The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-29
BALL PLAYERS LUCK.
Superstitions Which Affect the
Battles Of the Diamond.
WHAT PLAYERS COURT OR AVOID
Hoodoos and Mascots Of the Diamond
Indoor Ball at Madison Square
Votes Of the Game.

Joe Pritchard. the Spefin5 LIFE st.
Lozis correspondent, contributes an inter-
esting article 10 that paper On the supeTsti-
tons Of ball players. He says: The boys
81 the diamond are al more or less super
stitious, and not a few Of them arc genu-
inc cranks on one or more subjects. II q
bztsTnan gets his base On halls. the NEXT
man I'D Is pretty sure 20 pick up the same
bat used by his predecessor, because the
bat il lucky one. Ii player happens TO
get one OF his stockings on wrong side out,
be would not change IL for anything, as
his club would be sure 70 suffer defeat the
same afternoon Funerals and cross-eyed
people are regular ionahs 10 visiting teams,
and this Is the reason that Cosuiskey has
always kept q cToss-eyed negro AZ the park,
his duty being 10 wait al the entrance and
when the visitors emerge from their car
Tiages to take good look AZ al OF them,
and, If possible. make every one OF them
look at him. Pete Browning always gives
his bats q good dose Of benzine. .. least
once week, 50 that be viii not knock the
ball into the hands Of fielder, while
Jimmy Holiday never negIects 70 sand
paper his. 50 that the ball will not slip Of
and Land II the catcher hands. Presiaent
Won der Abe believes that If he closes his
eyes when hit is needed, the desired
single viii make its appearance. Jim
O'Seil could not be bribed 10 step M 70
the plate without q nickel's worth OF
chewing gum in lis mouth. as he ina zines
that he woald strike out Ralph Johnson
must have tooshpick or blade Of grass
in his mouth IN order TO bit the ball
safely. Curt WeIch believes that he would
drop half the ay balls that go into bis ter
ritory If he neglected 10 pull Up handful
Of grass and drop the same Just previous
10 catching the ball. Jack Glasscock could
not stop street car unless he jug-led
handful of pebbles before stopping the
ball, and Jack viii have pebbles, if he has
TO carry them on the ball held. While
playing here with the Lucas club ne made
two errors II two games, and these errors
lost both contests. After the last game
Jack said that be would have handful Of
pebbles the next day if he had TO 90 down
10 Inc river 70 get them, and sure
enough the pebbles were placed there
by Bill Richards, and the MsroOns Won
Latham vii cross the street in order to
keep from passing negro with q basket on
his head, as il would bring his team de-
feat. and some OF the players would meet
sikh an accident When George McG;nnis
was with the Browns and tie opposing
bassuen were lacing him out. he would
not think Of stepping into the box unless
az the rear end OF It, as he believed that II
he stepped into Is 81 either side or az the
end next 10 the home plate the fasiI2de
would be continued Tommy Mccarthy
and Jack Munyan believe that good luck
viii attend z batsrnan If be will delay the
game half a minute while good bat Is be-
ing selected. Red Mack says that by hit
ting the home plate seven or eight times
the pitchers attention is naturally drawn
70 that spot, and that he will put the ball
night where Red desires he should.