Left on bases—Philadelphia, 8; New York, 5. First base on balls—Off Foxen, 3; off Mathewson, 2. Struck out—By Foxen, 1; by Mathewson, 3. Two base hit—Titus. Sacrifice hit—Magee. Sacrifice fly—Devlin. Stolen base—Fletcher. Balk—Foxen. Umpire in chief—Rigler. Assistant umpire—Emslie. Time—1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Style of Sporting News Stories. The style
of sporting news stories is marked by the use of terms
peculiar to the game or sport and often by the slang
that is popular at the time, particularly the slang that
is in vogue among those interested in each sport. Young
reporters, and some older ones, too, seem to think that
they can best prove their knowledge of sports by using
in their stories as much as possible of the slang current
among the professionals and their followers in the sport.
On the other hand, some of the recognized authorities
on sports write interesting and readable accounts of
contests without indulging in such sporting slang. A
number of sporting editors, in order to give variety to
their daily reports of baseball games, have sought to
coin new phrases and figures of speech, and the result
has sometimes been so clever and amusing that these
writers have established a considerable reputation for
novelty of expression. Too frequently, however, the
imitations of the work of the successful, clever few
have not been effective, and consequently have not been
so good as simple, direct reports. Originality of expression
is as desirable in sporting news stories as it is elsewhere,
but a style that is marked by little more than
cheap humor and vulgar slang has nothing to commend
it.
Society News. Society news is usually collected, written, and edited by the society editor, almost invariably a woman. In order to insure accuracy, facts for such stories should be obtained directly from those concerned in the event. Announcements of engage-
