| Show CUBANS MAKE TO JO WIN EVEN A fEW CONTESTS BY W. W A. A PHELON HA HAVANA VANt Cuba Nov Ko 1 25 Iam a down J here in C Cuba l a for a couple of weeks H enjoying the hospitality of ot good Cu Cuban an friends new and old and watching the barnstorming Phillies get a walloping with a victory just often orten enough to keep the their r appetites whetted for more Being from Cin Cin- Cincinnati Cincinnati my digestion is not upset by by d defeat but some o of the Philadelphia li players will bo a lon long time lime getting over the shock they ther will from this time evor ever after have o a 0 respect for Cuban Cub ball players The he bIg hip leaguers who como over to Cuba and ana set get et the tho whey whaled out of oC them b by the Uw natives every cry winter al alWa's always al- al ways Was declare leclare that they didn't have a full team along alone or el ele e thc they re regarded It Just as a trip Joy-trip and weren't In condition condition condition con con- to play pay good ball These excuses excuses ex ox- are arc somewhat worn around the seams scams b by now Whatever vcr the team may be It is 18 always a good s collection of bl ble league athletes and they seem to tr try hard enough h for Cor or ever every fielding chance that Is hIt lilt their wa way Wh Why not admit that th these Cubans can play ball and that a full Cull team of ca seasoned stars slurs would woud havo have all It could do to trim them The ne' ne newspapers here are devoting de much space to the printing accounts in both Spanish and We Vc dont don't know about the Spanish bu but some of the English Eng rea reads s lU like e a scrambled omelet However far be It from rom us to criticize the literary ef- ef forts fort orts of or an any sporting writer even In Cuba Umpire In one newspaper per gets s a half halt pa page e Illustration and a n. quarter of a column of lan language ua-o ua thrown In n for good measure Another newspaper newspaper news news- paper prints a picture of ot Otto Knab at bat and refers to him as Knabe el ci cantadore but Otto de declares de- de dares clares It Is IR not true that he can a It if f the they give him half a chance Ignorant of or The players of or the Philadelphia team who have been doing the best the they can canIn canin cann In n Havana Ha are a fine tine looking set and make a good Impression ion when invited out to eats while Hans Lobert the temporary manager always wears wcarl an I open faced suit with a a. wilderness of shIrt Now and then however the thebo's boys bos act tripped Thc They were being wined and dined a few nights nig a ago o a literary gentleman of Havana who la is quite a leader and admirer of ot the clas- clas AI T 1 r i c In iii In t It A n v f ihl hl Vi i I t f tn n 4 th H n r o 1 n. n o ant lant i leader Do you ou admire great authors Mr Lobert queried this gentleman I HI 1 surely sureh do replied Lobert Good authors are arc my best bost pals all the time timo Then continued the tho literary gentleman gen gen- leman tIeman do you ou not like Omar Khayyam Khay- Khay am yam Lobert hoisted his glass of ot pale pink potables that had just been han handed cd him ilm For m my part said he lie gazing gazin at the pla play lay of ot colors in the glass this stuff rin m Im drinking Is good enough for tor me Otto OUo Knabe greatly g agitated rammed hIs ils elbow Into Lobert's ribs i You blamed chump hissed Knabe Wheres Where's your etiquette That name hes he's speaking of aint Int a drink Its It's a cheese heese Stories of ot Sherwood Magee's hitting prowess preceded him to Cuba and the Hidalgos tull fully expected to see him ram the ic ball clear over In the harbor every time ime ho he came to bat A. A the days went wenty by y and Sherwood failed tailed to do nn any damage amage to the scenery the populace grew rew less worried whenever tho the sacks s were crowded and the terrible slugger Jer I at t the platter By the time Ume five games had lad b been en played th the Cubans came to the he conclusion that Magee was a n real human luman being Just the same as anybody any any- body else and the admiring crowds ceased eased to follow him upon the tho thoroughfares thor- thor It was an a awful ful blow to Magee when the natives no longer lon trailed railed him with admiring murmurs m and nd he was sas a of pathos over ver his mightiest efforts resulted Ina Ina in a small pop fly Fame of ot the National Commission Strange how the they loarn learn acquire or orIck pick Ick up the slang slane of ot the baseball field fieldIn In n other nations nations' In 11 Havana a few I nIghts ago ao tho the moving pictures of or tho the worlds world's serIes wore ore given their first presentation and an Immense crowd packed jacked the theatre man many waiting In Inong long ong lines for hours before the doors were opened As S the preliminary pIctures picures pic- pic tures ures came on on the Cuban crowd showed sl signs ns of intense a admiration A picture of Captain Anson was as greeted with tremendous cheers Then came a big group picture of the national commIssIon whereupon there burst forth orth a terrific shout of Los RummIes Rummies Rum Rum- mies mice Oh Los Rummies Rummies' Is It Jt not strange how these off far-off people combine combine com corn bine blue our Idioms with the their l' l own expressions ex ct the RIler-the the same who umpIres umpires um urn- pires with Ith such skill and rambunctious rambunctious- ness across the pond pond not not only onh resides over Cuban ball games ames with his customary cus- cus tomar omary tomary grandeur but appears to bo be quite a When hen he arrived arrived ar- ar rived Ived in Havana the field at Almen- Almen leres park looked cd like a cross between hl highway hway robber robbery and midnight mm Ium um The genial g promoters of or the fracases said they wanted to fix up tho park but were sh shy on bodied able-bodied fixers fix fix- ers RI ler thereupon hurled himself Into nto the breach and being given gl a squad of toilers framed up the grounds I with all the skillful science of a landscape landscape land- land cape gardener Almendares res park Under under un un- der the guiding hand of soon became n. n field fleM of or beauty and utility Mr Ir Mendez the justly justl celebrated who hurls for the Cubans avers that the delicate lines traced by bp RIg RIg-lor aid him greatly In directing the pellet to the plate and ond that his strIkeout strikeout strikeout strike strIke- out average has greatly Increased as 08 the he result Hence all Cuba admires RI ler and the latter gent g-ent avers that he ic admires all nfl Cuba He lie Is fast learnIng learning learn- learn Ing ne the Spanish lan language cause because says Sas he ic It IL is embarras embarrassing when addressed b by a Cuban player not to know whether er er- erthe the brunette athlete Is sa saying Excellent Ex decision or You are a door doormat doormat mat thief |
