The day book. [volume], March 06, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 24

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the other clubs have a chance.
It is that indefinable thing called
"class'' that makes major league
teams stronger. They have the play
ers at the heighth of their abilities,
spur them on by exciting ambition
and offering rewards. The minors are
composed of young, ambitious, inex
perienced' men who are "going back."
Among them are a number of those
peculiar players who are world beat
ers in the minors and failures in the
majors, fellows ' who, lacking some
thing, are useless in the big show.
One sees "more close, low score
games in the major leagues. . One
sees more well pitched games. One
sees more consistent fielding, and the
"form" is truer.
But to nje there is more interest
in a minor league game than in a
major league contest. The element
of the unexpected arises more fre
quently; there are more thrills, more
hitting, more errors, more action,
errors, more action. Last summer
I watched .six minor league games
in six ' day's and saw five as
fiercely fought, interesting games
as one would -wish to see. The fol
lowing week"l saw the -Athletics play
seven games, and -only one was a real
contest.- jbeimajor league game was
too steady, too perfect. They lacked
action.
BUD GOT HIS'N
By Fullerton.
, Frank Smith, the famous old White
Sox pitcher, had a son. named Bud",
a good tough kid at that time. The
players told Smitty he ought to spank
Bud as he was getting too "smart"
from being with the players, but
Smitty said it was all right.
One day Smitty was pitching and
the Naps were pounding nim all over
the lot. He was hot, arigty and dis
tressed. Finally he' managed to get
the side out and returned to the
bench.
"Hully gee, paw," remarked Bud.
"You haven't got. a thing."
Smitty gave him the spanking of
his life right there. .
LITTLE JAP IS EXPERT WITH CUE
'
Koji Yamada.
Koji Yamada "is making American
cueists take a second look in the big
billiard tournament now on at Chi
cago. He is the best billiard' player
Japan has yet produced. Yamada is
undersized, even for a Jap.
-q o
NUFFSED
"Why don't you advertise your
business?"
"I do. I tell jt. to my 'Wife.". j
o o x
'There is a discussion on among
New Jerseyites as to whether ''"is
set or sit. Correspondent in Rose
Hill, Los Angeles, Cal., says his lay.
That'is better,