The Washington times., 1922-10-05
SQUIRREL CHATTER

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The de- :
that men are refusing to stand in
the seventh inning.
The world series, second In i'm.
portance only to the Underworld
series between Westbury. L. l.. and
New Dorp, has developed a most
amazing situation. Particularly yes.
| terday was 1t noted by veteran
crime reporters, who chronicle the
| classic, that q multitude Of the fans
wore boards.
Who these wearers of brussels
sprouts were and what they wanted
with baseball continues to be a mys.
terry. Part OF the grandstand look
ed as though IL was reserved by the
House OF David. A rumor was rife
that relatives of the Smith brothers
had coughed up the entry fee in
hope that Catcher Smith, of the
Giants. would pinch hit for Nehf.
He did try. but there weren't any
raisins in his homebrew.
Men gathered on roofs Of houses
blocks away from the spot where
| LlC pOOy was lOuHO 10 view lH6
play. How they could see that far
Is an enigma, unless, Of course, they
were Peeping Toms.
Boards everywhere. Maybe those
birds with the hair overdrapes fore.
gathered in honor OF Bush. Bush
was bearded in the eighth. 1t is
said he was the only Yankee player
never razzed in st. Louis. They
think he is a member Of the An
/ heuser family out there.
General Pershing, escorted by
Squire Landis. has at last appeared
before the public. He also departed
from his custom of not posing for
photographs and allowed the boys
to take just one shot-at q time-of
him. The general wore-no, not a
beard-but a pearlcolored fedora
from the pearl fisheries of Thirty
fourth street and Fifth avenue.
Jack Dempsey, with just a mere
hint Of beard. displayed fast left
hand in reporting the game. He re-
ceived a louder burst of applause
than was accorded General Pershing.
The crowd probably recognized the
champ as a superior ring general.
The Turks, who are chasing the
Greeks on behalf of the beard OF the
Prophet, would have gloated at the
sight. Not anticipating such an cpl
demic OF chins over which no razor
ever got lost, the management had
not made it compulsory for a tapes
try.growing gentleman to have two
Ii 1nlf a
other for his facilial afghan, and
there was much tripping and tan
Cling over the visiting doormats.
Heavy betting was reported on
Wall Street, with odds OF 1887 to 3
that nobody will refer to McGraw
as a miracle man" II he puts the
series to bed in a pit silo.
1t is traditional belief among
baseball writer's, only a scant
thousand or so OF whom are hele,
that Adam was created with a
beard. 1t was more of the bushy
or barbary hedge type than the
| flowing or Hudson river variety.
Adam received much notice in the
public prints for having been the
first in any series to knock ;he
old apple into left field. Groh
socked the Ben Davis into that
garden for the first hit of this
series, using a bottle shaped bat
in honor Of Congressman Volstead.
who could not come to the fray on
account of not having heard Of 1t
until last year.
Everybody seemed to get scared
| ,x,h1 nt
the head of the arbitration table
but the officials Of the Penn river.
II KLEIN only affected a beard he
could have a lot of rubles that
now sink in chest protos.
What a crop of timothy in that
section of the stand that intrigued
the interest of any collector OF
flemish weaves. The Kings of
Persia used to tie up their tonsil.
insulation in plaits and with gold
thread. 1t was some pretty sight,
according to the merry cracks in
scribed on the stones OF Ninevah
when the old monarchs curled their
pneumonia tenders, oiled them like
Times square shoe shine and
then minched forth from the palace
to choose a sarcophagus at the
local funeral church in preparations
for the assassination. Yesterdays
assassination came in the eighth,
when every beard was trembling
and the bush was wobbling.
George Kelly takes a nice,
healthy cut at the ball, but not so
hefty cut as he will take at the
series pool. Which calls to mind
that Alexander the Great mot
Groves Cleveland Alexander) banned
the wearing OF boards among his
soldiers on the ground that, players
on the visiting teams would have
something to lay hold OF in an i'm
portant series.
A lot of sympathy was wasted
on the throngs that stayed up all
night for ducats. Half Of them
goa up early, anyway, and the rest
stay up all night as a rule, so
where Is there any hardship en-
tailed?
The woman in white tights who
walked around the bases. as she
Is planning to do today again, was
one of the mysteries Of yesterday.
She is thought to be demonstrating