New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1916, Page 9

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, Y 25 1016 PORT 3% The Passing of Youth, The baseball writer that day went to work with and a fecling of depression. Apparently had dritted rhilosophy, far on this day he had the s feeling and that cour: queer char that he was on old man the machinery had about run its For they are This 1 nineteen or was decidedly unus: basc whether writers, sixty-one, . rule work Their heads af spirit “on in the morning of life may san youth be gray, but ., which k t 0od enoug And the he: the spirit 10Ws only the kes is the measure could 1d year aut Tnless, possibly, M the have been ollow baseball and ever grow he had to follow Red the Brov going in the past. v old the kmen or they or Thoe baseball to find that his harder. He lecause phy wr be work came harder ldn't understand ically he felt as well ever. He w still under ty ke should apparently h been in his prime with fiftcen ar twenty years left. And then he carcer. He into the Bi nning 1t s as 1V e be just ) > s assigned to and d been with since. e recalled, too, a certain blond youngster that had started just about that time. His name was Christy Mathewson and the basebs writer remembered predicting at the time that the Giants had Janded what leoked to be a promising recruit, the @ er point the bascball writer began to recal]l just how much of his copy through seventecen yea that Mathewson had taken up. When the pitcher once got going thecre was no longer a dreary and daily tale of defeat to relate. There v inspira- ti and cheerful copy at last. culled how, in 1901, with_a bum ball ¢lub around him, Matty had won tventy out thirty-seven games, These victories helped a lot in the compilation of daily lore. And there was the campaign of 1903, Pitts- urgh that year hag “ROLL YOUR OWR” FOR THE LIVELIEST OF ALL SMOKES! 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Matty that vear won thirty [ mes and lost but thirteen. That | ing meant at least thirty stories and he took pleasure in giving his paper, And the next y tty won thirty-thre twelve, and by at pitching gave Giants their first pennant in over That w the year the revelled in Iways had a who was more t | of | 1 hero n because he d the drams good That of And then came 1905, vear atty won t tv-onc out mes, and the Giants were sent| ainst tho hard hitting Athletics with | x Sevbold, Schreck, Harry | , Tave Cross, Topsy Hartsel and who could hit. But the base- Fall writer had no fear of the result “Matty,” he recalls writing at tho| time, “will make them look sick,” | There still remained in _his memory 1hose three games that Matty workec | the fast ball, the fadev the perfect control—the final word In perfect | itching. wenty games, and not a run! mnings against a hard hitting club, | with nothing like a tally. He could | I bave written ten columns da, about each game Mathewson pitched. | There was everything that any pitcher | | ever had—fine speed, perfect control, | | a spine-breaking curve, brains, cour- | age and absolute poi | Copy was too e | The main trouble w lack of space. Ossie seven innings through three Twenty-seven a write then. in quitting to | througn | And then came the vears beyond ! this. The great campaign of 1908, | o nts, Cubs and Pirates swung | t day or two on even terms. o y Matty won thirty-seven | games and saved a dozen others. He | recallea the play-off against the Cubs and the misjudged fly that brought | defeat to Matty’s overworked and | weary arm. And then there were the flag winning campaigns of 1911, 1912 and 1913, wherein the Old Master won seventy-five games, still more than holding his own agalnst the field he made copy easy along the way. In 1914 who said But the base it. It w and 1915 there were those that Matty slipping. all writer didn’t believe | one of those thing: couldn’t be. Tt was precisely the thing saving that the world coming to an end So the baseball writer remained cheerful and bided his time, waiting for the man he began with sixteen years ago to get started again—-wait- ing for the hero to re-enter the In the meanwhile there were ovhurs to write about. Not Mattys, of course, but fairly good substitutes against the day of Matty’s return. Mathewson through? He was willing to admit that John D. Rackefeller might be acwn to his last kopeck, but the other < tao much of a joke to be con- was that | ame was v “Bull” Durham is the best to- bacco in the world for cigarettes. It is pure Virginia-Carolina leaf, with a mellow-sweet flavor that is distinctive and an aroma that is unique. It makes a cigarette which simply can’t be equalled for thorough enjoyment. Added to the wonderful smok- ing quality of *‘Bull”’ Durham, you glso have the satisfaction of put- ting your own personality into the shaping of your cigarette. And you know that it’s always fresh. " Geta5csack of “Bull” Durham with free packgge of ‘‘papers”. Try “rolling yéur own”. A little practice will give you the knack Then you’ll know why this fad is so widespread—so tremendously popular with smart smokers. One sidered. All he needed was a little time, and then the same old Matty would be back again with abaout the same old stuff, This spring at Marlin the baseball writer had no doubt, of course, that| Matty would come back, But he began to watch Big Six warm up and | to take note of his progress, nat tak- | ing quite as much for granted. And then on the first long trip he watched Matty curb the Cardinals in St. Louls and old the Braves to five scattered hits in Boston. And they said he was through! The baseball writer knew all the time that it couldn’t be, and copy came as easy again as it did in the old days. The leading hero had re-entered the drama! The story that arted in 1901 was still rich with the lore of the game's greatest pitcher! | He felt once more that he could write Bottle-- Yes-One Glass will convince you of the measure of good purity taste, and nourishment this beverage contains. ON TAP AT LOUIS W. FOD/ HOTE Get acquainted with this, Con- necticut'sfinest, L BELOIN, K ERS & CO, HYX. B{ANN SCHMARR, W. J. McCARTHY. only | his | | IR | forty | 10,000 words a. game whenever the big ritcher took the mound. And then the bascball writer ran inta this story—a story that he knew to be truc under this headline— “Matty’s Pitching Days Over; Will Leave Giants to Manage Reds." And about that time the baseball writer began to feel old and worn out | and of not much further use, He felt as if he had put on twenty years in a waak. He tried to figure it all out, but he couldn’t understand it. Ho only knew that for some unknown | reason Youth had left him with hi :fm-c buried in is hands, faded, weary {and uninspired. | | | WILLIAMS BEATEN Former National Champion is B By Sensational Californian | | Straight Sets at Longwood. Boston, July in —California’s strong hand parent the ris lawn tennis was yesterday ap- courts of R. Nor national | on the Longwood Cricket club. Williams 2d, -champion, was put out of the twenty- singles by Clarence n Irancisco. Tho | former sixth Longwood Griffin of score was, More followers of the gamie picked | Williams to come through to the | new bowl than favored W. M. John- | ston, the national title holder. Griflin was no better than a third choice. > result was a distinct shock to | terners. Williams’ the t of h exhibition was far from | >nnis he plays when at the top | game. There was little finish | to h rokes, despite the fact that | he played like a s last spring. There was some suggestion of the real | Williams in the first set, when he outplayed Griffin about two to one, | but against his placements were six- | teen netted balls, as many out and | four double faults. That cluqummy[ tells the story of Williams' game in ! that set. To most followers of ten- ! nis the appearance of Williams in the | tournament came as a big surprise. | Reports had him resting up for the | national championships at Glacier | National park in Montana. His name ; uppeared among the entries for the | new Longwood bowl but few thought that Williams would really play. His | game yesterday showed that he had been playing DETROIT SEEKS CATCHER. Macon, Ga Snyder of Macon is one of the best backstops that donned the and mask Sally. The Macon club has re-, several offers to sell him; in President Jacobs turned down | from the Detroit club both St. | atcher Jack ¢ | little tennis | | 1 | { , July a doubt have in without ; ] ever mitt | the ceived fact, $3,000 for him ently. The Athletics and Louls clubs are among the other big league teams after him. t SUMMER BALL AGAIN. There rumors from | »ball neces in the ball. If this the strong all sorts of colle chi are resorts of ba taki Lrious pl re way of pls is true it is evidence of hold which the practice has upon our college stars, a hold which cause them to indulge in the game in spite | of the bitter experience of pl: Yale and Princeton of learnivg la vers who ving summer MILWAUKEE BUYS PLAYERS. Milwaukee, July 25.—Secretary Na- hin of the Milwaukee American asso- t t n clation baseball club yesterday nounced the purchase of Pitcher Reed from the Portsmouth club and | Catcher Kohlspecker from the May villg club, both teams of the Ohio State league. an- factio front. Southern 'MODSEMAY ENDORSE ‘Make Preparations for Another e pr bull moose le save the pieces. that from now on the two pProgre route: Australians Make First Astack in Great Onslaught on German ew German trenches around Pozieres. ’cople had said that the Aus rallans would get therc or be killed, nd the surprising thing, the wounded | is how few > killed. de, all ri “Ie alwa rdic’ dwood, t TRALIANS AND GEN BIRDWOOD, cither had their a recent “Today the Australians France, the I limbed sons irst big test in 1 v pla stralians of the | what he is doing.” “I their | nickname of General Bi the | commander., tispatch from tish-German “The fri knows e ds it from ainst Cross charged renches in the darkness | in | would not > meeting to | :d to pre- ighes i secoud bull 1 in Chicago the Sy at they endor the vent an e WILSON AT CHICAGD - May most { the propos ent nts aot as vet upon, an inventory gresslve insure laid definitely | vention. There little likelihood convention will put a third the field by providing sc candidate for y of Colonel Roosev John M. Parker of Moose candidate for still in the pr ure I from inilu the At this prelimi will be tak ent s for the mference be decided the pro- | element in sth, and plans proposed con- | Convention on Party’s Birthday thi; car a 25.—With th B year e organization New York, ressive a he stormy meeting of the st mittee in Sy > last Saturd: s that t ticket in me substitute in the place i hat of Louisiana, DBull vice president althouy ht ves ate e ered as a result of developr siv der cus i it aders now are trving to | Sverything Indicates | ssive | differ been ntial pro kins leade numb will travel along bro ros who fol- in | | The insurgent element which was | low Per an | i ffort to hav wdidate, Bainbridge Colby, pronounced tiiends that he re { Gemocratic eircle ¢ himn withdraw hig name st Votes for Wilson. who has his opposition to been in 1 for pragressive endorse- of the republican nominee, and looked in to par by progressive in- all of the country @ probable leader in any concerted action of nattionwide scope that may upon b, the v the anti-Perkinsg has told his s a third ticket 1y impracticable, there is a joyful ex utte atation that the insurgent progres- s may be induced solid support to Pre Colby ammounced that he am H. Teade sement—that to throw their ident Wilsan. was Hatchkiss and other bull in favor of a Hughes they had a suff- votes to put their of rh-—wus preposterous. ng thing sbout the | 1 Mr. Colhy, “was were 9 the manner in which the Perkins vof flew out of the window. At 8 o'clog the morning the Perkins pec were arrogant, by noan they becar ci 1t 3 o'clock in the afternoon thel solfcitous At 9 o’clock in til cvening they called it a day and figl the “The even good spart mackerel in a barrel. Tho wrecke! of our party in thelr zeal to shof loyalty to their new party have show the speed of renegades and have dis played such conspicuous aptitude af disloyalty to their awn party that § ¢ bo surprising if the Chi; attended town meeting in Syr It rcuse like was nol was hootin| should ba’ Mr. Colby'announced tthat proparing to to Chicago far thd bull moose wention, and tha to t adf: the New Yorl ite progressive leaders of the antf Perk tion would consult wit the insurgent bull moose leaders fro; other states where the banner of res volt has .been raised against th Perkins program. he wa go new prior Wilson Endorsement Possible. leader said tha Chicago conferen had n suggested largely for sentd mental reasons and with a view giving the party launched amid such & burst of patriotic fervor four ye ago decent burial on the anniversai of birth, latter day developmen had wrought a change in the situation £nd vested the prospective bull moos athering at Chicago with much moy importance. Thig leader held a Wil son endorsement by the progressive insurgents when they meet in Chicag is not at all improbable, and adde that assurances had been receiver from democratic quarters that pro gressives turning to Wilson would have no reason to regrot their action. Walter A. Johnson, chairman of thi progressive stato committee, said thad he would call a conference of pro: gressivo leaders in this state for som v late this week, to determine upo! ome future course of action. “I would have called it earlier, buf] 1 thought it best to give them a chancel to cool off after the Syracuse meetin bofore bringing them together,” hg id. Chairman Johnson was ver enxioug to have it made clear that he had nothing to do with the turmoil af] the Syracuse meeting. “I think it was the local police de partment which decided that the presd| ence of policemen was necessary,™ sald Mr. Johnson. FAVORS SIR EDGAR SPEYER One pragressive whi at first the its Court of Appeals Decides He is Ene titied to Remain in Privy Council Despite Anti-German League. London, July 25, 11:45 a, court of appeals decided there is of the Sir Edgar Speyer to remain o | renn privy Thi upholds the decision of the court fn his favor. Sir Edgar partner in the Speyer ba London, New York On-Main, is a British man birth and parentage. m.—The thot richt of the today no question of council. rulirg lower peyer, nking firm of Frankfort- citizen of At the and Ge out- break of the war he was the subject af violent zttacks in England on ac- count of nix German origin. His ene- mies openly charged him with disloy- alty, but he was warmly Gefended by Premier Asquith. In May, 19 Sir Edgar resigned his membership in the privy council and asked for the revocation of his baronet The College of Arms do- | cided that there was no way in whieh the banker could divest himself of his titie. 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