Show SPORTS MIRROR j I. I B By John Mooney Moone w lards lards' ar Failure to Win raced aced to Many Items Item's Of an afternoon I am standing at the brass rail in a certain it t enjoying the atmosphere and anything else that is free when 1 spot ot Bill the Book leaning on the co counter a few drunks down the i sol soI move more down toward Bill the Book with these salutations Hello Bill I say it is good to see seo se you among the living again tf 1 I hope and pray everything is going fine fino in your Jour direction I I Ii tf i this because when Bill the Book is winning he often orten pops for the lat br although of late these happenings come far and few be- be and some of the thc boys complain no little about bout this No Bill BW the Book says sus things are not good In fact if here w is a taller building in Salt Salt Lake I will climb to the top just do d do o a swan stivan dive dhe luck onto Second South but the way m my runs It Dill il Probably cripple self myself and be a burden on society for years Mme come But since sinco you make a fabulous salary writing pieces k ut tit my on carryings-on suppose for a change you tell hell me rue what P M to the World St. St Louis Cardinals this year ear r Well veil BUI BW I say reaching for a dime dune I cannot see par par- what you ou moan about since the Cards win today but oppose you OU want my opinion on their of late In Incase Leh iu case I Ishall shall be fi glad lad to give to my ray humble opinion in as much I at wt is all aU I have left to give these days days' t lira tat t oft off I say there are several factors contributing to Cardinal ial al collapse First off oft the Cards Cads r lose loae Walker Cooper to dr draft it th ilia a board and Walker Cooper only ran ranks as the best catcher the v al league at his leaving For years the Cards are get- get I r ef Isn't best st pi pitching ig in the league and you cannot tell teU me mes h s t responsible ible for a lot of this Since Cooper leaves th the e s uc era are SO so-so so i-so and that hurts in the National league res resembles Marty y Marion who isn't called Mr r. r Baseball because robs Abner Doubleday is injured and misses several games s 3 the e opposition of several hits hUs a game and with him out of e ld the Cards arc are hurt tort o Third y I s say ay a couple of ot the pitchers have sore ore arms and a Cooper Cooper has bas a sore head That cuts down doun the pitching like r d. d h Then Max Lanier Lauler a veteran must hie hlo himself off oU to 1 a draft raft ft exam Fourthly y the he other ether Cardinals who are getting probably car Year read that the and Marion Marlon than thin l Coopers are arc getting more moreCo Co 10 gees s and they begin beKIn t to think thusly So So Marlon Marion and andt haU t t P rs are getting Betting 12 grand or more and I am getting about b how o v n well n I 1 play every overy day day- Leave Lea us take It easy ar and see sec And d A. A t hoso three can play for the Cardinals by themselves m o 0 v they ey Y doBill do r 1 Y 1 Bill BUI I jn In n t the I say y vi i it Jt Is is simple simple it Jt reminds me 01 of a story one ot of the uie tn 0 on the back ack room once tells me mc I It seems some creditor calls Ii if h he w. w he e e phone hone ai and d says he is going tom to make ale c trouble for this charif char- char tuL doesn't pay something on account i m- m the We e n ni Bud ho he says my wife just leaves me my youngster Water atc ter es s the thc gas company turned off oft all the lights and heat r lies herB Ja a a. rn pipes Ci arc are cl clogged S cd for a week eek I cant can't pay my grocer bill now B ed cd my check and Ive I've g got of to have an operation to- to That xh t fu and YOure YOu're going to make trouble for me 1 f r that tha 8 S tho Way Jt it is with the Cardinals I conclude Every- Every t turn tur B goes es right In In the thc past now goes wrong The worm O or ur Sooner ner or r later so why dont don't you follow suit and drop a wo on the counter for a a. small libation 1 I Iff ft E |