The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-17
Miller Says OneFork Is
 All Needed
He Is Not Hard On Them i; Don't See Why Giants
 Use So Many
By wEsTsRooK PEeLER fLAasAd WtrA fa ThA Aae. A aFalfil

BkADENTowN. Fla, March 1I.-- (SpeciAl)--With buoyant tread and hearty appetites, the group of armies marched through the streets of Braiden. town for Sarasota, where they met the New York Giants in, battles in the, din- ing room and on the ball field.
 General Joe Sudgen, knight command CT of the order of the Cruller. who has eaten under all sorts of conditions in dining cars, dairy lunch rooms, and hotels from New York to Seattle, was in charge of the St. Louis Cardinals, army. Charley Barrett, the sunlight glinting off his gold teeth, which have conquered many an India rubber steak in 15 years of bush whacking as a scout in search of rockies, had com rhand of the next unit in the long
 Final Instructions
 And bringing up the rear, were the Fort Smith team and some casual mein- by Runt Marr. General Rickey had niarshalled his troops in the assembly hall a short time before the march be- gan, to give them their final instruc- tons In bayonet work, the bayonet being, after all, the true arm of attack sh teOtS I0CIbSos
 , Don't Grab." Is Order
 And remember" was his parting ad- rnonition, "don't grab your Knives until the main body of the expedition. the Cardinals, deboukhed into Banana street and wheeled into Pineapple ave- nue for the march to the station.
 Heinie Millers the Cardinal outfielder, who doesn't think much of the New VAVtPs k.kt. .Irf., -,sa him headache, said the Giants might out-gentleman the Cardinals, but in straight away eating under the old rules he was confident. Mir. Miller said the Cardinals were sure to win any free style eating contest, unless they were fouled. Y.
 'I have heard that they sometimes run in four or five forks on you at the hotel where the Giants are stopping" he said, "of course, we are eating on their grounds and they have the right to select the weapons. That might give us trouble. Under certain condi- tions, I can concede the wisdom of using one fork as that introduces an clement of skill and science into the game. A fork is useful in spearing the bread when its beyond your reach. 1t also helps to hold down your steak while you work on it with your knife. But why all the spare forks?-I am
  broken one in my life. It would be' all right with me if they didn't serve any forks at all.''
 Adjutant Knows His Stun
 Clarence LlewelIyn Lloyd, the adju- tant and quartermaster general of Rickey's allied forces, spent several hours with some of the eastern social leaders in the winter colony, studying the social strategy of the Haute Monde which has been affected by the Giants this year.
 when Mir. Miller asked him for a mild loan. Pardon my glove. old thingi So glad to have seen you. Goodbye"
 Supply Train Needed
 The Cardinals and their allied forces, about 50 ball players and 20 camp fol- lowers, already constitute the largest training expedition ever assembled, and they are to be reinforced in a few days by further elements of the Syra- cuse teams.
 Unless the reinforcements bring their own supply train there may be some thing of 8 famine. General Rickey may obviate such crisis, however by sending some of his recruits back to the bushes. He has had enough ob- servatton of the new players. and at least one battalion should be mustered out in another week. He disposed of Mr. Miller that way last year.
 MT. Miller was on first base and the next hitter, knocked a high fly to, the infield. Miller ran with the crack of the bat and slid into third as the ball came down in the opposing pitchers mitt. That night he was on his way back to the Texas league.
 That is the longest slide on record" he says.
 T slid all the way from first base to Houston"
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