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Show But if he had only caught one of the judges in a barber's chair, he would have put over an injunction, a habeas corpus, a ne exeat, a shampoo and a face massage. The offer of $50,000 for a wrestling match shows that the public, having lost a lot of sleep over the war, wants a chance to catch up. Looking over the standing of the clubs and the standing of the gate receipts, re-ceipts, Charley Ebbets decided to cut out wheatless days. Mr. Ebbets, however, is not transgressing trans-gressing the spirit of the law. He has plenty of phonies to mix with his wheat. 2gg jH0ti John D. Shakespeare on,ce said, he ij: who laughts last laughs last Jim Archer Ar-cher was presented with a chest of sil-verware sil-verware at Cub park where he once was Jgpresented with a chest of tinware. Nj expert tells us that the Pirates have been renovated, but when one reflects re-flects upon the boisterous atmosphere, one can hardly say that they have been dry cleaned. FOILED. Willie Fogarty, the sweet singer of 'SJorth Clark street, handed us an immortal im-mortal poem yesterday. It was occasioned occa-sioned by his failure to connect with a pass to the ball game. "What about a ducat to the ball parki" he asked. "Too late!" we answered, gently but firmly. " Too late! " Whereupon he burst into song as follows: fol-lows: A dillar, a dollar, a 10 o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon? I wanted a place to hang around The rest of the afternoon. P. S. Mr. Fogarty will write some more verses for this column if he catches us some day when we ain't looking. THE BOY STOOD. The boy stood in the boxing ring Whence all but him had fled. . For some of them were over there And some of them were dead. The boy stood in the boxing ring And smiled from ear to ear, Til a soldier in the offing said: "Where do you go from here?" As we predicted several days ago, Grover Alexander has been placed in . the artillery. All he needs is Bill Kille- ler to make a regular battery. John the Barber, seeking an injunc-"tiori injunc-"tiori to restrain the Dempsey-Miske con-TM, con-TM, failed in five separate and dis-tii? dis-tii? attempts to talk a judge into it. |