Judge — September 29, 1923 — page 17: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE ANNUAL by Edward Anthony NcE AGAIN the Grand Convulsion is convulsing; the Big Upheaval is upheaving; the annual n ness is upon us; the World Series is here. Approximately, at any rate. \s we contemplate the baseball situ- ation—and we usually do that little thing this time of year—we can’t help feeling proud of America and of the fact that we are an American. It gives us a pleasant cerebral tingle, like the feeling you get when a regiment, with drums beating and banners flying, goes swinging down the street. Think of America’s superiority in baseball! Again two American teams are to participate in the World Series! Just think of it! All these years England, France and Germany, among others, “Babe” Ruth studying McGraw's system. have failed to qualify; not to speak of atemala, Montenegro and Dutch Guiana. World Series? Pah! The thing might just as well be known as_ the United States Series. In fact, if you took a hundred miles and laid ’em end to end or stacked ‘em on top of each other, or if you just took a hundred miles and did neither of these things, you'd get a good idea of how far behind America the rest of the world is in baseball. We hope this statement will not start MADNESS Sketches by Oscar Howard theCubans rioting. They can play the game but they're not quite goed They've got to World enough. for the ies and they really have no good excuse. South Africa has an ex- cuse, for the diamonds in Kimberley are rough; but our Cuban cousins have none. We fling the same statement in the teeth of the Italians, Spanish and Portuguese. When they get into a World Series let “em come to us and crow. We'll print anything they say. But not until then. Worn Seniss pays! Whoopla! How dear to our heart are the headlines of childhood, which fond recollection prings back to view! Though the recol- lection part is really unnecessary. Just take a peep at your paper and you'll see vem. They haven't changed. in_ years, They never will. Ah, look! Record Crowd Expected as Big Series Opens Thousands Wait on Line All Night for Bleachers Scats “Game Never More Popular.” Says Landis Then follows the “human in- terest” — story, in The Evening Anysheet, about the first fan to stand on line: Not the least interesting —inci- dent of the Big Series is the story of Isaac Duffy, who arrived at the bleachers en- trance 2:17 A.M. He was the first man on line: Asked by a re- porter for The Evening Anysheet why he arrived so early, Isaac said: “Well, I wanted to be sure Id get in.” Then he added with a laugh, “You know the old saying—the early bird catches the worm.” Duffy is thirty- dand with his wife and three chil- dren at 167 South Rooting for his team. Whatzis street. He is a carpenter by trade. Asked to state his philosophy of life, he replied “Work hard; and when you're through work- ing, play. ‘That's the only system. A ball game soothes the nerves’ after a strenuous week. The wife encourages me in this. ‘I'd rather see you out enjoying yourself than moping around the house,’ she often tells me. She's a grand little woman, all right.” \ THIS WRITING it’s practically a cer- £% tainty that the Yankees will win the American League pennant. This means that speculation as to what Babe Ruth will do in the Series will be as plenti- ful as—well, ticket speculation. ‘““Clout- (Continued on page 20) comichooks.colu)