Evening star., 1931-10-06
SP|TF|RES OF old
GRAY AND SEDATE
PhiIIy Fans Cheer Martin
LustiIy-Cards Favored
to Take Series.
ny WARD MOREHOUSE.

Hd1LAOEhF MA, OCIOUcT o.
- Ball stars of yeSteryear,
i managers, magnates and
umpires have swarmed into
Philadelphia for the series.
They're blocking traffic in the
lobbies and most Of them are
fatter, grayer and somewhat more
sedate than they used to be,
Johnny Evers, for instance. The
scrappy little infielder who used
to take Joe Tinker's lightning
throws and shoot them to Chance
is now a dignified and almost
portly gentleman.
Circle the lobby of the Ben Franklin
or the Bellevue -Stratford and you
find a ball player for every square loot
of lobby space. Evers Is talking with
Hans Lobert and Eddie Brannick joins
them Altrock is shaking hands with
Walter johnson. Lyn Larry is introduc-
ing his pretty wife. Mary Lawler, TO
Bill Killefer. Over here you see john
McGraw, Rabbit Maranville, Billy Evans
and Clarence Rowland; over there Sam
Breadon, Joe Mccarthy, Bill McKech-
ME, Jack Hendricks. And also Senator
Thompson of West Virginia, who, they
tell me, negotiated the sale OF Lefty
Grove to Baltimore.
DERSONS who know these diamond
greats by sight are pointing them
out to others. A most obliging
Philadelphlan was touring the hotel
lobby with friend, nudging him and
whispering to him every time they came
abreast of base ball notable. Near
the elevators he saw a man with a
derby hat and a heavy gold watch
chain, reading a sporting final.
See that fellow" he cried excitedly.
''That's Hans Wagner, think. You
remember Hans Wagner"
1t so happens that the gentleman
mistaken for the great Hans was the
hotels house detective.
ssTF he starts walking 'em, gosh help
i the AS" said Babe Ruth as Ma
haffey threw three balls to the
FIRST batter to face him. He's a pretty
good pitcher" the Babe said, when he
gets it over
There's a man with big green meg
aphone who gees to ball games in Phil
adelphia the year round. He was there
",
dugout, with his megaphone on his lap.
The presence of the President failed to
ave him or silence him. He beloved
out his wisecracks from the first to the
ninth, and when Simmons cracked the
ball over the fence, his megaphone al
most exploded.
Burleigh Arland Grimes strolled
through the lobby of the hotel here
without his whiskers. He shaved of
that three-day growth of beard him
self. After he held the Athletics to
two hits and beat them he used good
Judgment in not taking chances on a
Philadelphia barber
A NDY HIGH covered third base for
"A the Cardinals in the first game.
Jake Flowers was at that position
in the second. Sparky Adams started
there yesterday and Flowers finished up.
Nothing like giving these AS all we
have, third basemen and all, chlrped
Gabby Street.
If Connie Mack doesn't break up his
AS. Pepper Martin will. Pepper is
hitting the AS pitchers like he owned
'em.
When the game started the odds were
9 to and Grove was favorite. During
the american League season those who
backed Grove had to give odds of and
2E to /. Here today the Cardinals
were favored in the betting to cop the
series. The odds were 3 to 2.
The Philadelphia Bleacherites yes
terday cheered Pepper Martin louder
than the fans of his home town and
when he came to bat the third time in
Philadelphia he got the greatest ova-
ton from hostile crowd of 10000 be-
slowed upon f1rst-year player since
the world series began to distract the
thoughts Of men from politics and loss
Of credit with their bootleggers.
(Copyyisht, 1891, by the North American
Alliance