Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1920 — TOO MUCH PEACE IN BASEBALL OF TODAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TOO MUCH PEACE IN BASEBALL OF TODAY

Herzog of Cubs Says Present Day ’Ganie Is Too Tame. Not Enough of. Rough-House Stuff Bince.Many Members of Old Guard Have Passed Out of Limelight C—-Admires McGraw. J * • " . • * * Charley Herzog, of the Chicago Cubs, does not even attempt to diagnose the trouble that has kept the Chicago team from being right up in the .front row fighting for The dag tills season, but Charley does complain that the grand, old game of baseball is growing mote like a knitting tournament ever/year— he laments the fact bitterly. There’s . not enough roughrhouse stuff io baseball, according to the “Cantaloupe Rink,” since Mike Donlin, Tommy Leach, Jofinny Evers, J6e Tinker, Otto Knabe, John Ganzel, Dan McGann, Bill Dahlen artd a few others of the 'guard have passed out of the limelight. There’s too much peace and contentment, and Herzog is getting lonesome. • There’s no secret to the fact that Herzog -does not carry any love for John McGraw, but Herzog does admire 'the McGraw of about ten years.ago, because he says McGraw’s stern manner at that time made him a ball player, assisfed by the uncouth treatment accorded him by some of the aWtve named stars. Herzog recently horned into a discussion of the eld guard. He spoke of the tricks of a few years back, and then contrasted them with the conduct of the stars of today, whom he says go on the field and do their trick then hurry back to the hotel and forget

baseball like a man who tries to chase from his • mind some . Unpleasant thought. There’s too much of the wojrk-a-day spirit to baseball now. / The Chicago Cub star Thentioned one point to his contention that baseball is getting t<fc tame. “When a youngster reports >now, he is introduced around and everybody asked to tip the lad to everything they can. When he is presented there is a tone. Of in the manager’s voice that prevents staging any of the jokes that to be an inseparable part of the game* * It’s like an afternoon tea now. In the old days,” Herzog continued, his face lighting up, “the youngsters had a hard row to hoe. The vets would ride them, poke them in the ribs, jostle them around and otherwise prove to them they had to stick up for themselves. It was a severe test but it was the makings of them.”

Charley Herzog.