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By “Bud” Fisher
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By Tick Tiehenor.
HE question no doubt has often I
been asked why have Southern j
players never made any showing j
lie Amateur Championship of th.
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one hundeed thousand
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. answer to thi
thut our players
stion and 1111-
m t yet in the (. ass of the North-j
and Western golfers. If you
■ the handicap list or* the J
Ate* Golf Association of
are eligible to enter this
will readily see that this
On this list there arc
<1 and forty-two names. If
Red
who
ent you
a fact
ur hund
will
wamine it car
•fully
ou
will find that of this number only
tv*, enty-flve are Southern players
Thus there are nearly twenty players
from other parts of the country to
one from the South.
If you will look further you will
see that Nelson Whitney, of New*
Orleans, is the only player from the
South ranked as good as four, while
there are tw enty-four players rated
better than four and forty-four at
this figure. There are one hundred
and' two players rated at five and of
this number the South has six. Rated
at six are one hundred and seventy-
two men of which number eighteen
are Southerners.
Whitney Only Southerner.
Thus it will be seen that in the
first sixty-eight players as ranked by
the U. S. G. A. Nelson Whitney is
the only one from the S. G. A. In
the first one hundred and seventy
players in addition to Nelson Whitney
are found R. G. Bush. Jr.. F. G. Byrd.
J. P. Edrington, N. A. Hardie, Ellis
Knowles. W. P. Stewart.
The other eighteen Southerners,
whose names appear on this list and
who are handicapped at six are
George W. Adair, G. N. Aldridge, J.
B. Bush. Douglas Call, Leigh Carroll.
R. H. Conneriy, E. W. Daley, K. L.
Dalglish, Charles Dexter, Jr., Bryan
Heard, Lewis Jacoby, F. M. Lewis,
C. H. M unger, George C. Oliver, W.
E. Stauffer. J. F. Turner, Milby Por
ter, and the writer. In some way
the name of Albert Schwartz, of New
Orleans, has been omitted from the
list. This is very evidently an over
sight as he was included last year
and is one of the very best golfers in
the South as he showed last year,
when he won the low score medal in
the qualifying round of the Southern
championship.
It is therefore easily seen that
there are few’ players in the South
who have much-of a chance to quali
fy In the amateur championship and
therefore few of them care to make
the attempt witli such little chance
of success attending their efforts.
Only Two Have Qualified.
Last year the South sent a team
of four to this event, three of whom
had been Southern Champions and
one twice runner-up, and it was hop
ed that some of them would at least
qualify, but not a one of them did.
Only twice, if my memory serves me
light, have Southern players ever
qualified In this event. In 1908 Nel
son Wtiitney was successful and in
1910 dll is Knowles was one of the
elect.
But no doubt you ask—why is it
our players are inferior? If this
condition exists what are the rea
sons which cause it to be so?
T am of the opinion that there are
>everaj answers to this question.
In the first place the number of
our players are far smaller than in
the East and West. In fact,, if w'e
exclude the winter resort courses,
which are used practically entirely by
players from other sections, you w’ill
find that there are only about a dozen
eighteen-hole courses in the South,
while around Chicago alone there are
more than this number
In J he next place we have not been
playing the game long enough. No
country or people can take up a new
athletic game and at once become
proficient in it. It takes time to de
velop golfers just as It takes times
to develop topnotch placers in any
other line of sport.
Lack Professional Teaching.
But it may be argued that we have
been playing golf in the South for
ten years or more. This is quite
true but it has only been within the
l8st six years that the game has
really become popular. Then too
those who took up the game ten years
ago had no opportunity to secure pro
fessional coaching and they therefore
fell into habits which have handicap
ped them ever since. Most of the
topnotch golfers of to-day began to
play w r hen they were kids, when their
muscles were pliable and when it was
easy for them to acquire a free and
easy swing.
Take the case of Nelson Whitney
and Ellis Knowles, who are generally
accepted as the best players in the
South, and both of them began to
plav when they were in their teens.
No where can better evidence be
produced that it requires time to be
come proficient in golf than in the
ciase of the American professional,
who until two years ago had prac
tically no showing against the Scotch
men, who had come to this country
to teach the game. But in the last
two years the home-bred pro lias
come into his own and three of the
team of four, which will represent
America in the British open tourna
ment as well as the French open are
bovs who learned the game on this
side of the Atlantic.
Our Courses Are Too Easy.
Then there is another reasdn. Our
courses are too easy. They are not
properly trapped and there are too
many parallel fairgreens. This gives
tlie player an opportunity to make a
veally bad shot and suffer no penalty.
We have not put a premium on di
rection by having sufficient hazards
to, catch the player who is off the
line with his shots.
Take any course of any club, which
is a member of the Southern Golf
Association, and see how many par
allel fairgreens there are on it and
> e how many chances there are for
a "man to slice or pull his shot far
off the line to the hole and yet have
a < good a chance to reach the green
ns the player who was on the direct
line to the hole. Think of the num
ber of chances there are to play a
second shot wide of the green and
vet have an easy unobstructed run in
shot for the green.
We must tighten up our courses
HO that a shot which is bad in direc
tion will he punished and we must
develop our young players ty^fore we
,-* r expect ♦ • have a chance to cap
ture the Amateur Cchampionship
ST FIELDING
Continued From Page 1.
Ing to such a place, Joe admitted he
didn’t know.
“I gues«s I just drifted there,” says
Joe. “I really forget.”
Anyhow, Joe stuck around, got a
public school education and set out to
become a plumber.
At odd times, when he wasn’t
plumbing, Joe played baseball. He
began by playing in the lots. Then he
was grabbed for the Beach City team,
which played a couple of times a week
In 1907 Joe decided to embark on
the treacherous seas of professional
baseball and applied as a pitcher for a
job with the independent team which
called Elyria, Ohio, its stopping place.
This club lasted fine up to July 4,
when it blew up, leaving Joe jobless
and with an alternative of organized
baseball or plumbing. And Joe chose
baseball and hired out to the Lansing
(Mich.) club.
Up to that time Joe had posed as a
pitcher. When he quit fiddling around
and went in for real baseball he for
got the past and signed as a first base-
man. He has not had any reason since
to regret the change.
• • •
THAT year and the several that fol-
A lowed were seasons of steady
progress for Agler. In the fall of 1907
Joe was drafted by Wheeling. He
played out the season and finished
with Springfield. The next year he
was with Canton in the O. and P.
Newark, N. J., drafted him that fall
and he was in the Eastern League m
1910 and 1911.
In the fall of 1911 the Cubs gave
Newark $3,000 for Agler. Frank
Chance gave him no real try-out, but
instead sent him to Jersey City in the
sprjng of 1912. Some hitch over terms
arose between the Cubs and Jersev
City and Charley Murphy sold the
great first baseman outright to the
Cracker club.
• • •
Y\7 HEN Agler came to Atlanta he
W succeeded an awful me9S of
first basemen—Mert Whitney, Dick
Rohn, Jake Henn and goodness knows
who else. In fact, in the memory of
living fan, the Crackers had had no
real first baseman except Jim Fox.
And James was a raw country lad,
who never knew more of the game
than Bill Smith taught him, and who
finally slumped so badly that he was
sold.
Agler not only succeeded these rum
my first basemen, but he joined a
team so largely composed of lemons
that any first-class player stood out
like a whale at a tadpole convention.
Joe. played great ball la3t year. He
had to stop the awful throws of field
ing mistakes like “Humpty” McEl-
veen, “Dug" Harblson, Pete O’Brien
and the rest of the motley 1912 col
lection, but he took them all alike.
The league has never seen a better
man on low throws than Joe Agler.
He doesn't seem to have any set
method of getting them, or any rule
for it.
I asked him the other day how he
went after low heaves
"I’m sure I don’t know,” said Ag
ler. “I just stick my hands down and
the blamed things bound in.”
“Have you any particular way of
claying throws to the bag?” I asked
him.
’ Naw, ' was Joe’s reply; “I just play
’em. J stand about 20 feet from the
bag in playing an ordinary batter. I
always try to judge my man and to
‘get right’ for him.
“There’s one big thing a first base-
man has to learn, and that’s how to
shift his feet. If he’s way inside and
a ball is thrown on the outside of the
bag he has to cross over. Now, if he
hapnens to cross his feet it’s all off
with him. He must learn to shift :n
a case like the one mentioned, so that
his right foot, instead of his left. Is
touching the bag. When he gets this
down, the rest of it is just a matter
of playing baseball.”
* • *
I N our private opinion, Joe Agler
deserves about as little credit for
playing good baseball as any man who
ever lived. He plays well because he
plays well—and that’s the only rea
sonable explanation. He doesn’t give
the game a thought. It all comes nat
urally to him.
If you should write out a puzzling
play in baseball and ask Joe to give
you the way it should be played he’d
probably give up. But let the play
come up in a game and Joe would
perform it perfectly—just because he
is a natural player.
* * *
u\!THAT about going back to the big
W leagues. Joe?” I asked him.
“Oh, I’m not worrying,” was the
answer.
••You see. it's a pretty tough game
up there.” is the way Joe put it, “and
I’m not hankering for it. Atlanta
SENATORS, 2; RED SOX, 1.
BOSTON, May 3.-*-It was too much
Johnson for the Red Sox, and Wash
ington defeated the world’s cham
pions. 2 to 1. Engel, who started
for Washington, gave ten bases on
balls, but not a hit was made off him
w’hile he worked. Bedient pitched his
best game of the season, and if it
were not for Engle’s costly error
would have been returned a winner.
Johnson relieved Engel in the fifth
and struck out four men.
Washington ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Moeller, rf. . . 4 1 1 0 0 0
Milan, cf. . . 4 0 2 1 0 0
ALnsmith, c. . 4 0 0 7 1 1
Gandil, lb. . . 2 0 1 7 0 0
Williams, lb. . 2 0 0 4 0 0
Laporte, 3b. . . 4 l 1 1 3 0
Morgan, 2b. .. 3 0 1 4 3 0
Shanks, If. . .4 0 2 1 1 0
McBride, ss. . 3 0 0 1 5 0
Engel, p. . . . 2 0 0 0 3 0
Johnson, p. . . 1- 0 0 0 0 0
Totals . . 33 2 8 x26 15 1
Boston
Ball, 2b. . .
. 3
Speaker, cf. .
. 3
Lewis, if.
. 2
Gardner, 3 b.
. 2
Engle, lb. .
. . 2
Janvrin, ss. .
. 3
Cady, c. . .
2
Nunamk’r, c.
. 0
Hendrix, If. .
. 2
Bedient, p. .
. 3
xxYerkes . .
. 1
xxxThomas
. 1
ab. r. h.
1
0
1
0
0
po.
1
2
0
2
0
1 lb
0 2
Tot&ia . . ..27 1 4 27 12 2
Score by innings:
Washington 000 000 110—2
Boston 010 000 000—1
x—Speaker out, hit by batted ball,
xx—Batted for Cady in eighth,
xxx—Batted for Bedient in ninth.
Summary: Two-base hit—Moeller.
Stolen bases—Ball, Shanks, Milan,
Morgan. Gardner, Hooper. Double
plays—Janvrin to Ball to Engle; Mc
Bride to Morgan to Williams. Base
on balls—Off Engel, 10; off Johnson,
1; off Bedient, 1. Struck out—By
Engel, 3; by Johnson, 4; by Bedient,
9. Hit by pitched ball—Janvrin, by
Engel. Time—1:53. Umpires—Con
nelly and McGreevey.
NAPS, 11; BROWIS, 8.
ST. LOUIS, May 3.—Cleveland won
from St. Louis this afternoon, 11 to
8, in a long drawn out struggle, in
which nearly every kind of a fluke
play or miscue known to baseball fig
ured. It was a burlesque, which kept
the spectators in roars of laughter.
Triples and doubles were scattered s u
frequently that base runners got leg-
weary.
Cleveland. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
D Johnston, lb. 4 1 1 10 0 0
Chapman, ss. . 3 1 1 1 2 0
Olson, 3b. . . 4 1 1 1 1 0
Jackson, rf. . . 6 1 2 2 0 1
Lajole, 2h. . . 3 3 1 1 2 0
Blrm’ham, cf.. 4 2 t 1 0 1
Graney, If. . .4 1 2 4 0 0
Carl ah, c. . .. 5 1 1 7 0 l
Baskette, p. . . 1 1 1 0 3 0
W. Mitchel, p.. 2 0 0 0 1 0
Gregg, p.. . . 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals.
. .37 11 11 27 IX 3
St. Louis. ab r. h. po. a. e.
Shotten, cf.. . 5 2 2 1 1 0
J. Johnston, If. 5 1 2 0 0 0
Williams, rf.. . 3 0 0 0 0 0
Pratt, 2b. . . 5 0 0 B 2 0
Stovall, lb. . . 3 1 1 8 0 1
Brief, lb. . . 1 0 0 3 0 X
Mustln, Sb. . 4 2 2 4 2 0
Wallace, ss.. . 4 1 3 1 2 X
Agnew, c. . . 4 1 3 5 X 0
Hamilton, p. . 2 0 0 0 3 0
Adams, p. . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stone, p. . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
xMcAllister . .1 0 0 0 0 0
xxBalentl .1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .38 8 13 27 12 3
xBatted for Allison in seventh.
Ccaompton ran for Wallace in sev
enth.
xxBatted for Stone in Ninth.
Score by Innings:
Cleveland 011 107 100—11
St. Louis 001 222 100— 8
Summary — Two-base hits — J.
Johnston, Lajole, Agnew, Baskette,
Shotten, Jackson, Austin. Three-base
hits—Agnew, D. Johnston, J. Johns
ton. Home runs—Shotten. Double
looks mighty good to me. I don’t *>e
why anyone should want a better
place.”
"And what about after you’re
through with baseball?” I asked him.
"Are you going back to plumbing?"
“Me for the farm," said Joe. "I've
got a nice home up there In Beaco
City that I’ve refused 83,500 for. By
the time I get through with baseball
it will be worth a lot of money. Then
I’ll sell it and buy a farm. Once you
get hold of a nice Ohio farm the
money mighty near makes itself.
"I’m salting away some money.”
concluded Joe, "and when the man
agers decide I’m through as a ball
player 1 don’t suppose I’ll have .o
pass the hat to get back to Beach
City—or to live comfortably to the
finish."
play—Chapman to Johnston. Balk—
Gregg. Stolen bases—Birmingham,
D. Johnston (2), Chapman, Graney.
Hit by pitched ball—By W. Mitchell,
Austin; by Adams, Lajoie: by Alli
son, D. Johnston, Chapman; by
Gregg. Agnew. Wild pitches—Gregg
Allison. Bases on balls—Off Bas
kette 2, off Mitchell 2, off Gregg 2,
off Hamilton 3, off Adams 2. Struck
out—by Mitchell 2, by Hamilton 3.
by Stone 2, by Gregg 4. Hits—Off
Baskette 7 In 3 2-3, off Allison 0 in
1, off Hamilton 10 ill 5 2-3. off W.
Mitchell 3 in 1 1-3, off Adams 1 In
1-3. Left on bases—Cleveland 7. St.
Louis 11. Time—2; 50. Umpires—Fer
guson and O’Loughlin.
WHITE SOX, 6; TIGERS, 4.
DETROIT, May 3.—To-day’s game
between the White Sox and Tigers
went into extra innings, the former
winning 6 to 4. The Tigers put up
a much harder fight than usual, twice i
coming from behind and tieing the
count. A rally in the seventh gave
them three runs as many as the Sox
had compiled in the second.
The clubs started into the overtime 1
rounds with the score 3 all. The
Sox took a run in their half of the
tenth, but the Tigers came right back.
Russell relieved Benz in the eighth,
and pitched excellent ball, allowing
but one hit. A pass got him into
trouble in the tenth, hut he would
not have been scored upon if Bor-
ton had been aWe to hold Lord’s
throw on Cobb. The Sox put the |
game on ice in the eleventh when |
Schalk singled and was forced by
Russell. Rath walked and Lord
scored Russell with a single to right;
Rath took third on the’ drive, and
counted while Collins was forcing
Lord.
Chicago. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Rath. 2b. ... 5 1 2 3 4 0
Lord. 3b. ... 6 0 2 3 6 0
Collins, rf. . . . 5 1 l 1 9 0
Borton, lb. ... 4 1 n 14 1 1
Mattick, cf. . . 4 0 3 1 1 0
Schaller, If. . . 4 0 l 0 0 1
Weaver, ss. . . 5 1 2 3 4 0
Schalk. c. . . . 5 I 3 7 3 0
Benz, p. . . . 3 0 1 0 5 0
Russell, p. . . 2 1 0 1 1 0
Totals . .
Detroit.
Bush, ss. . . .
Vitt, 2b. . . .
Crawford, rf.
Cobb, cf. . . .
Veach, If. . .
Rondeau, lb.
Deal, 3b. . .
Louden, 3b. .
Stanage, c. .
Glbs»on . . . .
McKee, c. . .
Hall, p. . .
•♦High . . .
House, p. . .
•♦•Mullin . .
''♦♦♦Dubuc . .
.43 6 15 33
ab. r. h. po.
10
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
ft
0
0
Totals .39 4 9 33 23 5
•Batted for HfUJ in seventh
•♦Ran for Stanage in seventh
♦•♦Batted for McKee in eleventh,
♦♦♦♦Batted for House in eleventh.
Score by innings:
Chicago 030 000 000 12 — 6
Detroit .000 000 300 10—4
Sutrlmary: Hits—Off Hal! 9. in 7
innings; off Benz 8. in 7 innings. Two-
base ihits— Weaver, Benz, Stanage.
Veach. Bases on balls—Off Hall 2, off
Benz 3, off Russell 2, off House 2.
Struck out^-By Benz 3#(Louden, Ron
deau. Hall), by Russel] 3 (Cobh. Mc
Kee. Crawford), by Hall 1 (Weaver),
by House 2 (Borton. Weaver). Passed
ball—Stanage. Wild pitches—Hall,
House 2. Balk—Russell. Stolen bases
—Rath, Schaller, Bush. Cobb 2. Veach.
Sacrifice hits—Mattick, Vitt.
ATHLETICS, 8; YANKEES, 6.
NEW YORK, May 3.—The. Athlet
ics trimmed the Yankees 8 to 6 to
day in a slow and uninteresting game.
Schultz pitched good ball until the
fifth, when his support blew wide
open behind him and two doubles, a
base on balls and three errors count
ed five runs after two were out
Barry started the inning with a
scratch hit to right field, which M< -
Kechnie went after and failed to get
after a hard run. The hit went for
two bases. The next two men were
easy outs, but Walsh drew a pass and
Oldrlng doubled against the left field
wall, scoring Barry and Walsh. Col
lins was hit by a pitched' ball, and
Baker got a life on McKechnie’s fum
ble. Collins and Baker then worked
a double stea\ and Collins Scored and
Baker reached third when Sweeney
threw the ball far into left field. Der
rick hooted Mclnnis’ tap, and Baker
scored the fifth run. Keating relieved
Schultz, but was ineffective, and the
Athletics scored three more runs, one
in the seventh and two in the eighth.
Philadelphia, ab. r. 4i. po. a. e.
Walsh, cf. • 3 2 0 2 <> ft
Oldring. If. . . 5 1 *2 4 ft ft
Collin?. 2b. ... 3 2 1 2 3 ft
Baker. 3b. ... 5 11 1’ 3 ft
Mclnnis, lb. . 4 0 1 9 , 2 ft
D. xMurphy, rf. 3 ft . 1 ft ft ft
Barry, ss. . . 5 I I 3 :: ft
Thomas, c. . . 4 1 2 4 ft
Houck, p. . . . " ft " ft 0
Bush, p. ... 4 o 1 1 3 ft
IN BID GAME
By J ini Glover.
L AST Tuesday afternoon Peacock
sprung the surprise of the local
Prep League baseball season by
defeating Tech High. 9 to 8. Previ
ous to that game Peacock had won
but one game and had proved easy
against all comers in the Prep
League. Various excuses have been
offered by Tech High players but the
real reasons for their defeat were
overconfidence and lack of practice.
It is hoped that the result will be
a lesson to them and that in the fu
ture the team will he ready at all
times to go in to do its best.
On the other hand great credit is
due the Peacock hoys for winning
the game. They went into the con
test with the feeling that they did
not have much of a chance to win,
but at the same time they were de
termined to make a fight for it and
by sheer nerve and slugging ability
were able to come out ahead.
Callahan Back in Form.
Callahan, of Marist, appears to be
back in his early season form again.
For a while “Cally” was not pitching
his usual game, especially in the
Tech High affair when he was touch
ed up for a number of hits. That
he is going well again there can be
no doubt, as he pitched a no-hit con
test against G. M. A. at College Park
Tuesday. Marist and Boys High will
meet on the Marist diamond next
Saturday in their second game of the
season and the Prep championship
may be decided then and there. The
previous meeting of the two nines
resulted in a ten-inning tie and there
is little to choose between them at
this stage of the season.
The local Prep schools are looking
forward anxiously to the annual track
and field meet next Friday. It ha«
not yet been definitely decided where
this meet will he held, hut Marist
wants it held «»n their Ivy Street
campus and no doubt that will be
the scenfe of activities.
50 Athletes to Compete.
There will he at least fifty well
trained athletes entered in this meet
and there will be plenty of competi
tion for first place in each event.
Some nftw local Prep re cords will no
doubt be made and some new ‘finds’
discovered. Th * following are some
pretty sure point winners in this
meet. Allen, of Marist, Bedell, ot
Tech High. Parks, of Tech High and
Johnson, of Boys High in the 100-
yard dash; Allen, Lookridge and Be
dell in the hurdles; Holtzendorff, of
Boys High, in the pole vault £%id
Fowler, Bedell and Meyers (n the
weight events. Oheeves, Downing
and Covington look good for points
in the distance runs.
Everything points to tfie most suc
cessful meet ever held. Numerous
prizes have, been offered and a cup
will be given to the school winning
the greatest total number of points
The odds favor Marist, but it is not
at all certain that Marist will cop. At
any rate the event will be worth
witnessing.
♦Orr 1 0 0 0 0ft
E. Murphy, rf. 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals . . 38 8 11 27 17 0
♦Batted for Houck in third.
New York. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Daniels, rf. . . 5 l 2 0 0 ft
Chance, lb. . . 5 0 1 7 ft 0
Hartzell, cf. . . \ 1 1 3 1 ft
free, If. ... 3 1 2 2 0 0
Mldkiff, 3b. . . 3 ft 0 3 1 1
Sweeney, c. . . 3 1 1 7 1 2
Derrick, ss. . 3 0 1 2 4 0
McKechnie, 2b.. 2 0 0 1 2 1
Schulz, p. . . . 1 0 0 0 ft 0
Keating, p. . . 1 ft ft 0 1 1
* Wolter 1 0 ft 0 0 0
Stumpf, 2b. . . ft 1 0 2 ft 0
♦♦Lelivelt ... 1 ft 0 0 0 0
Kleipfer, p. . . 0 0 0 ft 0 0
♦♦♦Caldwell . . ft 1 0 0 ft 0
Totals . 31 6 8 27 10 5
•Batted for McKechnie in seventh.
♦♦Batted for Keating in eighth.
♦♦•Batted for Kleipfer in ninth.
Score by innings:
Philadelphia 000 050 120—8
New York 110 100 012—6
Summary: Sacrifice hit—Midkiff.
Two-base hits—Barry. Oldring, Thom
as. Daniels. Three-base hits—Col
lins, Daniels Stolen bases—Walsh 2,
Hartzell, E. Murphy, Oldring 2. Dou
ble plays—Derrick to McKechnie to
Chase. Hartzell to Chase. Baes on
bails—Schulz 3. Houck 1. Bush 3,
Keating 1, Kleipfer 1. Left ori bases—
New York 5. Philadelphia 10. Hit by
pitcher—By Houck. Sweeney; by
Bush. Derrick; by Schulz. Collin?.
Hits -Off Houck 2. In 2 innings; off
Schulz 6, in 4 2-3 innings; off Keat
ing 3, in 3 1-3 innings. Struck out —
By Bush 4. by Schulz 2. by Keating
j by Kleipfer 1 Wild pitch Houck.
I injures Dlneen and Hart.
‘Finn Is a Real Irishman’-Bean
Q © © O ® ©
MikeLostjob, But Men Were Paid
Bv Joe Bean.
T HE fact that the "Mobile Club
under Mike Finn is playing such
fine ball and showing some class
brings to my mind my experience as
a member of Mike’s team during my
early playing days. The story will
also show that Mike is some Irish
man.
During the season of 1898 which
was the year of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, Mike started as manager
of Newport, R. 1. team and 1 was a
member of the Rochester, N. Y. team
of the Eastern League. This year
was a hard one on baseball and
many teams went to the wall. During
the excitement of busted leagues and
teams. Mike was secured to manage
Rochester and soon after joined the
team. Along about July 1 the East
ern League began to go bad and
salaries were cut and players releas
ed.
The Rochester Club was transferred
to Ottawa. Canada to he taken over
by some Canadian backers. We
were shipped over to Ottawa and
opened the season and played for
quite a while when our new’ uniforms
w'ere assigned to us. Well, the pants
and shirt were made from Scotch
plaid with the bright red stocking?
and white yachting cap. Now that
w r e were dressed up the official open
ing day was held and everything was
ready for the parade.
Both teams lined up with the city
and club officials and marched
through the principal street behind a
band of Scotch bag pipers.
The games were always advertised
as the Baseball Match. We ’were
not allowed to do much on Sunday,
everything was closed up. The club
officials had in mind the playing of
Sunday ball and this was allowed in
a little town across the river, called
Hull, which was in another province.
At last the game was advertised for
Sunday at Hull and we went to this
little town, which was a lumber town.
Inhabited mostly by lumber men
working in a large mill on the banks
of the river whieh divided the two
provinces.
The ball gi^unds may have been
used at some remote time as it had
a fence around It and #a place for
a few hundred people to sit. The
fence was not a very tall one and had
many boards missing which were af
terward replaced.
The ball grounds were a fright. The
owners just took three bases and a
home plate and threw them out in
the field. Where they landed they
remained. The first day was a dan
dy. We had quite a crowd and
things looked good for the owners.
The next Sunday while driving
through this little village we saw a
lot of men carrying a frame made
solidly and wondered what it. all
meant but we were not long in ig
norance. After getting inside the
grounds we could see these home
made grandstands sticking up along
the outside of the fence and covered
with people. Then it dawned that
they hid made their own grandstands.
We had rijore people outside the
grounds than we did inside. This did
Option On Club Nearly Up.
The time of the option on the club
was soon up and if it was not taken
over by the Canadian backers, the
flayers were going to be thrown on
the hands of the league and where
salaries were coming from wag a
mystery at this, stage
There were many meetings of botl
the representatives of the club and
the Canadian people. At last Mike
Finn hit upon a scheme that is truly
characteristic of him. He said at
the meeting if the new owners would
put th • salaries of the players in the
safe at the hotel for distribution
among the players as was then due and
then reorganize he would take apart
interest in the club and put up
much money as he thought It a good
thing. To this they consented and
we were paid our salaries. The meet
ing was then called to reorganize
and when Mike wa*s asked to put up
what he nad promised he had noth
ing to put up, and he immediately
lost his job and we got our salaries.
Sox-Giants World
Tour Is Mapped Out
Both Teams Complete Arrangements
at Conference; Tourists Will
Leave Chicago Oct. 14.
NEW YORK, May 3.—The world’s
tour of the baseball teams represent
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arranged this week at a conference
between Manager John J. McGraw
and a representative of Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the White Sox.
The tourists will leave from Chi
cago on October 14, and will plav
through to the coast. Honolulu will
be the first stop after the players
embark on their long sea journ-'v.
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Japan, and will give exhibitions in
four of the biggest cities in the land
of the slant-eyed inhabitants—Tokio.
Yokohama, Hakodate and another
large city.
Two games will be played in China,
at Pekin and one 1n Hong Kong. Ma
nila will be the next destination of
the pilgrims, and then they will show
the natives of India how the Ameri
can game is played. Then will come
a trip through Europe. Exhibition
games will be played at the capitals
of the various nations. The junker
to Australia has been abandoned.
The sojourn will consume four
months, the players getting back to
the states in time to go South for
spring training. They will have ‘o
become acclimated again.
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