The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-11-05


tervals until reporting day arrives in the
spring A fair percentage enter into other
pursuits, but the great majority enjoy
their liberty either by protracted rest or
by the nursing Of varied hobbies, for the
affections Of ball player are not wholly
given to the national game. II is recrea-
tion TO turn, after II seasons hard cam.
paignlng, to something else. Nearly every
man in the business has more than one
string to his bow.
The disciples of Izaak Walton and MIN
rod are numerous. To them the opening
of the fishing and hunting seasons are
events second only in Importance to the
April inaugurals Of championship races.
There are some very clever shots among
the ball tossers. Captain A. G. Anson is
one of the best and he was considered
"crack" enough to be installed as one Of n
Chicago team in a match with Kansas
City sharpshooters. The captain is a YER
satile citizen, for he is about as good n man
with the cue and ivory balls as be is with
the rifle There was some talk of a sweep
stakes target match this fall between vii.
| liam p. Rhines, Henri Gastright, late of
the Columbus club, and Captain Anson,
but IL is likely to end in talk, just as has
the projected straight away foot race be-
tween Arlie Latham, Billy Hamilton and
J. II. keAleer.
Three Of the Cincinnati Reds shouldered
| their gums the day that the quail and rab-
| btt season opened In Kentucky and started
| out afScr small game. They were Rhines,
Jerry Harrington sud bid" McPhee.
| While Association agents were keeping the
l ~ hftA ~ Ia krto kar a..
| ing over the dark and bloody ground"
pluokina quail. Thcy are in no hurry to
sign and are mob backward about saying
30. In tbs "old days" McPhee, Hickory"
| CarpenteF and Charley Jones were com.
| panions on many = winters jaunt with
| guns and dogs through Indiana, Illinois
| and Iowa.
Old Man Anson has planned hunting
trip TO Moxiso this fall, and Willie Mains
and Arthur whitney are going the other
/ way a7A will penetrate the Maine forests
| towaIsd tko Canada border after big game.
| There ara logging camps all through the
Pine Treo State, and in the past these have
been welcome spots in tho tours OF Mil
waukee's lanky pitcher. Mark Baldwin,
| OF Pittsburg, has bear hunting Doe In his
bonnet, and wants Rhines to join him In a
| jaunt TO the Rocky mountains. Old Cy
Duryea Is player who loves to fish as we'll
| as he does to eat, and since st. Louis bid
him farewell he has been dropping his line
into the waters of Spirit lake, out in Iowa
There are very few players content to
fall into clerical work during the winter
but exceptions are provided by Ad Gum,
bert, who has a desk in the parliamentary
Office at Pittsburg, and VIII Hutchinson
who goes on the pay roll of the Rock Island
and Pacific railroad at Cedar Rapids It
is said that for this service Anson's great
esI pitcher draws sixty-fve dollars month
and finds himself. Imaginea man playing
ball for a figure like that! Why, the Tri
State and Indiana leagues did as well.
| Ned Andrews, who has retired with tn,
intention of migrating to Florida, has beer
| q great pigeon fancier. Gus Weyhing, o.
the Athletics twirling staff, is also partia
to the feathered beauties, and he has
loft at his home in 1.-THE highlands" bacl
of Louisville. Jack Sneed, late of tn,
| Columbus club, dotes on dogs, and hi
kennel is one Of the best in this country
He will attend the field trials at Bicknell
Ind, and expects on that occasion to maxi
his bow as correspondent. John Mont
| gomery Ward is one of the few baseball
authors who really wrote the books which
bear thoir name. The Brooklyn chieftail
is bright and brainy, and during the ia
nous trip around the world he contributes
| some readable letters to the American
praAs. Flo Is an attorney, but, like Orato
James ORourke, has never utilized hi
acquaintance with Blackstone to notabl
advantage.
John c. Reilly, the tall first baseman O
the Cnofnnatis, is an artist. He possesse
genius of an original kind and on trips b
| invariably carries sketch book, which h
| flls with outlines to be blended into land
scapes at his leisure. He has also dippe
into etching on copper and his winter day
arc generally given to artistic drawings 70
a photographic concern. Reilly and Cal
perIter are among the few ball players VIII
nro Masons. There are many of ther
wearing ant1ers in the councils Of the Elk
and others have affiliated with the Knight
Of Pytifias
Over in st. Louis there Is colony pa
tial to haudball. The captain of th
Clevelands-Patsy Bolivar Tebeau-think
ID the finest training school known 70
ball players, and he claims that severa
of his famous Tebeauesque stops at thir,
are made possible by the practice he gain
at handball. Nearly every ball player i
the Mound City plays that game, an,
there is n court in the clubhouse at Sports
mans park. Billy Earle, who will go t
the Boston Association club next spring
is mesmerist, and good one l hav
seen him "at work" His performances
were as clever as any ever witnessed Of
the stage, and have seen the Kennedy
Carpenter and other mysterious devotee
Of hypnotism.
There is no better polo player in all New
England than Jimmie Canavan. In Gin
clnnatl Jim Keenan,, "Lefty" Marr, "Wil
Bill" Wdner, Jack Boyle, Jack Stenge
and Billy Kluseman are all football enthu
siasts and they are members of team tha
plays under association rules at Leagu
park. This is their second season and the,
have boldly challenged all Ohio teams
Nearly all ball players love billiards, anC
there are really enough good ones scat
tered around to make an interesting tour
nament for "shortstops." Chicago is tn
home OF the protector of indoor ball
George w. Hancock, of Club Life, wit
was an amateur editor back in the day!
when |, too, held allegiance to the dom
There are thousands devoted to the gamt
there, and not the least among them il
Fred Pfeffer, who plays with the La Sales
The list might be carried out indefinitely
but this has served to show that players
have "hobbies" other than base hits.
/ REN MnIFoRD. JR