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Show Sunday Is Dull in Beantown nn nn nn nn nn nn Nothin' to See; Nothin to Do By DAMON RITNYON. Bv Internationa! News Service. I BOSTON, Oct. 8. "They called me I old appleface," said your Cnele j Wilbert Robinson remlntsocntly-"Apple-face! What's that, you say? Well. 1 don't know, maybe may-be it'll be Coombs and again maybe it won't be. Appleface, haw, haw!" The big bellow of the fat manager of the Brooklyn rumbled around through the silent catacombs of the Copley plaza with disconcerting effect. Oeorsje Schmidt of the Katserkellar i and Jimmy Hanrahan of Forty-second i and Broadway, who were dozing side by side on a settee In the lobby in a sort of tableau that might have been entitled "Broadwavese Abroad" and which was the saddest spectacle in aU this great city leaped up. batting their eyes. "I was dreaming that rjn L-train was. pulling into a station and that we were going to grab It and go down to the Battery Bat-tery and look at the fishes In the aquarium aqua-rium " said Oeorge. - dully. "How can that guv be laughing? Has he forgot he s still in Boston on Sunday?" He glared at Mr. Hanrahan. "It's all vour fault," he said, bitterly. "Ain't no such thing." replied Jimmy angrily. "You pulled it on us yourself. What did I say when you said 'Let's stay over?' 1 said, 'Let's don't do It-' That's what I said." Woke Rothstein, Too. Arnold Rothstein came around the corner cor-ner nibbing his eyes. Mr. Rothstein is Manhattan's most extensive bettor. He bad down .on the Red Sox in the first game of the. world's series yesterday, according ac-cording to his own admission, the largest particle of change he ever placed on a single incident of our national pastime. That means It was way up yonder in live figures. "It woke me up. loo," he said apologetically. apolo-getically. "You know T have been kind o' jumpy, anyway, since that ninth inning in-ning vesterday. Do you men mind if 1 sit here with you? Looking at you makes me think I'm almost at home. Wonder what's doinc at Jack's?" "It was all Hanrahan's fault," said Mr. Schmidt, sullenly. "'Taint," denied Mr. Hanrahan hotly. " 'Taint so." ' "Ca lied me 'Old Apple face, they did," roared your I'tvle Wilbert Bobinson. "Haw, haw! Them young squirts on the Red Son wanted to know what time the balloon was going up whenever I walked past their bench. What's that, sir? Well. I don't know. Maybe It'll be Coombs and then maybe again it won't be Coombs : you can't tell. 'Applefa - e! Haw, haw!" Larly this afternoon your Ciu le Wilbert had emerged in a body from the Brunswick Bruns-wick hotel and moved en masse over to ihe Copley. leaving most of his Athletics s-juattlng on the veranda of the Brims-, wick absorbing the sunshine. , In Good Humor. At the Copley veranda your Uncle Wilbert Wil-bert took two chairs in a cloistered corner cor-ner of the rest aura 11 1 h nd t here he held forth the rest of tiie afleri.oon while the world came by in s-juads and platoon to do a bit of bag punching, as i-onver-t-atinnal gymnastics are called hi baseball base-ball lancruace, wi;h the robust leader of the Lodgers, j Managing the Todi.'- rs is by way of i being a public ir.s!. "Veritas" and "Old j Subscriber" and "Ta:-,paw-r" must have thir sai F,ver is ynur I'ncle Wilbert Rr.hinson willing to list en as befits a , cuod servant . and e er is lie willing to debate the case. II ik broad countenance was luminous wit li good humor t odn y a w lie reviewed the proceed 1 ngs ff the day before f Braves' tieid. His tuble was an nasi uf animation In a desert nf Sun !av lassi-! lassi-! nd'' " 'nerein t h has" b II world lay fla ', on its back while the hot and burning sand nf ennui c .vered it like a p;dl. -pv.M be M'Tii and cnnipl j- a f ed words, mil may: 0 rcj'd umWsm rtd if yo-i h,id s--en the implai-abl" figure uf Henry O'Lav. t'h" a -'cb litnpirc, iro ing ba-'k nnd Mr! h Mi front of the ' Vipley sfjua re al ail Trmon. or h;d seen "Tad," t b-Mik'- Antrlo nf sr-ort. favoring his "dogs" as be walked tin- struts weary and footsore after hours of j'C-icsirijnitm in search of complimentary company, free eats and gratuitous fluids. Next to that heart tableau presented bv Schmidt and llanrnhan in the lobby of the Copley veranda the saddest thing in Boston todav was undoubtedly "Tad" a hard-boiled egg lost from hie home nest, although Hennery O'Day was pretty sad at that. Things Pretty Dull. Down at the Boston tavern, only a few hours ago the haunt of life and laughter, all was silent today. I"p at the J -enox no sound whs heard save the elh'k of typewriters In press headquarters, as indefatigable in-defatigable members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America pounded out their Monday morning grist. Both were representatives of Providence papers. At the "opley square 11a tight was to I be seen hut that shadow of discontent, I Hennery O'Day. At the Tourraine. ipiiet. I At the Press club and the Pen and Pencil club, more quiet. Grover Clevc- I land Alexander, the hurler, and Jack Ryder of Cincinnati had a table backed into a corner at an uptown place and were surrounded by a number of foreigners for-eigners or at least by men who could not talk the baseball language- but otherwise oth-erwise the world seemed dead, The whole world seemed dead. Where the baseball continge.nl disappeared to is one of the dark masteries of this series. There were rumors of motor trips to the country and some talk of a place of diversion diver-sion down the line heia a piece known as the "Bread and Cheese." It was definitely def-initely established that Ty Cobb and Christy Malhewson went golfing hi their old age; fiarry Herrmann was seen wandering wan-dering around with a batch of flowers under his arm, seeking an appropriate being to give them to, ami It was rumored that Ban B. Johnson would be astir again before midnight. But the n st is silence. Want to Know. One roamed the whole town over finally to return to the Copley plaza and to your I'ncle Wilbert Robinson's table. All roads led thai way, so to spenk, nnd there one found Hie military government of the New York Yankees, consisting of Colonel Jacob Rnpurerhi, Captain Til Huston, Lieutenant Bill ncishmann and Sergeant Harry Sparrow. There were silf-o present a few wearv newspaper writers a rd human In-termga In-termga t ion poi nt s in the form of tans, most of them indigenous to Brooklyn and New York. "What do voij think o' them kids railing nie ' Apple f Tee.' nnvwHV?" fie ma nded vnur I'n-le Wilbert Robinson. "I'retlv good, hey? Well, the old boy kidded 'em right back, don't forget, thr.t." "Hey. Bobbie," said one of the fans. "Do you know what I d like to pee. Well, I'd like to se old Nap Rucker get a c ha m e in one 0' t hese ga ni"H. i.Jood ole Na p. Been t here a long time. Orea t pitcher and all that. Like to see him in there dinkin' them guvs." "U bo!" said Robbie. "RnckT? Say, dori'l make nn mistake about Kucker. ! He might go In there and stop 'em like Jerry wrote the note. He may ge.t a '-nance vet. at that, can't tell. 'Appleface.' hey? 'Balloon?' Haw, haw." """hat play ill the fourth inning." said a fa 1 1, "when When I 1 rl pW) and v. a s doubled up at the plate when Hooper made t hat ketch off Cut sha w. If Buck sta ys on the ba g Hoop'-r's t brow don't heat him in. and we win the game. sure. Buck lost his jump beauf-e he had to go Lark and toil''h the hag." "Wheat says be was on the bag." said your In. !e, Wl lbert . "So floes .la ck Conmiis." "No sii'-h thing." snid the fan. - "lie hind to go b;. k a ronr le of pi '-s, I wa watchln' him. That was the play 1 hat busied up v. Ide open." "Weil. I didn't luipwn to be looking." replied Kohi.ie. "hut Wheat and Coombs say Buck was on the bag set to run," The Pivotal Play. Man-.- h-if-ei,all men have spoken of this pa 1 1 b'idn r p'n v as 'he one whh h Hi rued the li.le ag;ti:.st hf Dodders in the game c-1 crda v. a nd uto'tt f I hem a gi ee, despite de-spite YVh-Ht ;ind Coombs, that IP.ck was f.ff the ba g when the 1 n 1 )i v.a v made, and lutd to go buck two or three steps. It is Wirl to believe ibat Hooper, throwing throw-ing from almor' a sou-it after a long run and a remark;' hp- catch, could cut down a ma 11 of W h t 's Heel ness, a it hone h it (Continued on Following ,-age.) SUNDAY IS DULL DAY BASEBALL PIS (Continued From Preceding Page.) " must eb admitted that the toss was perfect. per-fect. Another play that was greatly criticised was Wheat coming up in the ninth with a man on first and a man on second and a pitcher pr.lpably weakening, hitting the first ball pitched. Tins resulted in Wheat forcing Daubert at tliir. But then, Wheat is a noted first-ball hitter, and Shore gave him a good ball to hit at. "Well, anyway we'll be right hak at 'em Monday." said your Fncle Wilbert Robinson. "My boys are not a bit discouraged. dis-couraged. They swear they'll win, That other club didn't look very good to me. I want to tell you that. "1 may pitch Coombs tomorrow a nd then again T may not. Can't tell. Don't forget that Pfeffer is liable to go in there and pitch the best game of the -series. "Say," he continued, "I guess those youngsters 1! be kiddin" me again Monday, Mon-day, too. Old Apple Face'? Haw, haw." "It's your fault we're here, .limmie," Mr. Schmidt was- querulously complaining complain-ing out in the lobby. " 'Taiu't," said Mr. Hanrahan. Laurel Entries. B- loternatlcmnl Novs Service. First rsTP, six Pi rimes Eri Garripon, lit: Bat.Mt Abbey. 114; Charmingly, 111; Dnsbt. Stir, til; Imp. Parson H, 114; ( herry Ripe, 114; 'inro Cnln-ra.lc, Cnln-ra.lc, ill; Rlfibl. Ill; Imp. Moonl Uli i or. Ill; tlf.rR. Hi; Long Dtelanco. Ill; Q'lPen Bashtl, 10ti; M-irb!" Hear. )14; Tolly, 111; Chelsea, 111. Second nice, two miles, f Iff-plecbase w Ha-eu, Ha-eu, 1--.3; Cloucestfr, 138; Lady Butteiflv, 1315; Tay STli-fiiV. 37; Olio F!ntr, 7. Thii (1 ifi'-e, fivp Dad e half fu r I nngE Mother Macbrep. 110: Stain-art Van. 103, Ski 10'i; Ppectro, "", ; Great Dolly, inf.; Spinster. Glor!n 110; Ha!ry Cora, Gloiy BHp. IP'; Ixtb-lia. 35; Vyla. lftt: T-Tiifie. 8&; Kathr;Ti Giay, 116; Tee-tnial. Tee-tnial. 103; Klltb. 110. Fourth rare, finiongt Trip o' th tomtng, l-i-: Stj" clT. 113, Water Lnrty, ; Sprint, ' In: p. Brr!lkjon, !lr'; tin at. HO; Imp. Xyion, M'jrpliy. 11; V'-r:J-.s Notions. 116: Harmon,' 110; Kcwfssa. lfjfi; I'latidito, 05; Purprlslng, 1H; The MasqiiPrader. 10"; Bak B.iv. 0. Ft" Ii racn. one mil" Holiday, 111; VrMa, Sk-perfaf, JOJ : Sand mark. f4 ; J, J. LllH. 10" ; Oratorinm. 101 ; Vulet'a Rrot!ir-r. P": Cello, ins; novftml. 101 ; Amp-re. 103; Half Rock, 10S ; Be-n'-vnl!il. 101; TingaHn?, SIsMi race. m!l? and (nfnn- vards Hlfth Tl-I li:: JulW. 0P: Handful. 10i; Ropton. nfl; Mntlm's t lioicc. 112; RcorpU. VI: Ni-el. 101 ; Orlzelle, rt"5; Roy.il Inrorcsl, 111; Kong of (Valley, 17; Am-brosf, Am-brosf, 107; 'Fair VValh(;r, Cii; Mr. Muck, 111; Ka-ru Ka-ru H.. 100; Star Gaze, l'l'j. S"vf.nh ra'c. mill and a ?xiccnth Republican 11?.: Fccp Slcht, 107; Spici. 107: Benjamin, ?2: Stalwart Helen. 10.". : Kfng'u oBk, 103; Buzj Around, ; Pom MrMeekin. 10; mont, Pfi-Smrof, Pfi-Smrof, l)t; Ray o' Light, 110; Drvad, 1W Little Nearer. 107. Apprentice nllnwanre claimed. , Latonia Entries. By In'PrnaLiomtl N-v.k Per vice. First ran, ft vP and a half ftirlrmKi.- Robrt Rhodes, pi?; ria-.. .. in:i; Ken ward. 11''- A;mK'-Ja. A;mK'-Ja. Ii, 11:-; Q.iitm. 119; Wood Thorn, n:: Mark L.t'id, .ft. d;.; fi,,,, Hnnrpiun. 109; Vaa- hn:id. 112. Km land Arm, 107 ; Jani"K G. , 10ft i'I.t;o. 112. ra-e. fIx fiirlonss-Owana, 19; Running QTiron, Kit'.; L?... .i,,u: Grey, HI; T-y M ;;.', ni; l.idy yrxtcu. JM; ',V. y .r. Hfl ; Oinio Orme! l'ir; Jicltu i tionijton. io-i; Dlani-hita, 109; Martte. Third rfl'-c. tQ and a bnir turloiiK Hlchla-d I.ii-io. M; rVaili', 1'tt; Pcifus, Pp7; Npii.. W;i. -.ill. In ; II y Pi. i.-k, D.S; Rhvme ids Solv. !fji: iM -t-.,rr. IW; f.fow C. Love, H; l.'i-v-. 10':; Ll'tlr jr-t;; Iiullion, I up. Koiinh Mice, mile and an idrhth John V. KJoin K'V Tp!in.'n, I'll; (i-rimpy. -,; McAdon 10; l"if:h r-.i-f. -!-; finln-i-.-.-Mil.-sinKP, y- j , Mu'dock. :J2: Fi:it,':i'". Ill; Ani-zoi), Ur r,v ni":). lT: Miii-iui- Wnito. in. Nish ra.c, mil-- aid fvnniy ynrd.'-nlg to Un IM- -n.o.nwood. j.i;,; v. rl 111. I.ndv Worth-inpton. Worth-inpton. Ill: C.1 M-NhI-.. ;n: c!,.)r,r , , , . ''lii.-r Brnv. ti. Ill; NMMfil JrtV -Ii,.pr. W, l'v nr('"it. ill; TmiM'-'id, 1".!; Anlionv Lh.-;' o -JIv'cshM X.. Ill; fi-i.v.Tj V.-lvrd, Ml. Scvp-it'i t-.i--. tiis!-' a:ni a i- mhAi-k Her !': S.ML-i'-l F! c-. ;i; foijiuinu;.-! r.i V.n'.o Sbo in".; liirka. HH. Appi fii: i nlbrvnucf .-lulnivd. |