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HKARST s SUNDAY \MKFiK’AN- BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS SUNDAY. JUNE 1, 1913.
EVANS TICES
CAREER IF TRE
FOULIS FI
By “Chick” Evans.
D AVE FOULIS, one of five golfing
brothers, was born In Ht. An
drew® and began to play golf
when but four years old. The first
club he ever owned, or used, was a
dinky little midiron and he says that
he could play as well with it n* with
hi® whole kit up to the age of ten
or twelve years. It was the custom
of the better players at St. Andrews
whose circumstances were-not very
flourishing, to turn professional. So
Dave, who was an excellent player
followed the prevailing custom and
found his first employment at Klng-
hom, a club 18 miles from Edinburgh
and about 30 miles from St. Andrews.
In 1893 Dave won the Kinghorr.
medal against a great array of en
trants and the next year he won the
silver medal. By this time he was
considered one of the best players In
the country. In the meantime Jim
Foulls, an older brother, who was the
professional at Chicago Golf, asked
Dave to come out and help him. Ac
cordingly on March 19, 1896, Dave
aalled for America and was employed
Immediately on his arrival at Chica
go Golf, where he has been ever since.
This Is a remarkable record for a
professional, for men of that trade
are given to roaming and frequently
change clubs many times in a single
decade.
Father Follows Him Her®.
Back in '96 the Chicago Golf Club
had a nine-hole course, 3,300 yards In
length, and with a road running di
rectly through the grounds. From
that small beginning came the present
fine course. In those days, Dave
played a good deal of golf. There
Is a story told of a match In which
Dave and H. J. Whlgham, former
national champion, played Jim Foulls
and Jarvis Hunt. They were at the
seventh hole with Whlgham. Hunt
and Jim clustered around the cup,
putting distance, In 2. Dave had to
play his second shot last for a 2 and
he holed his approach. Dave played
good golf In those days, but of late
he assumed so many other duties that
he plays practically not at all.
In 1899 Dave’s father came to
America and has since made his home
here. Mr. Foulls, Sr., is a bearded,
picturesque old man with a strong
attractive Scotch accent. He is very
active and rarely misses a day in the
shop. I do not know his age, but he
kept old Tom Morris* shop for thirty-
two years.
The Foullses are a fine golfing fam
ily. Simpson, an amateur player, is
employed at the First National Bank,
Chicago; Jim, who won the open
championship In 1896 at Shlnnecock
Hills, la now at the Country Club at
St. Louis; Bob is at the*Bellerlve Club
at St. Louis. Jack, a former book
keeper at Chicago Golf, died five years
ago.
Dave Is Exceptionally Trained.
The Foulises have also turned their
minds to Invention and many are the
i ontrivances for the use and conven
ience of golfers to their credit. Their
American Eagle ball of the old gutta
days had much to recommend It, and
their holecup Is known nil over the
country. Their latest Invention is a
golf flag which fits in the holecup
and can be seen with the wind at
any point. The Foulls mashie niblick
Is famous. They have also invented
a machine for making rubber-cored
balls and for fitting new cores.
Dave had a remarkable all-arouna
training for his duties; he has studied
practically everything pertaining t(
hla game from green keeping to gblf
architecture. He Is a very thrifty
citizen of his adopted country and a
fine example of the Scotch profes
sional in America
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ENTRIES
AT BELMONT.
FIRST—Three-year-olds and up, seven
furlongs: Iron Mask UO, Rally Cliff
98, Flying Fairy I07, Yellow Eyes 115,
Montressor 97, Sprite 128, Delorlum 110,
I Patrick S 117. Sir John Johnson 123,
Klngllng 110. Palanquin 110, The Torn
113, Breaker Boy 118, Lohengrin 100,
Captain Matlock 100.
SECOND' Two-year-old maklen fillies,
gelding* five furlongs: Black Broom
108, Disparity 108, Tne Coal 108, Super
intendent 108, Unfurl 108, Orolund 108,
Virginia Lass 108, Broom Hedge 108,
Rose 108. Northerner 108, Hurakan 108.
Water Lily 108. Transparency 108, El
Blod 108, Oktlbbena 108, Holiday 108.
Three-year-olds and up^ s_ev-
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Yale athletics In the past six years
THIRD _
en furlongs: Astule 107 xHleuth 98, Ly-
sander 102. Altamaha 110, Yellow Eyes
110, Dam peon 116, Feather Duster 113,
Ella Bryson 113, xTarls 100, Donald
McDonald 115, Perthshire 118. Sandhill
110, x Working I^ad 113.
FOURTH Three-year-olds and up,
handicap one and one-eighth miles Me
ridian m. C M Miller 110, Guy Fisher
100. Sandhill 96. Also eligible, Star Bot
tle 106. Amalfi 98
FIFTH—Four-year-olds and up, grand
steeplechase, about two and one-half
miles: Tillie D 140, Penobscot 140, Co-
ligny 162, Boisterous 132. Ticket of Leave
180, L’Navarro 140, O'Banr 144.
SIXTH—Three-year-olds and up, one
and one-sixtoenth miles: O'Em 105,
xPnlngerfleld 106 xDorothy T 96, Yellow
Eves 109, Judge walsar 111, Everett 112,
War Horn 110.
xApprentlce allowance.
Weather clear; track fast.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST -Selling, two-year-old maiden
fillies five furl<»ngs: xMarta Lou 100,
Buzz Around 100, l^ady Innocence 106,
Flaming Flamingo 106, First Cherry 105,
Tomboy 105, Big Luraax 106, Best Bet
105, Palm I/caf 106, Emerald Gem 109,
Eranata 109, Yankee Tree 111
SECOND — Allowances, three-year-
olds, six furlongs: Jimmie Gill 95, Phyl
lis 100, Antoinette 100, MoCorkle 100.
Celesta 100. Flying Tom 102 Great Brit
tain 113.
THIRD — Allowances, two-year-old
colts, geldings, five furlongs: John Ound
107. Ala dor 107, Czar Michael 107, Bring
hurst 109, Lost Fortune 109, Black Toney
112, Pebeco 112.
FOURTH—Handicap, three-year-olds
and up, six furlongs; Impression 97,
Grover Hughes 107, Royal Tea 107, Little
Father 110, Bucknorn 123, Caughhlll 130.
FIFTH -Selling, three-year-olds and
up. one and one-sixteenth miles: Mar-
shon 91, Beautiful 104, Moieant 104, Win
ifred I> 104, Clubs 106, Wishing Ring
108. Foxy Mary 108. Supple 108, Star
O’Ryan 110, Limpet 110, Ben Itasca 113,
Hardy 118.
SIXTH Selling, three-year-olds and
up, one mile and seventy yards: Mary
Ann K 88. Fellowrnan 90, Star Jesamine
98, Green 102 Gold of Ophlr 104. Fore
head 109, Wander 109, Captain Bravo
109. John Reardon 110, Praetorian 111.
xApprentlce allowance claimed.
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AT TORONTO.
FIRST Throe-year-olds and up, sell
ing, six furlongs Cosgrove 108 (Small),
1.4 60, 7.30. 4.40, won; Ardelon 93 (Sny
der), 10.l6, 4.20, second; Gold Cap 112
(J. Wilson), 2.60, third. Time, 1:14.
Sand Hog. Mlceosnkee, Pop Gun. Fa-
therola, Black River, Fred Levy, Tro-
paeoleum, Right Easy, Merry Lad, Chip-
pewyan ran
SECOND—Two-year-olds, five fur
longs: The Usher 105 (Moody), 6.00,
3 30, out won; Osaple 113 (J. Wilson),
3 80 out, second; Privet Petal 106 (Mon
tour), out, third. Time, 1:01 3-6. Pea
cock also ran.
THIRD—Five furlongs: xBee Hive
116 (J. Wilson), 2.20, out, won; Meissen
102 (Montour), out, second; xAlai Bass
106 (Gray), out, third, 'rime, 1:02 2-5.
xGlddlng* entry. Amphlon also ran.
FOURTH—One and one-eighth miles:
Horron 112 (Turner). 18.00, 8.30, 6.90,
won; Buskin 106 (Small), 12.46, 5.10.
second; Plate Glass 129 (Knapp), 2.90,
third. Time, 1:62 3-5. Lochlel, (Miff
Edge, John Furlongs and First Sight
also ran
FIFTH—About two and a half miles:
Bello 154 (Kermath). 3.70, out, out,
won; Luckola 143 (Simpson), out, sec
ond Time, 5:09 1-5. Three starters.
Julia Armour fell, was remounted and
finished.
SIXTH-Three-year-olds and up, one
mile: Hearts of Dak. 118 (J. Wilson),
2.80, 2.60 and 2.30, won; White Caps, 11!-
(Small), 3.90. 3.10, second; Havrock, 128
(Burns), 3.60, third. Time, 1:41 4-6.
Caper Sauce, Gold Bud, Amberlte and
Andramlnda also ran.
SEVENTH—Selling. 3-year-olds and
up, one mile and 70 yards: J. H Hough
ton. 112 (Waldron), 7.80, 3.90, 3.30, won:
Star Gift, 118 (Wilson), 3.40, 3.10, sec
ond; Love Day, 116 (Obert), 2.80, third
Time, 1:46 2-5 Fern, Letourno, Spell
bound, Alleen, McCreary, Rash and Ta
s'un Da also ran.
AT BELMONT.
FIRST—One mile: Altamaha
116
(Wolfe), 3, even. H, won: Captain Swan
son 109 (Butwell), 8-6, 8-5, 1-4. second;
Working Lad 109 (Ford), 33, even, 1-2,
third. Time 1:39 2-6. El Oro, Oak-
luirst. Spin, Rebound, Pliant and Striker
also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Iron Mask
124 (Troxler), even. 2 to 6, out, won;
Besom 111 (Glass), 6, 2, even, second;
Spring Board 107 (Davies), 8. 3, 7 to 6,
third Time 1:12. Also ran: Toggery,
lsidora. Star Bottle, Sam Jackson, Tar
tar, Yellow Eyes, Cadeau, Scallywag.
Bruin Belle.
THIRD—Five furlongs: Gallop 108
(MeCahey), 4-6, out, won; Water Lady
106 (Ilanover), 4, even, 2-6, second;
Mordecal 107 (Butwell), 4. even, 2-5,
third. Time, 1:02. Captain Burns.
Stone Hedge and I-ady Grant also ran.
FOURTH—One mile: Rock View 118
(Butwell), 7.10, out, won; Prince Eu
gene 118 (Troxler), 6, 7-6, out, second;
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Yankep Notions 118 (Karrlck), 3, 7-10.
out third. Time. 1:39 2-6. Cock o’the
Walk, Rider was unseated.
FIFTH—Maidens, 2-year-olds, 5 fur
longs: Golden Chimes, 110 (E. Han
over), 5 to 1, 7 to 5. 1 to 2, won: King
McDowell, 110 (Neander), 5 to 1, 6 to
1 to 2, second; Uncle Mun, 110 (W.
Glass), 3 to 6, out, third. Time, :59 2-5
Frontier, Walking Fox, Aurora. Grace
Field also ran. Baize fell.
SIXTH—Maidens, 2-year-olds, 5 fur-
longs: Holiday, 107 (Davis), 4 to 5,
won; Belle Torre, 107 (Kerrlck), 10 to
I, 3 to 1, even, second; Cliff Field, 110
' Rad.tke), 8 to 1. 5 to 2, out, third.
Time, :69. Delegate, Caglieostro, Arm
ament, Ring Marshall, Some Kid and
Transparency also ran.
AT LOUISVILLE
FIRST—Five furlongs: Bandit 105,
(Martin), 28 50, 7.90. 4,00, won; Brigs
Brother 106 (Borel), 5.20, 3.30. second;
Old Ben 106 (Loftus), 2.70, third. Time,
1:00 3-5. Ohristophine, Aunt Mamie, F.
A. Stone and Tiktok also ran. F. A.
Stone threw his jockey.
SECOND—Mile and a sixteenth: Be-
nanet, 92 (McDonald), 4.20, 2.90, 2.60,
won; Wander, 109 (Taplln), 3.80, 2.90;
Supervisor, 113 (Teahan), 3.30. Time,
!4 2-6. Teeutnseh, Bonnie Eloise and
rkler also ran.
THIRD—Five furlongs: Old Rosebud
112 (McCabe). 6 40, 2.70, out, won; Lit
tle Nephew 112 (Loftus). 2.40, out, sec
ond: Imperlator, 112 (Musgrove), out,
third. Time, :58 4-6. Three starters.
FOURTH—Handicap, purse $800, one
mile and a furiong: Melton Street, 110
Loftus), 8.20, 4.10 and 2.70, won; Hamll-
on. 112 (Peak), 4.00, 3.10, second: Any
‘out, 102 (McCabe). 2.80, third. Time,
’ :51 4-5. New track record. Cousin
'uss and White Wool also ran.
FIFTH—Purse $1,000. one mile and a
dxteenth: Ten Point, 118 (Gross), 2.80,
2.40, out, won; Gowell, 108 (Teahan),
•). out, second; Prince Hermls, 99
■ Keders), out, third. Time, 1:44 4-6.
Semprlte also ran.
SIXTH Six furlongs: Great Britain
105 (McCabe), 16.20, 9.20, 6.10. won;
Marjorie A 109, Gross 9.00, 6.70, second;
Samuel R. Myer 108 (Musgrove), 4.20,
third Time, 1:12 2-5. Quartermaster,
Captain Jones, Backbay, Ocean Blue,
Celesta. Sliver Bill also ran.
AT ELECTRIC PARK.
FIRST—Three-year-olds and up, four
and a half furlongs: Bryn 105 (Pickens),
13.10, 3.60, 3.20. won; Clem Beachey 113,
(Sklrvin), 2.70, 2.80, second; Huda’s Sis
ter 106 (Adams). 9.60. third. Time :67.
Also ran: Linbrook, Blacksilk, Master
Edwin, Shlllalah, Golden Vale, Carroll.
Deborah
SECOND—Five furlongs: Inspired,
f 10 (Bauer, 8.50, 3.50, 3.10, won; Merlse,
110 (Dennison), 3.70. 2.70; Moltke, 107
'Jackson), 3.80. Time, :59 4-5. Pons,
Neville, Washakie, Inclement, Gold
Check and B&ycllff ran.
THIRD—Selling, 3-year-olds and up.
one mile: Hans Creek, 100 (Doyle), 7.30,
6.16 and 3.90, won; R. H. Gray, 98
(Dennler), 5.50 and 3.90, second; H. M.
Sabath, 107 (Adams), 6.80, third. Time,
1:45. Cloud Chief, Refugita, Maxton,
Horace E., and Barn Dance also ran.
FOURTH—Suburban Hotel handicap,
3-year-olds and up, 6ty furlongs: Wal
ter Wells, 110 (Pickens), 5.20, 3.10 and
2.40, won; Deduction, 106 (Sklrvin), 4.20
and 2.60, second. Princess Thorpe, 114
(Johnson), 3.20, third. Time, 1:23 1-6
Satyr and Golliwogg also ran.
FIFTH—Four-year-olds and up, sell
ing. 5 furlongs: Jack Nunnally, 118
(Pickens), 5.10, 2.70, 2.60, won; Touch
Me, 112 (Sklrvin), 3.90, 2.80, second;
St. Jeanne, 116 (Jackson), 3.40, third.
Time, :69 4-5. Double F, Demoness and
fid Hank also ran.
SIXTH—Three-year-olds and up, sell
ing. about 7 furlongs: Mollie S, 107
(Alex), 5.60. 3.50, 2.60, won; Vigorous.
116 (Johnston), 9.00, 3.90; Little Eng
land. 113 (Sklrvin), 2.80. Time, :27 4-6.
Merry Chase, Lothario, Rock Rest and
Jane Wagner also ran.
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—About five furlongs: Delight
ful 109 (Washer), even, 2 to 6. out, won;
Mis* Dulln 110 (Bergin), 2. 3 to 5, out,
second; Gay 109 (Knight) 5 to 2. 3 to 6,
out, third. Time 1:05. Also ran: Mln-
*tra, Onrloo.
SECOND—Mile: Kaufman, 112
Washer), 6-2, even, won; May bride,
0 (Meripol), 5-2. even, 1-2; Satin
Bower, 110 (Gordon*, 6-2, oven. Time,
, 06 2-6. Swift Sure, Pierre Dumas.
Lutz, Etta Ray, Rossini and Tiny Tim
also ran.
THIRD—About 5 furlongs: Richard
Gentry, 105 (Killingsworth), 3-2, 4-5,
out, won; Monkey. Ill (Washer), 2.
even, out; Mirdli, 113 (Gore), 7-2, out.
Time, 1:06 4-5. Sandman. Philapena
and Colonel Brown also ran.
FOURTH—Purse $300. for three-year-
olds and up, seven furlongs: Leialoha,
109 (Gordon). 8 to 1. 2 to 1 and out,
won: Naughty Lad, 114 (Mondon), 1 to
3. out, second; Portarlington, 111
(Knight), 4 to 1, even and 1 to 3. third.
Time. 1:48 2-5. Ridgeland, Senegambiun
and Dr. Holzberg also ran.
FIFTH -Three-year-olds and up,
purse $400. five furlongs: Elsie Hern
don, 111 (Killingsworth). even, 1 to 2.
out, won; St. Agathe, 111 (Franklin), 3
to 1. even and out, second; Casanoya,
103 (Davenport). 4 to 1. 3 to 2 and out,
third, 'rime, 1:07. Tackle and Jim Mil-
ton also ran.
SIXTH—Purse $300, for three-year-
olds and up, six furlongs: Dust. 118
(Killingsworth), 4 to 6, 2 to 5, out, won;
Henotic, 114 (Mondon). 9 to 5, 3 to 5.
out second; Defy, 114 (Msrslpon, 6 to L
even, out, third. Time. 1:34. Cheff and
I Jimo also ran.
SEVENTH—Purse $300. for three-
year-olds and up, five furlongs: Procliv
ity, 115 (Mondon), 2 to 3, 3 to 5. 2 to 5.
to 5. won; Miss Primitive. 110 (Allen), 5
I to 1. 2 to 1. even, second; Yankee Lady,
J 115 (Knight), 5 to 1, 2 to 1, even, third.
1 Time, 1:05 4-5 Abdul, Tender. Sea
Swell, Boss. Prince Fonso and Wild
Lassie also ran.
TO TEGH CLUB
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By Joe Bean.
I AM going Into a little ancient his
tory principally because I have
heard a certain play discussed a
great deal and I may shed some light
on the subject. Incidentally I want to
say a word of praise for the Tech
team because of the ball they played
in the Georgia series. I saw three
of the games and was very much im
pressed with the way the Tech boys
went about their work. They di.i
just what they were told to do and
at no time did they appear nervous.
This, of course show’s that they were
w r ell coached. If they had not been
there could not have done the things
they did.
The Tech men were alert and had
their eyeB open all the time and took
advantage of every opening.
• » •
TO get back to my subject. In the
* last inning of the last gnme Geor
gia had a man on first and second and
no one out and the score was 4-2
against them. Harrison was at the
bat and it Is a cinch he had instruc
tions to hit It out, which, to my w:ay
of thinking was the wrong play. If
he had sacrificed the players along
Georgia would have had a man on
third and second with one out, and
a hit would have tied the score or
an error would have scored a man
and left a man on third and first. As
it was, if Harrison had sacrificed,
Brown’s fly would have scored a man
and Georgia still would have had
another chance to tie It up.
Well, Harrison* swung at three and
missed. The last one was low and
on the pick-up the catcher failed to
hold It. He Immediately picked it
up and Harrison started for first base,
which, under the conditions, was good
head work, for had Attridge thrown
the bail to first Henderson, who was
on second, could have gone to third
easily. Attridge w'as not caught nap
ping by this play but immediately
knew the situation and held the ball
until Henderson walked into a double
play.
• • •
T T never rains but It pours. This
-*■ is an old saying and In most cases
a true one. During the Memphis se
ries* In Atlanta I had a fanning bee
with Geo. Merritt, of that team. He
w r as one of my players in Jersey City
and was the real cause for my re
tirement from baseball w’hen I was
in my prime. During the season of
1913 we won the championship of
the Eastern League with a percen
tage of .736. We also established a
record for consecutive games won,
making 24 in a row.
In 1904 we had the same team with
the exception of McCormack, now
with New York. In July w T e were
standing a cloee third and going fine.
We really were the best club in the
league when the storm broke.
• • •
T N Buffalo, Dillon, our catcher,
* stepped In front of the batter to
atop a squeeze play and the batter
hit him on the back of the hand,
breaking a bone. Out of the game for
him! McManus, the other catcher,
was already out of the game with a
bum finger. McCann, one of our win
ning pitchers, strained a ligament in
his neck. Out of the game for him!
A few days later Clements, the left
fielder, ran into the left field fence,
hurting his shoulder. Out of the game
for him!
Cassidy, the first baseman, was
going from first to third on ah Infield
hit. The first baseman threw the ball
across the diamond and hit him on
the Jaw just as he was going to
slide and he broke his leg above Jhe
ankle. This was the queerest acci
dent I ever saw happen in baseball.
Out of it for him!
In Montreal came the accident that
put me out. Halligan and Keister
were also put out the same day. A
pop fiy over the infield was hit along
the third base line. Merritt was play
ing left field In place of Clements
(who was already in the hospital).
He and 1 started for the ball and
both of us reached for It and came
together with a crash. Merritt
weighed 180. I weighed 135. My
right collar-bone was broken and
Merritt broke a bone in his face. Out
of it for both of us.
Halligan hit at a ball and fouled it
onto his* instep. The blow broke It
down and this eventually caused his
retirement. Keister stopped one on
the top of the finger and he retired,
too.
A peculiar thing with these acci
dents of that day was that the play
ers injured all had rooms joining each
other at the hotel and it looked like
a sure-enough hospital. The man
ager burned the wires looking for
players, got some and managed to
1 finish third.
By J. W. Heisman.
P EOPLE sometimes ask me what
* was the roughest treatment a
team of mine ever received, and
where. Such a question brings up a
flood of memories, and some night
mares, one can well believe.
Nowadays folks everywhere have
some idea at least of pure sportsman
ship, and you can count on pretty
fair treatment from the fans of most
any hamlet, even In the backwoods.
But years ago the case was differ
ent.
All they wanted In country burgs
was that the home team should win
the game. How they won It was a
minor consideration, or not one at all.
Any old player can tell you of some
rough bumps of this sort In his career,
but the very worst that ever I ex
perienced occurred between ten and
twenty years ago. I will not specify
any more definitely than that; nor
will I state what college team I was
coaching, nor what opposition college
team we were playing, nor where, fur
ther than to say that It was in the
S6uth and between 100 and 500 miles
from Atlanta.
Robbed of Practice
Well, on this bright May day we
hied ourselves gleefully to. say, Jones-
ville, to play Jonesville College. In
due time we found ourselves on the
field and ready for preliminary prac
tice Now, I am not going to exag
gerate a particle as to anything that
happened, for I realize that If I did
It would give anybody license to tell
another whopper that w’&s still bigger,
and that would leave the tale entirely
devoid of Interest.
The J. players were batting when
we arrived. They continued to bat
till they got tired. Then we thought
we should get a turn to bat, but
they jumped right out on the diamond
and began to practice fielding. They
fielded as long as they felt like it and
then the umpire called “Play ball.”
I asked him where our practice
came in and he said he didn’t know,
that he had nothing to do with that;
that it was time for the game to be
gin, and as was official umpire he
proposed to have it begin on time
I hurried over to the J. captain and
stated the case for the plaintiff. He
replied in a tone of combined surprise
and injured innocence:
“Why, you fellows got here early
this morning; why didn’t you come
out on the field and practice all you
wanted to? We had classes and could
not get out till 2: SO, and of course we
needed what little time we had on the
field for our own practice. If you
wanted any this afternoon you had a
right to say so when you first got
here.”
To make a long story short we got
no practice and had to go ahead with
the game
Oh! That Umpire!
Will I ever forget that umpire?
A huge straw hat eruch as harvest
hands use; no coat, vest, collar, sus
penders, belt, shoes or stockings.
Nothing but a shirt that had once
been white, with sleeves rolled up to
the elbow, and a pair of dingy trous
ers.
And he was some MAN—lest I for
get, fully 200 pounds, I would say, In
his sockless feet.
They had a number of pretty fair
players on the team, , and they were
up to about every sharp trick I had
ever heard of In baseball.
If the umpire wasn’t looking—and
he never was when he should have
been—they would lay for our runners
at the bases and trip them up as they
rounded the bag. They would run
and cross in front of them and collide
with them half a dozen times In mak
ing the circuit, and all under pretext
of getting to a backing-up position
for the Incoming throw.
I suppose the college numbered
something like 200 students, and fully
half of these went right down on the
coaching line, or where one should
have been. As there was no coach-
er’s box, they made no objection to
standing with their toes on the first
base line. From this position of van
tage they hurled at our players about
every form of invective and anathema
ever invented.
Of course we protested and asked
“umps” to put them back, but as the
limited r umber of seats were full, and
there was no coacher’s box marked
off, he said he could do nothing; that
they had a right to stand somewhere.
We pointed out to him that that
was the fault of the J. manager, not
ours. But said J. manager calmly
opined that If wa wanted to get any
money we had better go on and play
ball, as he couldn't be expected to be
a mind leader and foresee that there
was going to be a bigger crowd at
this game than any they had ever
had before.
Rooters Cross Field.
Well, we got a fresh Jolt the first
time one of their runners managed
to round second and get to third.
You'd never what happened
then. Why* that whole gang of about
100 rooters on the first base line
simply cut right through pitcher’s
box over to third and stationed them
selves there to get the man home.
pire wanted to know what harm
had been done.
Had he permitted the batter to hit
the ball while they were crossing?
Had he made our pitcher deliver
the ball during the migration?
Or had he let the runner come in
home while the exodus was In prog
ress ?
No, but “Well, then, what’re
you kickin’ about?”
We saw it was no use and went
ahead, especially as the manager
spoke up again and told us we had
better quit killing time as he wasn’t
going to give us our guarantee un
less we completed the game; and as
our train would be along about 6 p.
m., we had no time to lose.
This put a new face to the situa
tion and -we decided to get it over
with and get away from that place
before they took a notion to put us to
the gauntlet and the slow’ fire.
Enter the Comedian.
There were two out when they
got their man around to third, and
their rooters across to the same sta
tion.
A pop fly went up, very small and
dinky, and a sure out. It was so
nearly on the line that I couldn’t have
told whether it would have fallen
fair or foul had it been permitted
to fall. Our third baseman was un
der it, and as he was a corking good
little player I promptly counted the
side out.
Once more I had reckoned without
our hosts, for at this juncture the
J. assistant manager separated him
self rapidly from the rest of the
cleverly humorous rooters near third
base and made a dash at our third
baseman with an umbrella in his
hand.
Just as the ball was dropping into
our third baseman’s waiting hands
this assistant manager, this marvel
of cunning and ingenuity, opened wide
his umbrella and thrust it into our
third baseman’s face, to the unbound
ed Joy and amusement of the root
ers. Yes, the inflelder dropped the
ball, and their runner came home.
Yes, we appealed to the umpire
and he said that he didn’t see It; that
he had been watching the batter to
make sure that he would touch first
base as he ran down there after lift
ing this pop infield fly!
Well, well, I simply couldn't tell
you all the queer things that hap
pened that day. All day long they
cut bases with impunity and the um
pire never saw.
Twice they threw in a hidden ball
from the near outfield, after we had
knocked the right ball so far they*
couldn’t find it. ..
This Was the Limit. *
But just one more of the umpire’s
stunts, and one of ours.
We had a big, six-foot, 170-pound
catcher, who was a pippin, and a man
of good nerve himself. And he got,
I regret to have to admit, a trifle
peeved at the umpire by about the
seventh inning.
No matter by how wide a margin
our infield and outfield threw their
runners out at the plate “umps” al
ways ruled them safe.
Finally Roy, our catcher, got a
perfect throw from our short fully
twenty feet ahead of a short, fat base-
runner trying to come in from third.
Roy ran down the line to meet hiip,
the fellow made a desperate head
first dive, Roy dropped his knee in
front of the fellow's head, and there
he lay with his eyes, ears, nose and
mouth full of dirt and du&'t and grime, *
still full ten feet from the plate.
“Umps” promptly called him safe,
from his position out in the diamond
back of pitcher’s box.
And Then They Clinched.
“Nay, dear umps, say not so,”
quoth Roy as he climbed deliberately
atop of the prostrate J. runner and
put one knee in the small of his
back. "You’ll just naturally have to
come up here and take a look at this
thing before I ever let him up again,”
and all the time he kept up a gentle
tapping of the ball on the fellow’s
frowsy head.
I expected a riot, nothing less; and
a bunch of them certainly did run out
at Roy in a most threatening man
ner. But our subs had grabbed up
their bats and rushed out also and
promised unsmilingly to brain the >
first man that laid a Anger on Roy/
That held things till the umpire
came in, for this time he saw that
he w’ould just have to take a look
at it or Roy would hold the fellow
there till a riot set in sure enough.
He came part way in, looked at things, j
said he had been mistaken as to /
where the home plate was, and hence /
•would change his decision. Then the£^
got after him; and while they were
having it out their faculty manager
told us we had better go, as our train
was about due, and he would see that
we got our money. We went—quick
ly, too.
We really beat them 13 to 7; they
sent out the report that we beat them
11 to 9.
confidence In himself, which is at
SEATON HAS CINFIDENCE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 31.—
Pitcher Tom Seaton, of the Phillies,
resembles Kid Nichols, the former
Boston star, in his delivery. Fur
thermore, he believes that a pitcher’s
effectiveness depends largely in put
ting the ball over the plate, thereby
having the batsmen constantly In the
hole. Seaton also has unbounded
least half the battle.
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