Show I J I I I PIRATES PLAYED PIRATES PLAYED LISTLESS BALL BALLu No Xu u one la t. he heard beard to deny that the PI- PI i. i rates dl diLl did not give Jim Callahan their best efforts during the past season but the Pirates are not not the only outfit that that las has shown hown a tendency to 10 play what whet looked much like listless listless- ball writes Ed F. F Ballinger Bahlinger In the this Pittsburgh Po Pout Post t. t It has cropp cropped out all around the circuit Two years ears ago Fr Fred d Clarke then manager of or the Pirates declared that the tIle F Federal league already alread had set the national sport back so far that It would be In the neighborhood of ten years rs lf ore he fo It tt could be returned to its Jt former ormer high plane It now looks as It If Fred Tred was 11 right ht Since that statement statement wa was made madu th the Feds have blown up arid and the e explosion left affa affairs Irs so ba badly J demoralized demoralized de de- de- de moralized that It will require some sometime time for the concerted efforts of the magnates to restore the thc game to where It rightfully belongs belong Baseball still needs a heap of renovating reno reno- rating The Tho national commission Is ls not wh what t it should be bo and the supreme court of the tho game should undergo a housecleanIng The Thc Players Players' fraternity too too has had taCt lofty aims alms but some of its bar huv huh h Increased increase the tho feeling of uneasiness among th the diamond athletes The authorities of af the great American game also should take immediate steps to provide with worlds world's championship championship cham cham- cont contests that will be free from scandal All th these sc matters must be he threshed out without dela delay When these important tnt details are attended to the public will come back ck to the sport so dear r to every red-blooded red American cl citizen |