The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Five Leading E1itters
/. in Each Major League
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

resented to them that a broiler buffet
was connected with the train. During
lull in the pinochle game Casey STEM
gel sent forward to this car for sand
wiches. A Senegambian of forbidd;ng
aspect informed him the train carried 10
food
CONSERVATION spread among the ath-
letes and camp followers. Jack Scott
moaned aloud for his nutriment. Jess
Barnes sighed for the liverwurst of Gin
cinnati Casey Stengel thought of :he
various foods he had devoured purely
out OF courtesy during this trip and
wept.
Outside the Pullman car windows the
cornfields lave mockingly. the ducks
waddle YsNsne little ponds, the Ply
mouth Rock broilers scratch in the grass.
the cows moo softly. but on board this
train there is not even a sandwich
IF only we could see the smiling face
of Harry NJ. Stevens once more and hear
the sound OF the boy shouting. Get
them while they are hotr" means Casey
Stengel.
The scenes of suffering IN the various
invaded cities were sad to witness
When the Giants entered Pittsburgh the
customers at Forbes Field were laugh
Ing merrily. Bloodthirety Barney the
cruel corsair, who owns the Pirates.
was wearing pink shirt and a broad
smile. With the departure of the Giants
the smile had disappeared and the shirt
was no longer pink. 1t had assumed
the somber black OF the rest of the
Pittsburgh landscape.
When the Giants hit Chicago the in
mates of Cubs Park were chewing gum
and drinking pop. AS the Giants were
about TO leave the same inmates had
swallowed their cuds and had cast their
empty pop bottles at Casey Stengel and
Irish Meusel
in Cincinnati the Giants found the
good burghers munching their pretzels
and wienerwurst in the grandstands and
bleachers. When the Giants left after
taking two games. the jaws OF the Gus
toners were motionless and the good
Burgomeister. August Hermann, had
proclaimed a two hour fast in sign of
mourning.
Whon and Woe for st. Louis.
st. Louis was bubbling with enthusi-
asm on the day the Giants arrived.
The Mayor was mastering the loyal
pennant rooters pledged to stick to the
Cardinals to the last in the hope Of
a pennant and a larger city. As the
second game was taken from .he Cards
the customers decided that they had
been sticking long enough and started
to razz that good gentleman. Branch
Hickey, as he passed from the park
to the local Y NJ. G. A.
None of the cities visited by the
Giants ever will look the same. They
may recover their civic coneciences, or
whatever makes fans get that way. but
they will never have the same happy.
carefree peoples within their walls
again.
Manager McGraw announced to-day
the purchase of a right handler named
Carman Hill from the indianapolis
team. Hill has been something of a
sensation in his league. even working
with a losing team. III he Is anything
like what he Is touted TO be this young
man can be of considerable assistance
in the very near future. The pitching
famine In the National League may
reach even more acute stages, and.
take it from various managers, IL Is
fairly acute already.
Roger the Duke of Bresnahan, took
the athletes out to-day to see the place
where Jess Willard fell on July 4. 1919.
The exact spot has since been filled in
and young raspberry bush has been
planted TO mark It for the sightseers.