The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04

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There was a story telling bee at Hot Springs
the other day, according to the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Tom Parrot had funny experience re-
marked Ryan. 1T was the spring he re-
| ported to st. Louis with a full beard, and 1t
was the beard that got him into the trouble
| 1t was about five inches long and tangled
| into mat. The Browns trained at Belle
| vile that year and Tom pitched the first
game. The game was close and when the
| country team the Browns were playing came
to bat IN the ninth the score was to s.
| The first batter up hit quick high boun-
der straight at Tom. He grabbed quickly at
| 1t and caught it just against his chin with
| his fingers tangled into his beard He tried
Tor an instant to get it out, then gave it
up and started to beat his man to first. The
on, with Tom after him, and circled the bases
ahead of 'Tacky,' who Juggling all the
time trying to get the ball out of his whis-
kers without dropping it. When Won der
Ahe found out what the trouble was he made
PARROT shave and fined him $25.
Arson sighed and glanced reprovingy at
Ryan Then, after moments silence Wob-
Oily W1!mot spoke up and said Tom was
queer character, but his eccentricities were
not in IT with those of Knowlton, who used
% Z. pltch Tor Detroit back in the old associa-
ton days. Knowlton about the green
est minor Lacquer that ever happened He
came to Toledo from the backwoods and he
would stand an hour watching the electric
hgths ana street cars. He used always to
| chsw slippery elm. and he invariably poured
Inolasses into the hip pocket of his uniform
during the game he would put two fingers
INTO the pocket get his fingers sticky and
make the ball turn inside out
One day Io-edO was playing Buffalo. The
game was close, and in the sixth Columbus
I had man on second and one on third with
! two out railroad track ran along the
! left field fence. and just as Knowlton started
TO pitch the deciding ball train whistled
! knowlton dropped the ball, tore across the
field, climbed up on the fence and waved his
| hat while he watched the train pass Both
! runners scored and Knowlton came back
| and kicked, declaring that the umpire ought
to have called time to let him see the cars
There was another pause few suggestive
! glances, and then Griffith said: Big Bill
! Schriver, the Reds new catcher, lost us a
! game by an idiotic play when he was a
! Colt. We were playing New York and the
1 score was to when the Giants came IN
! for the last time. The first two men went
out easy and there were two strikes on MILL
! gan. who was slower than advance money Is
! this spring. Schriver stayed back by the
! grand stand. intending to throw his man out
! at first. Milllgan struck at the third one
! the ball struck Schiver In the shins and
| bounded into the grand stand. Bill climbed
| after 1t. but the people held out on him until
Milligan had trotted around, and we lost the
| game to O.
That same Schriver has the toughest head
| piece on him of any man in the business -
voluteered Billy Morgan after Griffith had
! found enough evidence to prove that his
story was true. THE ball simply doesn' [
faze him, no matter how hard it taps his
] mead One DAY last year he mOnkeying
with his mask, when Carney turned loose a
| fast one without looking. The ball struck
Schriver straight the head and bounded
away over the grand stand. Bill winked
hard a couple Of times. twisted his mouth
and blew UP toward the injured spot and
after adjusting his mask said: Watch where
! you're pitching, young man and went on
! with the game. You couldn't hurt him with
! an AK. When he would sit out on the club
! house steps reading g. paper used to tap
! him hard the head with a bat but he
| would never even wink
| That reminds me Of the queerest play I
! ever saw" remarked Kittridge. ut hap
pened at St. Augustine four years ago we
were training there, but afternoon two
! colored teams were to play at the park and
we all went out to the game In the
| seventh inning the pitcher put in a fast
| straight one, the batter tipped 1t and sent 1t
! back on dead line. and yet the pitcher came
/ in. caught the ball and put the batter out"
That will do you. young man." said An
SON. we don't want to descend to a mere
| lying contest"
! "NO-siree; I'm giving It TO you straight 4"
| protested Kit. TT happened this way: The
! catcher was playing straight back Of the plate
| about twenty feet. The ball went straight
/ at his head with terrific speed. He couldn't
| dodge and the bail cracked him hard on the
! top-knot and few straight up in the air fully
| SO feet. The pitcher came in on a dead
| run and caught the ball and the scorer gave
| the catcher an assist"
| well, it's time to go to bed anyhow" said
| Arson sadly as he looked on his midget
! catcher. But don't tell those stories on
! days that we play, Donohue will do the
catching that afternoon"