble and confusion. Many people
wonder where all the money went.
hut the bill for the series was ter
rife.
First the players all are on salary
during this post-season period. The
ground force must be increased. The
bill for special police is quadrupled-
The bill for entertainment is like the
load of the proverbial camel. The
bill for tickets is a walloper, the bill
for music is not shall and thus it
goes
No Extra Game for Them.
The best chance the owners have TO
make money on series Is to get AT
least one extra game IN the series tor
II.
the benefit of the extra game. for
they gave the receipts to charity
when the episode of the tie and the
hcoing of Commissioner Lands got
on their nerves.
In 1921 there were eight games
played. 1t seemed that the series was
100 long. Every one was tired and
the attendance dropped ten thousand
as compared with earlier days. 1t was
decided to cut the series to a possible
seven games. and it was Il mighty
good thing that the two wealthiest
clubs in the major leagues were in
Volved as there would have been wild
howls of agony if some of the weaker
clubs had been caught in the present
financial jam.
As for Ruth. no figure Is large
enough to register his disgust, but
there is q notable absence of SYM
pathy with him. There has been rea-
son to talk turkey to this young man
at times this year. 1t is sure he is
not much in a world series, and the
Yanks would have been as well off
with Ruth on the bench. The pitchers
made a target of him and when he
failed the whole tower of Yankee
strength fell with him