San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York, Oct. 13.-In the press
box at the world series. The writer
in seat $40, but still in the park. There
are about $40 more press seats to the
rear. Many scribes from many places
Also a lot of business managers. You
know they are good business man.
ayers, because they managed to have
business in New York City just at this
time. There is, for instance Anon
Carter of the Fort Worth Star Tele-
gram, wearing for the occasion, huge
gray sombrero. \ pale green Deau-
vile scarf about his neck. Its u long
cry from Deauville to the cattle coun-
try of Texas, but Anon couldn't lind
Il bandana anyw here in the big town.
And Henry Motz, of the Cincinnati
Times Star, dimunitive but full of pep
Henry hoped the Reds would nose out
the Giants so he could have had part
of the series at home, but he is salts
fled now to make it all New York.
The remarkable part of the atmOs-
phere is the general sentiment in favor
of the Yanks. The local newspaper
men almost to Il man are against the
Giants. They say the Ianks are more
colOrful, more like human beings. The
Giants are a machine and don't furnish
good copy. The Giants don't play
as clean a game as the Yanks," you
hear. "Aw, what's that" comes the
reply from a Giant adherent; this
isn't any parlOr game; it amt ping
pong.
"Gi'nts are out to win"
When Carl Got "FlOssy.'
AWAY down in front is Carl Brande-
bury of the a. p" Carl has been
debating the play by play stuff to the
wire for a decade. Once in the 1915
series. at Fenway Park, Boston, Carl
got "flossy" over the wire. The park
is so crowded." he wrote. that many
of the customers are sitting atop the
centerfield wall. like lot of crows
sitting OH a rail-" Some carping editor
along the line objected to what he said
was nature fake. Crows, he wired the
a. F.. don't sit on rail. The
punctilious A. l.. sends along the kick
to Brandy. The latter interrupts the
running story of the game: 'Correc-
tion," he dictates TO Jack Bates. the
operator: Kill the crows and make
EN- sparrows. Hooper up. Strike
one" etc. Celebrities all around.
Many literary stars of the diamond.
Among them Nick Altrock. Nick
climbs late into his seat, for he has
been doubling in the brass. He has
been on the field in uniform doing
comic stunts with Al Schacht. Part
of the stunt was slow motion re-
production of the Dempsey- Firpo fight
Nick was Firpo and he did some fun.
ny flops. Twice he hammered Al OF
the head and once knocked him out OF
the six-foot ring. Transition. Mich
losses Momus aside and climbs tn,
sturdy back Of Pegasus. He sits il
and near Irwin Cobb. the latter look
ing fair. fat and forty. Not n da!
over. Irv's ailments all seem TO hav,
disappeared. They were amusing Will
they lasted.
But Nick of the aeroplane ears. i
not the only ball PLAYER to invade tn
sanctum of the scribcs. There !
Christy Mathewson. the old master
and hero Of many hard-fought worl
series games. Christy has come bac
from the valley of shadow. 1t wa
good to see him. And Johnny Evers
Who will ever forget Tinker to Ever
TO Chance That was stone wall I
drive through.
And over by the Giants bench III
venerable Ned Hanlon, of Baltimore
No. Ned is not posing as a scribe. II
is just an old fire horse who can
keep still when he hears the clang &
the gong. Ned was plotting the fa
nous Orioles of the National Leagri
some 50 years ago. The years s.
lightly urOn him Ned Hanlon d,
veloped John McGraw and Hughe
Jennings as the Lest shortstop an
third baSPman of their davs. An
here was McGraw directing the Giant
in their third consecutive world Sc
les and Hughcy Jennings out thei
''eP-th-ing' and putting pep into II
kids half his age. Why wouldn't sue
Il combination rs that start remini
cences between Sam Crane. dean ~ Il
, New York baseball writer's. and Joh
Foster, who can tell you the WIN