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Show There is considerable aeration these nays in baseball circles' against the bean hall. With baseballs costing $l.'Jo apiece, we cannot understand why a Hub owner allows a pitcher to risk one against a batter "s dome. Without the slightest fuss the "Western "West-ern Golf association has eliminated the stymie. But it would be a tough job to eliminate the nineteenth hole." STRATEGIC VICTORY. It was a rainy epuing; Old Connie Mack wns !ad, Be fans? the rain that dav had put The pastime to the bad. " W( didn't lose today," said he; '"It was a famous victory. " ' ' Bill Brennan, ' ' we read, ' ' scales in i ho neighborhood of U0 pounds and is built alone the lines of Jack Dillon." Jack must have grown somewhat. P3ACE AND WAP.. The tighter who is paid to fight Is cool and calm and tame; He seldom swings his trusty right Upon his foeman's frame. The baseball player, paid to chase The baJJ athwart the iea. Delights to bust a not her 's face" Or snike him on the ! nee. (.hi r a thlc tcs ha ve pen; lia r wavs : The player fights, the tighter play?. ( J eorges ( 'n r pen tier, a ccording to various vari-ous reports from the fron t, is one of the most versatile yr::r.g tneu in France. He boxes for charity whiie running a motor car with one hand and a a aeroplane aero-plane wilh the other. u-1 f,f these 'lays 1 i.b'orgcs h-'vn:urt an t officer in tiie submarine ca a irv. ' i ! j C03ME ON, YOU FEED, j Fred Me-Mc won a pennant for the 1 nhs in days gone by; j lie didn't mean to win it, but he did. i lint now he hits and spea rs 'cm with a cool and canny eye. I 'odip on and win auoiiier pennant, kid. In view of the war. ,1 es Will a rd has cancelled all boxing bouts which do not not him at least i Kin. THE IVORY EXPERT. There was an old F i e 1 d e r n a m e d i Jones ; Whose team, for a time, caused him groans. But lie said: "1 can show I n a season or so There is plenty of profit in bones.'' COME IN, STEVE! THERE'S A NEW ONE. There was a young lady named Grant Who labored as hard as an ant For to open a pot, But she said: l'I have got Five clubs in my hand and I can't." Baseball fans, we understand, demand more hitting. They crave to see the horsehidc pill swatted hither and you aboait the terrain (slang lor outfield). They palpiiatc to see the fielders chasing chas-ing about the greensward when a rude batsman hits one tar and high with a quorum un the bases. Yes, thev do! '1 hat is why they crowd ball 'parks w hen t h ey know that Walter Johnson or Grocer Alexander is due to pitch. Tt is hard to determine the status of a light heavyweight, but we know a lot of heavy light weights. It is right and just to conscript the siifcle men first, but what do single men know about warfare? EVERY FAN IS A MANAGES. The baseball star was speaking to a slim and pallid cleric. "At times,"' he said, "I envy you your calm and peaceful work. I often think about you as I toil beneath be-neath the sun. I have ten thousaud managers., and you have only one. " Various colleges have abandoned baseball base-ball on account of the war. f5o did the Federal league. THE PACIFIST. ' ' I stand for peace, ' 1 he said, ' ' for worldwide peace! I strive to cause this cruel war to cease. And if you don't believe the same as I I'll wallop you a wallop on the eye." SPRING SONG. The shades of night were falling fast And every other gent who passed Would pause a moment on his way And draw his breath and loudly say: ' ' A-xi-a-a-kerrhw! ' ' |