Evening star., 1925-10-07

he some day may do the tossing at tn
Altrock and Schacht.
Then there was Nick Altrock and
Al Schacht, the Weber and Fields Of
base ball. standing in the lobby and
complaining of the bitter life Of the
comedians. Al tells how one day he
was to switch hard ball for a soft
one during an act and Nick was to
take the soft ball on the head. Some
how or other the signals got crossed
and Nick got beaned with the bad
ball. Oy. oy.
Then AL was to take a fake wal
lop in funny boxing match, but the
buckle of Nick's glove gave him a
real clip on the jaw and he hit the
greensward for count Of 10. Nick
also was discussing the skinny ac-
commodations the Nationals got out
here and said he was sleeping In a
buffers pantry, or something. Nick
also was praying for somebody to
give him "a ticket for a friend" but
no one did.
The series has attracted a regular
convention of the gate crashers,"
are several aspirants for One-Eye's
crown and he is thinking Of retiring.
1t is comical the ends these crashers
will go to in order not to pay their
way into a sporting event.
Crashing of Gate.
They have a professional pride in
crashing the gate and will. if neces-
sary. spend $40 in devising some means
of witnessing IS show without pay
ing for a ticket. Last year One-E Eye
was reduced to the necessity Of sell.
ing programs, while "Tammany
Young" q rival. borrowed a Western
Union cap and played messenger.
Life in Pittsburgh today was wild.
mad thing. There was George Mo-
riarty, mad for one, looking for a
room.
I'm just one of the. umpires for
the SERIES" George explained to a
harassed hotel clerk, who merely
smiled at him and said he was sorry.
George wasn't. sure whether the
clerk was sorry for umpires as such,
or just sorry for world series UNI
pires out of places to lay their heads.
He explained again. however, that
honestly the series could not go on
unless he got room, and eventually
he was fixed up in an out-of.the.way
place.
IAN umpire's lot is not a happy
one" he sighed.
Gene Tunney on Hand.
And Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Lands, the totem pole Of the ma
tional game-Judge Lands of the
wild mop of gray hair, the hatless
Judge, king Of all he surveys and
even what he doesn't survey. The
Judge has been worried about the
weather.
Handsome Gene Tunney strolls in,
looking finer and filter than ever.
What a heavyweight champion he
would be! Gene has been visiting
former Gov. Jimmie Cox and Dan
Mahoney, down in Dayton. and now
is being feted in the Steel city. He
talked with Jack Dempsey in Day
ton. but Is just about convinced that
neither Dempsey nor Harry Wills
wants a real fight.
THE mayor of Florida" appears.
He is AL Lang of st. Petersburg, once
mayor of that town. AL is the great
est base ball booster of Florida and is
known to all of the clubs. He swears
he is not in the real estate business.
Heydler and Johnson.
But AL is sad. He got four tickets
for the Washington games handed to
him here, sat down for 15 minutes In
a hotel lobby, and when he looked
for the tickets they were gone.
Johnny Heydler, president of the
National League. looks as young to.
day as he did 20 years ago when he
was leaving the newspaper business
to take up base ball. John is an old
Washingtonian, but he has to root
against the Nationals.
Ban Johnson, president of the
American League. looks as imposing
AS ever. They are quite a contrast,
Heydler and Johnson. Heydler quiet
and unassuming, Johnson bumptious
and dictatorial 1t takes all kinds to
make up base ball.
Will Rogers, now a full fiedged
lecturer instead of an actor, breaks In
to say that all he knows about base
ball is what he sees in the papers. II
he reads it all he ought to know lot.
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