The New York herald., 1922-08-22
PICNIC ADDICTION
OF NATIVES LAUDED
Tourists Place Lunch Basket
Habit Ahead Of Chicago's
Target Drills.
WINDY CITY AIM TOO GOOD
Meusel and Stengel Sport Stiff
Necks, Acquired Dodging
Pop Bottles.
ny w. o. McGEEHAN.

ny w. o. McGEEHAN.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 21.-Sitting very
prettily at the top of the National
League, the Giant expeditionary forces
rode into this place to-day on a wave
of optimism and intrenched for a two
day series with the Reds. Irish Meusel
and Casey Stengel are still suffering
from cricks in their necks sustained
while ducking the pop bottles of Chi
cago. Otherwise the athletes are well
and happy.
Irish Meusel brought one Of the
bottles with him as relic of the last
battle by Lake Michigan. "At first I
thought 1t was hospitality on the part
OF the Inhabitants" he said. "But as
you see the bottle is empty, so it could
not have been mere hospitality"
''No. siree." said Casey Stengel. who
had been in the line of fire. "They
wanted to crab our fielding. You see. II
bottle hits, the broken glass gets down
fellows neck and tickles his spine SO
that he starts to laugh and misses fly
balls. The cops in center field were a
great help. They picked the bottles up
and returned them to the throwers.''
The team was met by August Herr
nrann, the Burgomaster Of Cincinnati.
and a number of prominent burghers.
The Burgomaster was In cheerful
mood, as the Reds had taken two games
from the Brooklyn Dodgers on the pre-
vious day. To-day being an off day for
baseball. the members of both teams
and most of the inhabitants went on a
picnic. When there are no ball games
here In the summer the inhabitants go
or a picnic, according to their quaint
custom.
Garry's "Delicious" Reception.
In preparation for the coming of the
Giant expeditionary forces and the camp
followers the good Burgomaster has
teen preparing some of the native
foods. The expedition is preparing to
eat Its way through carload of pigs
knuckles, innumerable barrels of kraut,
mile and half of wienerwurst on
tanglements and two kilometers OF
pretzel barricades. The task set by the
Burgomaster is not one for light or
casual eaters The timorous ones Of
the expedition are already laying away
a supply Of pepsin and other first aid
remedies for Cincinnati feast.
you should eat, drink and be merry
warned the Burgomaster. for to-mor-
row you play baseball Dot is what
Shakespeare said 1t, and il he didn't
1t don't matter anyhow Louie, pass
the chentlemen some pickles and ask
ttAxy H,.r
kraut Kraut is nice dish for break
fast on account 1t loosens the digestion"
Before nightfall the main enga cement
OF the day will be fought out at the
Laugtrey Club. about thirty-five miles
from Fountain Square. The engage
ment will be in the form of one of those
barbaric affairs known as barbecue.
The athletes will not participate in this
only the camp followers and the COM
mander in chief OF the expedition, with
his two aids, Cozey Dolan and Hughey
Jennings
TT was too bad that WiIbert Robinson
could not stay over for this" said the
Burgomaster. There is one of the
finest eaters In the United States. Chem
tlemen, | give you my word that have
never sat down to table with better
eater than Wilbert Robinson Chust
give him fork and say the word, and
all you have to do is keep the plate
nlled. Col. Huston? Oh. yes He
learned his eating here, but he got out
OF practice in New York. Louie pass
the pickles: the chentiemen look weak"
Every Game srKrooshuI."
or course. the series that is about to
be played here is still OF a crucial ma
ture. ~ consists only Of two games,
but with the fragility of the Giant pitch
ing staff every game lost from now on
is more or less ominous matter. The
pitching staff will not get any stronger
as the season progresses. on the con-
trary, 1t may become frazier and frazier.
The best hope is sudden return to
normalcy on the part OF jess Barnes
and of Rosey Ryan.
1t will be some relief here to the ath-
letes to feel that the hospitality OF the
inhabitants will not take the form of
hurtling bottles The customers here
carry their lunches with them to the
ball park, but they do not hurI their
food or drink. They use Ii for the pur-
pose for which 1t was intended.
The pennant hope still futters to
some extent in the Cincinnati breast.
II is a broad breast and can hold con.
siderable hope as well as nourishment.
When hope flees nourishment in a re-
plenished form remains
The news of the return OF the Yanks
TO the lead In the American League was
welcomed by all members OF the ex-
pedition as indicating that the worlds
series this year will be shown exclu-
sively at the Polo Grounds.
The perils of the Journey West have
impressed the players with the belief
that II one-half OF the series were to
be played at st. Louis some fatalities
might result. The fan OF ST. Louis is
much more accurate with .he petuIant
pop bottle than the fans OF other cities
sri the police are expert at giving the
range and directing the fire.
McGraw wakes Confident.
McGraw confessed to-day that II
looked like the Polo Grounds again,
though the pitching staff turns the hair
of his head a little grayer each day.
AS II looks now the dope win be vindi-
Gated. The dope last spring said that
the Giants and Yankees would win
There are times when the dope Is hit
right on the chin but these Zines do
not come often in the long races for
pennants
AS the schedule has worked out, it
has been n sweet 6ne for the Giants.
There liz a rest to-day for the enfecblel 4
pitching staff and another Thursday
Just before the most crucial OF tho
arucial series with the Cardinals. Then
comee some more rest before the battle
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