Show I PHILOSOPHY f Pitchers sent to the slab too oo often some sometimes sometimes sometimes times break a record for consecutive de defeats defeats defeats feats Victories are scarce with ith them themA A college education Is Ig a fine thing but ability to read recite Homer box the compass pull a tooth or prepare a writ of habeas corpus wont punch out outa a base hit in the ninth inning with men menon menon menon on second and third two out and two runs needed to win in the game Never judge a player by b th the balls he bats over the fence while hitting fungo Its the mart mail who makes the base hits in ina ina ina a scheduled game who gets the average John Barleycorn neter neer won any pen nants with ith a team that he trained Cut Cutout Cutout CutOUt out old Johns specialties Old Bud Bar Barbarossa Barbarossa Barbarossa barossa Bohemian and for forthe the time being Its not always the big fellow that has the big batting average The little fellow who knows how frequently beats b ats him Because a player Is an Irishman Is no sign that he is a good Mick lIck sir siror or mix mixer er if you J OU prefer it Many a Celtic player er has been known to be a decided crab It is a wise ise manager who tells his players what they the should do instead of loading them with Information as to what some other fellow did fifteen or twenty years ago The pennant never is la won by bythe bythe bythe the playing of men who now are basking In the reflected glory of ot twenty years ago Because a man played good ball five years ago is no reason why she should be allowed to draw salary this year ear Its the player with the present and future not the one with a pest past that wins willS pen pea pennants pennants nants Comedy on the field is pleasing to a certain class of spectators s but give me ma methe methe mathe the man with a batting average of and a fielding average of ot 4 In prefer preference ence to the clown with a record of 1000 Show me a man who says ys Ill try and Ill show you ou one who has more than thana U m ma a 50 per cent chance of making good Its the boy with the excuse who has much to do with keeping the minor leagues supplied with players Some players like to live over the hap happy happy happy py days das of childhood d by taking naps nape in inthe Inthe Inthe the afternoon Just about the tM time a R crucial moment comes up in a game ga These disciples of should either get into an electric league or secure leCure po pa positions as night watchmen |