davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
BROWNsON.
Y'S Krax From
the Indian Club
BY BIG CHIEF

Howdy fellows, how's the bus
running?
We have no home but We are here
to stay.
The run Sunday was a great sue
cess. All out again tomorrow. We
start early and finish late.
This Is a mans club. n she
won't let you out. sneak out and
then a box Of sweets
Ladies are invited every other
Sunday after April /.
our membership Is increasing.
Just what we want. a real he club.
A real competitive COMMITTEES Is
on the job and our dare devils are
ready 10 start Watch for a local
cleanup this season.
Watch the road cops. fellows.
Keep the slate clean.
Come on in. Billie, the water Is
dne. We need you. We have one
BIN and you will complete the job
No clouds OF gloom In this outfit.
We do not want any green riders.
All members must know the game.
Everybody belongs 70 the NJ. and
A. T. A.
Get out the powder puss. boys,
we are going after them this year.
Don't gossip. leave that TO the
women
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
BY BILLY EVANS


When Larry Lajoie retired from
baseball the game suffered the loss
OF a player who had always been a
great credit 10 the sport.
There was something picturesque
about I.ajoie that made him the idol
OF the fans
No inhelder ever handled
grounder more gracefully. lie was
one OF the surest fielders In the his
tory OF the game.
No batter was ever more monchal-
ant at the plate. Yet there was
rhythm In the swing OF Larry's bat
as he made ready to hit the ball.
When the magnates by waving on
Larry told him that he was through.
from their point OF view he lost
much OF his interest in the game.
Having been one OF the games
greatest stars for so many years.
playing the minor circuits didn't ap-
peal 20 him.
Larry could have gone on FOR a
number OF years IN the minors and
been a big attraction. He preferred
a business career. feeling that the
same amount OF effort IN new fields
would bring him greater returns.
He has proved the wisdom OF his
choice.
In the hockey world. Moose"
Johnson for years has occupied
much the same position as did Larry
Laioie In baseball.
For p years Johnson has been
Tho f1,f - fha horlotr fans rTo has
been cheered and jeered. with en-
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

How does the umpire judab a
fair or foul ball by the position Of
the fielder. or the ball and foul line &?
For example, the left fielder. In go
ing after a fly ball. has both feet
inside the foul line on fair territory.
when reaching for the ball His
hands are extending over the foul
line. and are perhaps six inches in
four territory. He gets his hands
on the ball but drops II. Is Il q
fair or foul ball?
No attention is ever paid to the
position of the player. The hit Is
judge according TO the relatfye
position OF the ball and the foul
line.
In the play cited the ball was
foul. The fact that both OF the
players feet were in fair territory
when his hands came into contact
with the ball is given no considera-
tion. His hands were in foul terri
tory when the ball struck them.
making Il foul ball.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
Rr RuLY EVANS

Not only are insurance companies
willing to gamble on life and death
but they are ever willing. even anxi-
Gus. TO gamble on the weather
Practically every major league
club. and a good many OF the minors,
are insured against weather on all
the big days In speaking OF the
big days reference is made to Satur-
day. Sunday and holidays
There are any number OF blanket
policies that are offered which are
governed by certain conditions. Tho
rate OF Insurance varies according to
the risk which the company believes
that Il Is assu ming.
Only recently the real value OF a
rain policy 10 baseball magnates was
made apparent' There was launch
ed on the Pacific Coast a winter
league OF baseball in which the four
managers were big league stars. Sis
Ter. Hornsby, Cobb and Hellman.
It Is understood that these four
star players received $4,000 for
their combined service or about S10,-
900 each. That placed the teams
under a big expense at the very start.
In order 10 secure every protection
possible a rain insurance was carried
on all games played.
When the policies were taken out
little thought was given to the ac-
tion. Usually the weather in Octo-
ber and November Is very pleasant
II so happened that the league failed
to strike a popular chord. That was
unfortunate.
Rain Insurance Saved League.
The weather. however instead OF
being very pleasant, was just the
opposite. During those two months
OF play more rain fell than could
be remembered by the oldest resi-
dents. on the face, that would ap-
pear very unfortunate. quite TO the
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
Bg6unsSays

bers OF the Denison. Iowa. team last
year. Daniel Voss, a former Uni
versity OF Illinois athlete, arranged
for the two Illinois stars to play
with Denlson. Voss Is one OF tho
leading citizens Of that city.
Knowing Rig Ton conditions reia-
tive to professionalism, Voss saw
that Nhc boys were protected on that
score Here is the way Voss ex-
plains IL;
"vogei and Hellstrom came to
Denison at my invitation. They
woHsed on a paving job They re-
ceived their pay from the contrac-
tor who had charge Of it. They play
ed two or three games Of ball
week. Not one cent did they re-
coive for playing bail. but / might
add they were we'll paid for their
work on tho paving Job.
I'VE took care OF their room and
board. The contractor allowed them
lots Of leisure time at a nearby lake.
I supplied .hem with the use OF an
automobile. They went back 20
/ Champaign IN the fall with a sock
/ fun OF money 10 carry them through
/ the year There Is no chance OF de-
claring them professionals. We
were very careful about that Tho
State ~ lows was full OF Big Ton
bail players last year playing under
the same conditions"
Summer hall should be permitted
That would do away with deceit.
From September until June. tho
athletes should be placed on their
honor. Playing any sport outside of
the college during that time should
call for immediate expulsion.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
;sq3sLASSICS Of
KThp DIAMOND

Bought and Paid For. a great
drama OF eight or nine years ago. is
to have a New York revival That
brings TO mind an Interesting base
bail story hinged on that show.
When Bought ard Paid For was
a Broadway success. the Chicago
White sox had a player by the name
OF Peters. a bush league pitcher who
looked promising. Jimmy Callahan
was then managing the club.
During the White Sox's stay In
Boston. George Cohan was appearing
in revival OF "Forty-Five Minutes
From Broadway" Callahan ana
Cohan are great friends. Cohan
extended an invitation TO the White
Sox to attend performance. resere-
ing two boxes for the players Cal
lahan told the boys 20 give Cohan
"a big hand when he made his en-
trance.
That afternoon a freak play lost
the game for Chicago. II was the
topic OF conversation among the play
ers. When Cohan came on stage he
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
st. Hedwig'S A. A. Dots
BY "GUESS WHO"

It's about time you went to work
"Mroz" We think 1903 was the
last time. Well things are different
now. aren't they Bill?
Joe whalen Is not only a base
bah catcher. but can c-tch cold
fish or anything that comes his way
He is also good al catching min
nows.
We don't see much OF Kid Christy
any more. He must be too busy
throwing out frozen nsh.
stanley Duszak says the best COW
they have is the pump, and when II
freezes, it's ice cream.
There was a big party Sunday
night. The main part OF this party
was the Cooley four. The party
was chaperoned by Jimmie" Kern
grand night bug.
We've got another case on K. o.
Champy. better known as the clubs
giant What are you hanging around
Porter street for7
Frank Bissell must think he's a
Hercules. when he tried to clean up
the east side Saturday night.
Lefty Pennock. better known as
Three Fingered Brown, will run for
dog catcher next season. We wish
you luck. Mr.. Pennock.
It must be cold for Fisherman
Cooney down at the creek these
days We told you to pick your coal
. last summer. "Cooney."
We heard fellow crying the
other day. Some one asked him
. what the trouble was and he said
1 whats a fellow gonna do when he's
Z In love-" Poor Johnnie Matyna.
Yibby was some kid snatcher AZ
the dance wednesday night. Why
s pick on the kid?
& Ed Jordan and Scoop, what was
. the big attraction down around the
+ Easter eggs Wednesday night. Was
+ 81 the eggs or the girls?
Big Ed what was NJ doing, using
10y paper to make you stick to her
or were you using It TO make her
I stick around you?
Berry Matinski. the water boy for
1.-The Poionia Theatre. was seen car
|ry.ng water for the actors 20 wash
n their feet in Berny, the next time
some one asks for drinking water
Mthey mean drinking water.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
Rain Insurance Saved Lcague.
SHADE NO MATCH
FOR JACK BRITT0N

NEW YORK. Feb. 1s.-CUnlted
Press)-The grim reaper or funny"
judges appear 10 be the only mem
ace to Jack Britton, the ancient well
terweight champion, Sound of limb
and clear OF mind, the 37-year-oid
title holder has a long way TO 20.
II boxer ever showed art 10 per
fection. II a champion ever made a
challenger look like a kindergarten
novice. Britton did it last night TO
Dave Shade, the California young
ster, in a 15-round go. but the
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

viii insist the game has gone back.
Speak 20 me star OF 20 years ago
and he will offer the same opinion.
It seems to be customary for star
players to always believe the period
In which they happened 20 be a
star, was the time when baseball
was az lis peak.
am going 10 be a bit different
from the ordinary run. 1 am posi-
tive that the game showed a gradual
Improvement from the time / enter
ed In 1907 until about 1913 or 1914.
Then for various reasons Il seems
to me that the game started TO slow
up. When the United States got into
the World War. yes year or two
before that. the game suffered a
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

One OF the ways to curb the de-
oeit and dishonesty that has oreptI
into college athletics. Is TO permit
athletes who have the ability. to
play bah during the summer for pay.
There should be certain restric-
uons placed on such permission. II
might be wise 10 say that Il Is an
right to play baseball for pay. pro-
vded the team Is In no way con-
nected with organized professional
baseball.
Baseball offers big field for the
college athlete. Every small town
in tho united States has IT'S repre-
sentative team The rivalry that
exists between some OF tho neighbor-
Ing small towns is mighty keen. In
many cases the promoters have no
thought OF expense. Victory Is the
big thing.
There are a great many students
who through the money made hs
playing summer ban are enabled Q,
| pursue their college course. I
/ doesn't seem foir that these chaps
TO whom the money means so much
should be denied tho right to carr
&c hy playing baseball after the clos'
Of the college season.
10 Is a very easy matter 10 evade
the rules and escape professionalism
Such an evasion makes for deceit
The case OF Heilstrom and VogcL
two University of Illinois piayes, is
just one OF the reasons why tho Big
Ten rule relative TO summer ball Is a
Joke.
These two star players were mcm-
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
MT. VERNON KEEPS
UP WINNING STREAK

Mt Vernon continued It's winning
streak In the City Basketball League
by defeating Brownson. 20 TO %. It
was the sixth straight victory for
the Breck's Lane boys.
Tony Biddle again led the team
IN scoring with six field and three
fouls for a total OF 10 points. Bob
and Bum" Toomey also
played well for the winners.
Joe Haney. the old reliable. led
the Brownson crew In scoring. three
field and two fouls being the extent
of Joe's scoring. Gerald Doherty
played his usual star guarding
game. The score.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
THREE B0WLERS,
GET EVEN BREAK

Three bowlers earned even breaks
in the five matches bowled In the
singles championships at Grady's last
night. Souder nosed out by Ewing
returned the compliment by doing
the same thing to Herpell and
Herpel made It even all around by
knocking-off Ewing in an earlier
match.
Jack Everett and Edgar Good had
a fine evening of sport with the
former winning three straight. two
of the games by one pin margins
Norm Carson and Jimmie Harkins
supplied the prettiest bowling with
Carson the victoN The first game was
tied al 1872 pins and after that Il
was 2nn or hafln- 10 lrln gcnrne.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
STANDTNG
NEW YORK AGGTES
AT NEWARK TONIGHT
Special to The evening Journal.

NEWARK. Feb. is. - Delaware
plays New York Aggies basketball
in the local cage tonight the game
Starting at Z o'clock. This is the first
time that Delaware has eyer met
the New York Aggies in basketball,
although the two colleges met in
football last fall Next Tuesday
night Muhlenburs will play basket
ball here. After this game there will
remain but one more home game on
the schedule. whick will be with
Bucknell on March 8. Delaware will
close the season by playing Prince
ton at Princeton March z.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
vILLA NOVA pREp FIeld ro.
CAUNNTTIl WINS THRFE

Cai.nth' took three our of FIVE
samea from Clayton Thursday night.
rhe scores:
rallnihe 20, p 20 21 1s-3
clayton ....s IS 81 10 2l-2
PicAcrs; Caianthe - Stewart.
Pierce. Smitn. W r. Wilson. Clay
|on---s weorer. Crossgrove, L. Roe
|on. n. BeeGon. geferacs-Wilhelm
ftro'ia. Scor~rs-Steldle ". L. An
Rcrsoa.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
SALLTES NOW THIRD
IN PHILLY LEAGUE

Third place In the Philadelphia
Catholic High school league were
the fruits Of last nights easy VIC
tory for Salesianum over villa Nova
Prep. In tho st. JosephE Han. 40 to
|23 The Gold and White cagers
worked together with well-olled pre-
cision and displayed the form which
they are capable Of and avenged the
one point defeat handed out by villa
|Nova on their home floor earlier In
IN snlsnn. Score.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
CHURCH LEAGUE
En AEN
CooKMAN DROPS ONE.
oITY LEAouE srANnln

Two close rivals met in Whining
ton City Quot League match last
night Goodman and Seventh Ward.
Barrett's church boys came with
four straight after dropping the first
game. Although the boys are neigh
bors. they battle hard against
each other. Scores:
Seventh Ward ...21 IS 10 Ill
Cookman ...... n 81 81 At
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
Game Has SlolOed Up Since War

severe slump.
BAN players who have been in the
American League from 10 TO Is
years win frankly admit that tho
standard OF play has been much
lower for the last four or five years.
II doesn't seem to me- that the
clubs are playing as much real base
ball as they once did. Few players
now take.ony chances on the bases.
Most battors are thinking Of the old
base hit rather than pulling some
thing out OF the ordinary.
7 feel that the lively ball has done
much TO slow up the game as far
az playing any inside ball.
The lively ball, and the deeds Of
Babe Ruth. have caused all the HIT
ters 20 place the healthy swing be-
fore the inside stun. In addition. tho
elimination OF freak pitching has
further added to the confidence OF
the batter.
From the way the attendance re-
cords have been broken IN the last
two years. however. Il seems tho
public likes the slambang style OF
play.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
Judges called It a draw.

judges called Il a draw.
Those who like to see gore splash
ed 10 the ceiling. those who would
have called the game OF the
gladiators tame. thought it was a
bad show. Those who look on boxt
ing as an art. who appreciate what
10 means for veteran in years and
experience TO hold of a youngster
half the age, thought last nights
contest one OF the greatest ever seen
In Madison Square Garden.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
HANOVER GIRLs IN GAGE.

Hanover girls BASKETBALL team
viii meet the Catholic Daughters Of
fve in the Hanover GYM
nasium tonight. As both teams have
been playing fast basketball a big
crowd is expected.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
CITY LEAGUE GANIEs.

Seventh Ward and St. Mary's will
clash In their second game OF the
week In the City Basketball League
at ST. Joseph's Han tonight. In the
preliminary game Young Defiance
and ST. Marys Kittens will clash.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
BROWNsON AS WIN.

Brownson Academy defeated the
Seventh Ward Reserves last night by
the score Of "a to 10. The Warders
were allowed only one point in ,he
last hale. MeLauehiln was the star
with FIVE neld goats
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
KEYSTONE GLUE MEETING

Keystone Field Club will meet in
the club rooms at 2.15 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. The presence OF
every member is requested, as busi-
ness OF Importance will be trans
acted.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

WINTER ana thcy know III they fol-
low In his footsteps they viii be
travelling toward baseball and
sportsmanship OF the superior vari-
ETY..
-t-t-t-
The Rose Hill baseballers are {.
ambitious, to say the least. A (.
letter received from Business .
Manager c. r. Mccullough in q.
Inmates the boys from over the 4.
way plan TO schedule at least .
s6 games this season. By mis- .
print. S6 was the number pub q.
lished IN The Journal sport .
columns yesterday. Go get 'em &.
Rose Hill, we're with you. .
.
-f-f-f-
MAC" MCKEE HAS STARTED
WORK on A NEW ROWLING
PIECE OF ART ENTITLED
SAVED BY A SPARE"
-t-t-t-
That Defiance gang sure Is repre-
sented when Il comes to baseball,
right up and down the line.
There's a Bulldog In each one
OF the local leagues organ
lied 10 date. Defiance
Midgets in the Wilmington
Junior Twilight League. De-
fiance Academy In the Jun
Tor City League and the De-
iance big team IN the City League
-t-t-t-
Some things are hard 10 explain
and wen let Jim DonlOn speak hii
own piece 10 let those who have bccf
bothcring us for Information as Q,
how Jim hit $50 pins all i'm one eve
ming. Hadn't you heard about it'
Why. yes IL It's so. Jim did get $50
and we're not talking about five ol
six years ago either. Twas just th'
other evening.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
nY wNLrER JOHNSON

, you tnlnk the
gome has Inn
proved since you
Joined the Ameri-
can League In
1907
That Is a ques-
tion that always
starts an arEu-
ment Talk with
the veteran OF 30
years ago and he
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
WESTMINSTER aNos. Fieid Foul Pts
CATHOLIC INDOOR LEAGUE.
Next Weeks Schedule.
Standing

st. Thomas at ST. Mary's.
Pioneers at St. Patrick's.
Brownson at st. Anne's.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
BEN GREENSTEIN, Editor

Chicago Cubs are already cnroutc.
We might as well name where some
Of the leading ball clubs about Town
are going to work out the firesidc
kinksi
Francis Ryan's Imps will go fur
ther south than ever befOre-I3car
Station. Charlie Welsh will condi-
tion the Imps.
Charlie Saylor's Gobs arc gather
ing TO invade Slaughtcr's Neck.
'Jedge" Gable will take his Allbis
inland as far as Boothby TO rid them
of the New Castles salt and heated
air from the gulf stream.
-f-t-t-
Up at the bowling alleys a fellow
paused TO inquire. SAY Is that Pete
Ewing. I used TO know a fellow by
that name last summer but he seem
cd heftier some"
Yes Il was the same Petite. and
the twain who had reasons for
knowing each other quite we'll
shook hands when the recognition
was fully established. There's rea-
son for the party Of the hrst part
being in doubt as 20 whether It was
the same Pete. Bowling and playing
basketball nearly every night In the
week has brought the big portsIder
down and as he remarked himself.
he has dropped 25 pounds since last
summer Maybe he Is conditioning
himself for box work with the
Bankers and Brokers. He ought to
be in pretty good shape.
-f-f-t-
The Wilmington Junior Twi-
light League, composed OF future
greats has n fine chance for they
got on 20 a fine start the other night.
With the mercury batting around
900 ON the outside, the gang inside
was cheery and enthusiastic over the
new circuit. The youngsters have a
president TO look up 10 In George l..
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

It's not too early to talk about
,prlng trimming trips because the
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

Tomorrow Johnson tells what no
regards as his best pitching per-
formance.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18


Bill Stewart OF the Sunday
Star. one Of the prime movers
for sport in newspaper row and
still enthusiastically engaged in
several branches OF athletics.
called us up 70 impart the in
formation that ~ there Is go
ing TO be a Newspaper League
Il Will be misnamed."
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

lie started out TO pole vault, but
lie stopped and looked around.
Bout ~ feet In the air because
His pole stuck In the ground.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

paul Prep" school scribe for the
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger,
named couple OF All-Catholic
quintets. composed OF players select
ed from the Philadelphia Catholic
High school League I'm yesterdays
issue. 1t Is OF course known that
Salesianum OF Wilmington is n MEM
her of the circuit. "YOung Lex"
Gillespie of the Gold and White
quintet Is named I'm the all-star Sc
lection. He is picked for the second
team. In making his selection Paul
Prep- devotes the following para
graph i'm italics 20 Gillespie;
Gillespie. OF Salesianum
High School. OF Wilmington. Del.
by his steady all-around work
throughout the season Is placed
on the second team. He was a VI
good shot and played a heady
game every time his team took
the court"
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

AAe1ou1s
Even though when buried In
thought some people are shallow
enough.
-t-t-t-
II used TO be that alcohol aged in
the wood was the. best but now
that's different.
Evening journal., 1922-02-18
SHARPENED
IN THE GRIND
News in Numbers

Winter and they know n they fol-
low In his footsteps they will be
travelling toward baseball and
sportsmanship OF the superior vari-
ETY..
Evening journal., 1922-02-18

Yea. he was n star at checkers,
And he never hit slump.
They say he won his games cause he
Was always ON the jump.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-01
Clark Griffith
Scores Lecture
OF Judge Lands
Declares the Commissioners.
Talk an Insult to The Ma.
joriiy Of Ball PLAYER,

WASHINGTON, June an - cla.,
Griffith, president Of the Washinctaa
American League club. today IN
/ staten ent, took exception To tho ~.
ported lecture recently given bv Kan,-
/ saw Mountain Landis, bas eball coo'
missioner. to members Of the New, Yo a
( and Boston American League clubs II
clarlng ne considered Judge Landise
( remarks that the ball p'avers n,r,.
not gamble, bootleg Or carouse arount
at night direct insult to ~ ner ce-s
Of the ball players Of the eount~y.os
Noting that Judge Landis's taii. n
the Yankees and Red Gox had boon an,
nounccd as the first Of q series ~
similar talks, President Griffith de-.
ciared "therc will be no lectures If
the above mentioned kind nerpctra+a5
on the players Of the Washington
The last statement of the Washing.
ton club president was considered 4
baseball circles here as a virtual de(
hance Of the high comm! ssicnef Of
baseball and aroused considerable in.
tercst in view Of the rule in the new
governing code of organized baseball
which prohibits public criticism by the
magnates of the commissioners ac.
tions.
President Grifith's statement. as.
given out, was substantially as"foT.
lows:
IF the paper reports Of Judge
Landis's curtain lectures to the Yankee
and Red Sox players are correct. and
he is rightly quoted I consi " his re-
marks that the ball players must no.
gamble, bootleg Or carouse around a.
night direct insult to IS per cent o,
the ball players of this country. Ball
players in general are gentlemen. ard
their conduct in general is better than
that Of the average boys of their age.
IF the commissioner felt i. his duty
to reprimand some one or two players
in a matter Of this kind he should
have named the players and let every
one know just who they are.
II know ball players as vel as any
one, and, regardless Of what has hap.
pened in the game II the last few
years, know the ball players to be 50
per cent pure, both as 70 honesty and
conduct, and any one who refers to
them in general as being otherwise Is
making q big mistake.
There will be no lectures 81 the
above mentioned kind Derpetrated on
the players Of the Washington cub
Judge Lands, who has been in New
York during the last two or threa
DAYS. refused to comment OF CLARK
GriFith's statement when interviewed
yesterday.