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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921.
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Weather conditions always- play a
big part in the playing and attend
ance ends of a worlds seres. And
speaking of weather, that odd day
in 1922 is recalled—the day when
the sun was so bright that Umpire
Hildebrand mistook its glow for an
Arctic night and called the game
on account of darkness.
And right away quick the other
boners of the fall classics are re
called.
One bone leads to another, as the
instructor in the anatomy class
pointed out.
For many years Snodgrass’ fa
mous $30,000 muff that cost the
Slants the series of 1912 was the
masterpiece in the bone history. In
my opinion however, Heinie Zim
merman’s famous run has held the
title since it was staged in the se
ries of 1917.
Snodgrass’ error was a physical
one. Heinie’s was a mental one, al
though his feet should have known
better. Any pair of well behave
baseball feet would have tripped
over something rather than carry
their owner to such ridicule.
Enter The Headline Act.
Heinie’s great act was staged in
the fourth inning of the sixth game.
It enabled Chicago tt> score the first
three runs that were enough to win
the game.
Heinie got away bad in that in
ning. Eddie Collins, the first man
up, bounced one to Zimmerman and
the third baseman heaved wild, Col
lins reaching second.
Joe Jackson raised a fly to Rob
ertson, who dropped it. Collins
moved to third.
McGraw motioned his infield in
as Felsh went to bat. He ground
ed to Benton and the latter essay
ed to tag Collins off third. Collins
retreated toward third and Benton
tossed the ball to Zimmerman.
They’re off.
Zimmerman is bent on touching
Eddie out, the honor to be his alone.
What A Race.
Collins leads at the quarter!
Three Chicago players, gathered
around home plate, pleaded for the
ball!
U Tis mine till death do us part If
yells Heinie, and keeps on.
Half way home—and Collins holds
his lead! Heinie is figuratively
whipping his feet to get more speed
-out of them.
“Use your head!” some one yells
to Heinie! He ponders but a mo
ment .on the remark. “I never ran
on my head yet,” he mutters, and
still depends on his “dogs.”
They near the plate! Collins leads
by a length—of a bat. He flashes
over the rubber a winner!
li Another 50 feet and I’d have
caught him,” muttered Heinie. .
Two more runs rolled in in the
pi oper manner after that before
tiie Sox were retired,
Ruth A “Goat. M
Babe Ruth may well be called the
goat of the 1921 world’s series. Babe
hit .313 in the series, but McGraw
held him helpless,in the pinches, just
as he did the next year.
The fan was the goat in the de
composed .series of 1919 between the
Cinci Reds and White Sox. That
baseball lived after the selling out
by the “Black Sox” members of the
Chicago team is due solely to the
kindheartedness of the fans. The
players who played true to their
trust never will draw their proper
share of glory for their part in that
series because all records hinged
upon games which were not on the
level as far as some participants
were concerned.
Fred Merkle made a mistake when
he failed to save his boner for a
world’s series. Fred failed to touch
second one day when victory meant
the pennant for the Giants, That
eliminated all chance of boners in
the fall classic as far as Fred and
his teammates were concerned.
Plain “Yaller” Dog
Saves Lives of Two
Young Children
Sandusky, O., Oct. 2.—“Tex was
just a plain “yaller” dog, fit only to
dispose of table scraps until he sud
denly became a hero by saving the
lives of Ralph Gordon, 4, Tiffin, and
Keith Osborn, 4, of near here, when
they were ^rapped in a burning barn.
Ralph and Keith were playing
with matches in the barn.
When the hay caught fire their es
cape was cut off.
<( Tex” sensed the danger, squeezed
through a small hole and ran a quar
ter of a mile to where Cyrus Bar
tholomew, ^grandfather of the boys,
was working.
The barking and uneasiness of the
dog caused the grandfather to follow
him to the blazing bam in which the
boys were trappec^He rescued them.
.ARGENTINE FLIER TO BRAVE
PACIFIC DESPITE DANGERS
Shanghai, Oct. 2.—Major Pedro
Zanni, Argentine aviator, announced
his determination to attempt to fly
across the Pacific despite all handi
caps after landing here from Fool
chow this morning on his air cruise
around the world. it I don’t want to
return to Buenos Aires unless I have
tried to cross the Pacific by air,” he
said, adding: “I would rather die.”
It is estimated that more than
2,000 tons of rubber have been used
for soling purposes.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
Locust Grove Team
Here Friday Heavier
Than Griffin Gang
By DAVID “WARK” JENKINS
As a substitute team for Friday,
Locust Grove may prove more of
fensive than defensive. A second
team tried running a few of the
opposition’s plays and they worked
effectively on the varsity.
A few triple pass plays always
fooled the varsity and the scrub team
I practiced the new plays only a short
time before the scrimmage started.
The High school team is crippled.
Every man has some injury, great or
small, that naturally keeps them
from having the usual pep and fight.
The A. & M. game left them battle
scarred and sore.
Jones looked to be playing his part
of the game better than some of his
men, and follows the ball in a way
that spells many gains by collecting
up fumbles a«d then the chase be
gins for another score for Griffin.
He stays with the ball from the first,
and the last whistle will blow with
Hunky with the ball or one step be
hind it. Such a man is a football
player of the old school and can be
counted on to make touchdowns
where others would simply fall on
the ball.
In scrimmage Wednesday, Gene
Burnette made several neat gains
and showed up unusually well, as did
Beverly Rogers at center.
Locust Grove is a heavier team
than the High school boasts of
year and a good game will be
Friday. The fact that we
beaten them in years gone by
not indicate we will wallop them
the coming event.
A large crowd is expected to
tend the game Friday, since
weather has cleared and real
season is here.
When you have to run up and
the sidelines to keep warm, then
can enjoy the game.
Back up the team and they
improve 100 per cent.
ONLY ST. LOUIS LACKS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis is now the only club
the American league that has
to win the pennant. The
phia Athletics and the Boston
Sox have won the American
flag six times; the Chicago
Sox five; the New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers, three times and
Cleveland Indians and the
ington Senators ence each.
The nearest that the Browns
to winning the pennant was in
when they fought it out with
Yankees. That year they
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BASEBALL LEADERS FOR
. Rogers Hornsby, of the St. Louis
Cardinals, again won the batting
honors in the National league for
1924. He finished the season in St.
Louis on Sunday with a batting av
erage of .424 and established two
new records.
He is the first player to lead the
National league in batting for five
consecutive seasons. Hans Wagner
led it for four years and Hornsby
tied this record last season. His
average this year is four points
higher than the mark made by
George Sisler in 1922.
Babe Ruth replaced Harry Heil
mann as the batting king of the
American league. Ruth has an av
erage of .379. The Babe also led
both leagues in home runs.
The leaders in the two big leagues
follow:
National League.
Batter, Hornsby, St. Louis
•Pitcher, Vance, Brooklyn
Home run hitter, Fournier,
Brooklyn ______________
Run getter, Frisch, New York
Hornsby. St. Louis
Base stealer, Carey, Pittsburgh
•Won 28; lost 4.
American League.
Batter, Ruth, New
•Pitcher, Johnson, Washington
Home run hitter, Ruth, N. Y...
Run getter^ Ruth, N. Y.
Base stealer, Collins, Chicago—
•Won 25; lost 7.
CHICAGO ARRESTS 2,500
SPEEDERS IN 10
Chicago, Oct. 2.—More than
arrests of speeders and traffic
violators have been made
10 days, and $74,000 in fines
been paid during the campaign
i reduce automobile accident
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here, reports today said. Since
uary 1, 500 persbns have been
in accidents, 76 of them in
1 ber.
* Turn _ Out . Many Marblet „ ,,
Marbles of stone are made in mills
in Saxony for shipment to the United
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duclng an average of 3,500 A of the
boys’ delights a day.
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Modern Equipment to handle YOUR Banking
Business Satisfactorily.
Savings department where you { can accumulate
money for future use.
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sizes from l 4 to 1 Carat.
You don’t take any chances by buying from us,
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guarantee. We feel that we are not strangers any
longer in Griffin. Our business has grown from a
very small store to one large enough to accom
modate your every want in the Jewelry line.
We are out of the high rent district, therefore
we sell for less.
DEPOT JEWELRY STORE
128 West Broad Street
GRIFFIN, GA.
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