New-York tribune., 1922-12-11

rh. p.r.nniai plseus Of The baseball
maenate IL upon us and for. tns ns1s
s-cst or ten days our leading hosteiries
,ill rattle 10 the tread of .he Poten-
t,ter great and small, Of this luera-
tlvS professlonAl sport. New YORK "
sver populsr with baseball men, major
AID minor. They loye 10 come eafly
and % their Christmas shopping late.
Norc basobeli men than ever before
ara In town FOR the weeks big Pow
WOW. Most Of the minor league oper..
ators. who last week held their annual
confereucs IN Louisville, came here 70
iooL on Aside from The International
Lame. chleh will hold he annual
mseting TO-DAY, there IL nothing but
he sights and the possibility Of dis
posing IL some "busher' at q fancy
price to excuse such heavy ireux o.
Amor magnates.
Ind,ed. only tie possibility of pur-
eh.So or trade lnsofar a. they may
aFeet the major leagues can IN. the
weeks conference much above the lever
a, oydlnarv routine. There Is cveTy
reason to believe that nov thA'
Mr. Johnsop has come down on his
high perch the National, Amerlefu and
lOlsk WfttlNka VIA gr - Kt"Hr-~-
.he quilting bees Of Colonial days.
Apropes o! the Joint meet.rg tie at
tltude OF the pre5ldcrt % the Amer
lean League may arouse pa5sing later
est In the inner shriles. To Mr.
Johnson the situation seems clear cut;
whether II Is better 20 bear the "sllhS9
erd arrows" Of ridlculc b. taxing =
a. "a fgf fHH q
BY bis attendance continue gracefully
20 submit 20 that humble 10; which
The appointment of Commissioner
Lands provided.
Tines certainly have changed IN six
day racing since the old days before
Mr.. Yolstead became household
word. ft Is mighty hard nov 70 lose
watch or a poke and almost impos-
slblo 20 part company with az over
coat. We can remember not 90 long
ago OF seeing q blbulous patroa at
temp. 10 leave the Garden without
hat. overeoat, coat or shoes. Once be
: fell asleep the pirates stripped him
clean to vest, trousers aad dress shirt,
even relieving him o. his studs and
cu1 links.
Billy Gibson, who ran a s.x-esy race
T In tie old days when New fork'5 gun
men put the James boys IN the piker
! class, tells ore Of the best stories o.
those times.
~ VAS surprised" said Glib. "when
an individual Of questionable character
offered ME 81 900 for the privilege "
/ operating a Weighing machine, such
as arc seen a. cOuntry fairs. Ii the
| Garden basement. suspected therc
was some catch, but vas sure wo could
protect our customers n anything
wrong developed.
"Well, this fellows gag vas 20 guess
a persons weight within three pounds
or give him a free weigh. Without ex-
csption every one who had anything z
when he got on the chalr-scale went
out o. the Garden clean. As the
I jovial expert tapped his man here and
\ there he located the roll and in somo
way tipped the l'ght-hngersd gentry
who we're IN league with him. Ihose
we're the days when the Mayor would
/ not allow u metropolitan policeman
I inside the building, and The work was
so smooth that the private police we're
I absolutely helpless. We watched and
I eonnived hopefully 20 get something
on the gang tnht Woul4 oftak sAt SNti-
tract, but Il got safely through the
week, suppose 20 the richest harvest
/ Of It's life.
"The bike race concluded Gibson,
"soon lost al affection for the regv-
lars. These lined the egits froal the
basement TO hear the loud squaw Ks Of
the 'suekers' when they discovered that
they had been stung."
Experience has robbed Tyrus Ray
/ mond Cobb Of none % his moeesty. Far
, from declining tine unofficial hit thai
I boosted HE batting average over ths
400 mark, the Georgian Peach wishes
Mr. Johnson 20 turn back 70 1921 and
correct no less than Eve alleged bur-
glariss committed By the Official scorer
against bis sacred person on the oc-
easion OF Detroit's last visit 30 New
7 York. Ty says on that occasion no
/ fewer than three safe hits were struea
/ from his record, while he vas charges
unjustly with two additional tines a.
= bat--a circumstance, which, " true.
mean. depriying him ot about ten per
( certAge points.