The evening world. Newspaper, September 26, 1921, Page 15

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘26, 1921. ‘pe - BALTIMORE CLOSES INTERNATIONAL SEASON IN A BLAZE OF GLORY. BEHIND THE MASK fue FUSSY FOURSOME SOE ier hae “Life’s Sweetest Thri : The Story of an Umpire Who Had a Heart de de suux ue! nowM 1 Ze, By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN AVGONNA PUTT wiTH You ees 1810, by the Bell Syndicate.) a att . ‘Rave on! RAVE on! UPSET Ev'RYBODY So THEY'LL MISS “HEIR PUTTS! ENJOY “This ONE -You'LL NEVER bO VT AGAIN IN A MILLION years! OH BABY, 0: Dip y'see wet |e A “TWENTY FOOTER , AND 1.SUNK IT! *THa's” WHAT T CALL PUTTING —M-m-m-an! Dip y'SEE \T ROLL UP AN’ “TRICKLE IN ? LGOT THAT CURVE AND V AIT IT JusT RIGHT — Gimme A SEVEN ON “WIS — ('M GETTIN Good, 1 amit vi MATCHIN’ You! | ; VE ) ALIVE ON TH’ Course ? pea WE SAW THE inked a Goon Boy boc! “Hat WINS US “TH' How YouRE RIGHT ON YOUR GAME OL' DARLING $ (Copyright, CHAPTER I. sleve, and the Gamecocks finished that 2 . hak pent ; ; " game with five pitchers in the line- ae umpire is, as a general thing, a human being up and were beautifully walloped In ag the same leanings toward friendly intercourse with his| consequence, 2 same universal desire for approbation, the same hopes,| The ma Mbitions, the sume sorrows which stir his more fortunate pacuead brethern; but if he is a good untpire he will button all these things carefully | Pl0od: bu underneath his blue serge jacket before he walks out upon the field. creamed, some of the ed for O'Higgins's it public at large— fair, no matter what —respected the new Con O'Higgins was an umpire of the old school—praise be, there are | umpire, while appreci | Noten ing the fact a. i Dei 7 , M4 Wf : d still a few of thar left, even though we how! because their eyesight is not) (Mat he gave them fast, clean games, wee Oy LUMAR fi } ¢ ‘ , ¢ j the same the gr whieh is general any one may from wrangling and riots. what it once was. ‘The league raised his salary and of- “You can't be one of the boys and an umpire at the samo time,” re-/ fered him a long-term contract, which marked Mr. Cornelius O'liggins. he accepted, after cautiously etipulat- Con O'Higgins decided that he would never make the error of becoming! ing for too friendly with the boys; consequently, he did mame of any man in any league. It was “Mister a siding scale of remunera- t seem to know the first tion, his" and “Mister That”) In words of a few syllables and for with Con at all times, and a ballpiayer is apt to hesitate before walloping|a summing up of the whole matter, an umpire who always addresses him as “Mister.” That sort of emotional | one might say that Cornelius O'Hig- insanity ts likely to come quite high, and it was Con's idea to make famili-| gins, big league umpire, sald goodby ‘arity so expensive that few could afford to indulge in it O'Higgins owed his big league appointment, to one man—the’ Captain and manager of the toughe! Con, had seen hin. we fiekings of a great umpt |to friendship and chose respect rather \ than fellowship as the hard, cold foun- f This man knew] dation upon which to build his ecarcer, 1 occasions a jeved that he had the} from the first week O'Higgins was mentioned the fuct in the proper quar-| a myster; ters, and Cornelius O'H s came on to the big town for his tryout. The ba Con did not know but thee train he took, never knew which hotels feagno President had two scouts int ontorce discipline. He began sending|h@ favored with his modest presence. the grand stand on the day of h!s|men to the clubhouse, and putting| All they knew of him was that he inftlal appearance, They were on| scrappy players oat of games. ‘They eae be jon hand in time oer the 3 ‘ preferred the fines, but Con had it|® ig of the game, stiff and severe hand to note the attitude of the fight- | teired out in his own mind that pan- |! hls plain blue serge uniform, hting club in the | players never knew which ing captain-manager, whom we melts ng ball player's wife by taking} It was only natural that the shell ’ @isguise as Bill s rtlift, toward the] her husband's money away was not| Which O'Higgins built for himeelf ; Maat umpire = Wien had recom. | exactly fair to the w should harden and thicken with the : mended. Seu They were not long in finding oat | Passage of yenrs, The man began Mote 4. Nod. tke lose ! PT aca a SOUR BRE RIGHT. ea | Bras O'Higgins could jerk bis thums|enying himself friendship with ar t ay-bad, when it came isa alin wan loae Hengines Hee ey ane Peet | pata era eas ire ape THE FUSSY FOURSOME, Vic’s New Comic, Appears Each Monday in The Evening World. Copy of Each Comic Will Be Reprinted on Hard Paper and 1 1 ah eae a Pat UC A Mailed to Evening World Readers on Receipt of a Five-Cent Stamp. You Will Want the Series in Your Home or Your Golf Club. This is the Seventeenth ‘of t | i de ame a so Had Con O'Higgins smiled upon | of tradition of the league. the pena the First Having Appeared May 30. Address Sporting Editor, icutlies Weld “ , ee ee ares the ball fleld the players would have | spread t spread the news from one end of the ana too fond of showing his author- | Rube Vickers many years ago in the! FINAL, STANDING IN : bie circuit to the other me made jty, They would have been glad to | Eastern League. r fe pun « gruff, surly machine, tabu- gee him give way to a younger man, peta eee aren HAI INTERNATIONAT, LEAGUE. lating balls and strikes with a keen who m: on occasions, listen to SUCHE OUIGr, fence) Hiei veny (eae. eye and rendering his decisions with reason, or “stand for” an argutr {oles tled the record of twenty-seven! cup, ow. L. PC Chu, W. BC. | automaton-lik $. 7 vi motions of his hands. on the field. The straight games, won by the Corsicana] Balto. 119 47 .720| Newark 72 92 439 ally loved O'Higgins, because there Club of the Texas ague : nd fur-| Roch’ 100 68 '599| Syrac’e 71 96°.425 CHAPTER I. [eae He ing ey the public ane of nished the chief home run hitter and! Buffalo, 99 69 593] J. C 860. q . is character which attracted any- leading batte: f the circuit. Jack it 4 URING the months of play thing like affection or noisy enthus- i sentiey fret aa bing and pitche a me ette ae _ —aaiiia O'Higgins was perhaps the !8™- " se departments, his ciubmate,| ¥ ‘The thirteenth year brought trouble r Schiff Winnin He Hurt Bein | most lonely man who wit- wit the umpiring staff. ‘There were sel, being second to him in nessed the games; but if he three new mien to be tried out, and A wey AGS At the Ridgewood & C.-on Gate felt his isolation he never gave any it isa great deal harder to find a The Orioles will en tho Detroit | isse sammy Behitt nad to Sten eele aign. |guud umpire than it is to discover a| BALTIMORE, M i i" Sept. 26.—-The| this season in President Toole's circult,| Tigers to-day and to-morrow in two a: new left handed pitcher. If you do | Orioles and Jersey City rang down the| closing the season with 119 victories,| exhibition games, and after playing the The President of the League had pot believe that, ask the next base-|curtain yesterday in the International| the most ever scored in a league. The about two or three talks a year with ball magnate who sappens, to run|reague, Jack Dunn's champions hand- | old his star umpire—usually about new, across you in his French touting car. Ing the Skeeters a double defeat by| rules. Rarely O'Higgins offered a| ,__|scoras of 8 to 5 and 8 to 7 respey suggestion, but if he did, it was ,Do Not Misa’ To-Morrow’s Interesting ' tively. AR A eeee GRIT OD Presl- | instalment. Baltimore has made baseball history ‘dent depended upon his judgment, | =— = Jand stood behind him in his dealings jwith managers and players | The President gained the !dea—he never said how--that O'Higgins was a married man, He was certain that mail would reach him during the | winter months if addressed to 4 small | Michigan town |" ‘The whole league changed during |O'Higgins's tenure of office. The |ball players who were the bright \stars of the zenith declined and iaded away into the minor leagues They called him “old” Con, but he. was not old, as years go—somewhere between forty and fifty; but he seemed older—and on his weathe beaten countenance there appeared the hard times we sometimes see upon | the faces of our judges—the stern | carvings of conscious authority. |, After Con's tenth year in the big | eleventh rounl of an exelting bout swith Al McRae, Up to_aixth round Schiff was winning easily, but he hurt both haqds In that round. He refused to quit apd International League All-Stars a trio of ord was 116, by the Chi-| contests will leave for the West to en- cago Cubs in 1906 rage the pennant winner of the Amer- ’ ontinued without being able to fight In the second game Jack jen | ican Asso Which Will probably oon eine ty wna soll out gn pitched hia thirty-sccond victory of! be Louisville, in the “Little World's 'gclock, The boys were rematched tor the year, tying the old mark set by tes" championship. 15. ie ie a 30 0z. Absolutely All Woo! Blue Mel- fon, Bought From the United States Navy, Who. Bought Same- From the American Woolen Co. A Year Ago This Cloth Would Be Used in an Overcoat Costing $60. My Price Today Single Breasted Fly Front Overcoat, United States Navy Blue Melton rece = en a nnn league, the wise young managers and | the players beg: of a let-down. ected to see “the old man” go to! nash on balls and strikes, the eru-| cial test for aged eyes. ‘They ex- “Don't do that.” said Con, warningly. to look for sens n It! player $50 and he will forgive you; | f you put him ont of a close game remember it from one cnd of son to the other. empires. Bill was a frig came to handling the poor, miserable | but judge of play; a bulldozer, a blutfer, |} According to the story told me by the representative of the commission house ft toncn rant Soak ara i pected to see the old hardshell pasta “ ’ Bee atid, Aral thecaoen ree. ta intra Soeen gotten a mapreatantianed | ia auseme asl ine sotiere ined (dang who bought these goods from the government, they cost the government $6 to $7 domirue) was) quite aaturallysinierested | [ITSO Aa) An) uneine) Of WA TeEUS | were ditappolnted. | OMiesine. re a yard and were sold by the government subject to sealed bids some six months! i; | | mained the best umpire in the league | was no use trying to seare him-)on balls and strikes, and when It d it once—put| came to “getting on top of a play” | on mous mob scene, with the|on the bases, none of the youngsters Jfuil strength of the company. O'His- d outfoot him, | Hig ‘om the jump.” jeu pointed towarl the club house! O'Hicgins was not popular. The eae ero tue maine took|untit their infield ws riddled ike a_ha'l plavers thought he was too stern place on iil Shertutks home grounds | * 3B £00. in getting a line on the attitude of taki Shertliff! toward the vrapire whom he had made, and vice vorsa It would be just like Bill to “try to ago. Bought to use for uniform overcoats for the officers, this fabric I can almost guarantee my customers five years’ wear at a lower price than ever in the history of tailoring. Bow, in those dua there ae | I am specializing on Blue Melton Overcoats. I want five thousand orders in i a ne. ote a ay ee ail sheriie | the next thirty days. A was forced to np a cold pitcher) ae | Fa ee | For Outdoor Sports |i] | Blue Melton, Single Breasted, Fly Front, Velvet ti! tag tao know fie runs) Sher | woe Collar, Lap Seams, Raw Edges, Guaranteed for §$ } "ihe genial manager cursed the} time-worn sweater for out- Color, Strength and Weight, Irrespective of Size ae ane, ball Os DNONY PHE|| door sports. Its fine tailoring “Hold on!" sald O'Higgins. “If he} makes it a more attractive throws that ball it,will cost him t r and it will cost you twenty-five, | garment. Either plain or Bhertlift!"" en | ; heather shades, two or four “Pay no,attention to this new um- pire,” said Shertliff. “He's just in pockets, Al the warmth from Dubuque and he's got funny no-| J necessary without uncom Throw the ball i i eethe pitener delivered the ball, ana| Bl fortable weight. it was returned, Shertliff signalled | jp i Apr Si ROBERT REIS & CO. + him to continue New York OVERCOAT TO ORDER I have thousands of single suit lengths thrown into my three New York Stores : on account of closing several of the stores on my chain. Some of these have. enough for two piece, some have enough for three piece suits. I offer $41 Wait!" said O'Higgins ball he throws nowwill cost him -five and you one hundred. many a5 you because th ‘43 going to stand SUIT TO ORDER for the next two weeks To make a long story short, O'H'g cj ene 4pocket model $8.5 teins’s only friend in the big league ao nto the tre Lot $125 Kalk Vest $5.00 and tt warmed, | t paid. | for warming u cost the pitcher #110 ‘watch, it is presumed, Shertliff was too stubborn i but four pitched balls were about a ; he was willing to stand ulier the price went up tc a centy hy After the game [i * blad OHiggins and wi is} { thing in his ear. | $ “You're all right, feller,” sald "itl BBhertiiff. “Bur Thad te 4 pitcher warm, and I'm will ‘for It, You're some umpire And that was exactly what pgoruts reported to the head of thy "Yessue. That great man vr Uncalled for Suits and $0 Overcoats as Low as d over be- | 1 some. | Uncalled for Trousers Rear arett 1431 Broadway 2 Columbus Circle” # delight when he iy ned tha Fi Sree Bich eonpptoge 4 Open Evenings Until ® o'clock eo xy : Saturdays 10 o'clock Saturdays 10 o'clock ; 1 no fear that the new n T OR 1 ue Mee Rerttier had AIL 119-121 Nassau Street Ove Slordaye © cites ae | +4 Later, Con Higgins deci ' wg ball players was a poor way to ' oe wa : j ‘ > oA