The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-07
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iretou ciup. has been tcling n number OF
good stories to the baseball man OF tina; great
metropolitan paper Here arc n few OF item;
"lcp often heal thsaa twirlns novlces 10
the minor leagues presenting themselves
with a bouquet Of posies because they nave
str uek cut eight Jasper Wayharks ot tho
MuAhmc!on club IN the FarHaet league, 1ho
only thlnI that ever enters the nodd.us Of
,hoso huysecd pitchers is the oil -fashioncd
strlRe-ont fad. Somehow they have an idea
that the ability OF a pitcher IS Rangod hy tho
number OF batsuion they can NtilaC out, they
are not aware of the fact that the average
hatsnau in tho class h, &, u, Il aud Il leagues
are likely TO pihbie At any Kind OF a ball
that cuhts within hailiug distance NJ tnpir
hats. The home plate may just as well bu
cue out of the gene SO far W these miuVr
league hntsneu arc concerned. Ia ihnt, IS
per cent ui them arc Wild pitch httters, they
VIII n'bble at anything. | have seen en- 50
after Wild pitch short OF the Inside corner
on Of those whisker graEcrs Inside the plato
thI minors and give them clean shave,
Then have seen them take dying Jurdnn
leap altcr y Wild piah that youldn lac
rtnehtd With lean nal2 attached to the
largy reach pf Bob ftusimmons or KID dc
Coy. ! Witnessed a game af niinur league BAH
"a Texas last season IN whcI the pitcher, u
thirteen OF these ".ld-pt"h hitters. tactns
lac 'sas the nnme OF this twrlcr. and after
he game he began 70 compare hta,seli Win
Amos Iusic mud Kid Nichols III reckon
TIA, ait gumo toby wnz r,0r than soGio OF
those pitchers in the biz leuurue could pltoh
Hdess | M Jest as mtnS nA any OF those
S2ith ecchors up tnar North, said Ike,
tried 10 explain 10 him TIM, tc would nave
lest His cwn game, that hc Would have glynp
enough bases ON tails IN tho big leas ,,,,ol TO
tiopg OF Texas Notwithstanding LIQUID ifht-
Mug stored IN his hide when we had tho an
eun''n, pn1 he threatened I" insert iosc
al lead pills into my cnrcuall N inhlSteh on
questioning his ability AZ pitcher iko ~
rood sample Of the average minor lragu"
they must get the bail over the home pat.
IN tho big leagues before tile hatsmnn VIII
oondtEceud to ,rantact hnSlncss Win them
lnuM ot certain pitcher IN this league
WHO rr,fcy hiusclf on LIS ability 10 strike
oTt raorc latAmen than any other pitcher In
The League, He Lad airko-nut record 81
ton lay season, | believe, but no won rs 70,
tNan ilW ltr cent Of his games ~ theif ol-
fort 10 strike gu, the balsnion they throw
curves constantly aud get themselves In tht
hole on tsses on balis--an, there yon nra.
''of course old Pete iirpwniag was ihr
champion ftutonacy cu'licl'ler OF tho ossorii-
lo:l lui he also lad u rccorf as station
airy thii'l or. We had four or 1.-Two comedians
on tho Louisville tenn but i'ctc rouis never
Etu the point nf amy " tGeit gaze. aud !
don't think TINT you conll DIVE tho poin' oil
fanny story into his head with q pile-dfiNer,
Pete WnR tho pr mer sluRgpr Of tho COioncls
when Louisville was IN the old association
But l'cte .didn't ranh amonR ,lo timely plts.
men With ten rms AHEAD or IN thu rear,
PETE could iia:tnn the scrc'lF IN Nc piI.n
ing of Matte Kilfoy OF tn,no Dumping Me-
Mnhtn'e speed. AS a bar. runner roc Mds
few hlndcs faster thaa Jhck Milligan, red |
LariJin or Denny Lyons. VINO could do ihr !
I0D ytudB IN = Few seconds better than u mlir
ute Put Ted and Jack auj Denny coild DO
n bit Of thinking when they lnnded on thn
base and they knew. after arriving ~ iiitt |
thgt The second iack Was ihc mex POM ~ |
tho baseball compass. when Pete had fckis- /
tered NJ first tho opposing pitcher aud ilrat |
tay, man sci trip for hiiu ara often lnfrW
the i,iadlntor into tia trap right lHdrt MS |
nose una before those llimps Of his ID |
game hctwe.n the Gnlonrls and Browns Mt |
Spt rtsrnail'H park n st. LOUIS, some years |
ago Pete vas plating on first. winch ne
reached or a snyle
lator Of the confidence game By trapping bh-
ollie lhn runners that ANN guy Was oharlty
couiakey comiikey reiterated 70 biz position
h,ter Ietu hHf rsgiftorfi 81 mo base, ara
ns lie baui ed stop by stan Pete moved ni9eg
ta8nrt seeoud IN short steps. AZ he laa'heard
rpmc one talk about the haze runner tikihh
~ inch ground Us tho bnseuina, ana ira u |
on Ctnnie. Every step taken by tommkty /
WIS the cue fof the gladiator 70 move hlons'
Pete E,rt his oyes on Ccpel'ey as Commits
Fout the cue 20 cut PHef off the blhr ing
rcithcrs shape of Fopig chaiEcu on Pntt, ara
btfotA Lamps" could retreat 10 tins base 1
pave plappcd the hali IN him ! have oiiep
gcen Connie steal a mArh on maty na5n
innrey IN tho afsoeiali1n. Who was s'Yel
credit for being fox.
Hobby Carutbers' trisk o. mailing saso
Iunntr IN aeepu1 by slErnlling me short
fi.ideg or second basenan 10 cover me bag /
vns another one OF Commln's tricks that ilan
H. niisn ih tho frftile rin3 matter o. W.
Inificy. ~ this piny Tbs pitcher signaled 70
The sliortFtop or second bsst man, ana tnen
tlmot the play 10 such & point OF peffect'on
lhnt CafutherH would turn and shoot tho ban
M ihe bDss without looking ~ bis confederate
IN the play, that H. the Second baa.inAD or
.hoii fielder That curl wclcl trick WAS 4
cloytr one Nhon first u Has spfung, Dut y |
rouJett be repeated. turt and thn pitraer
,ssro HE confcdetatcs tn this trick. Curt
would sneak 10 from shor, center field and
cut of the base runner Oh throw 10 Mt.
o1d nom The pitt her Many Of tnDst lihys
lsrd " lie 81 L,pis BROWNS IL thfir charl.
r.oiasl,ir d.ya w.fa clever IN their day, dud
o,ten snGocssful. but they finally became
stalls, and 81 would be- impossible 20 spTihg /
t.l,.n on IA Irarb9ck minor league tesnl IN
lhts,. d.ys The nj and no nm scneinc Was
p,;,fiIcea without ALMOST W much success
by the Browns ~ by thc champion or'oiss.
j,st lin. l,ii aid run .rsF not tiir new plsy
l.tt, JOE Kelley. Ifughey JaNninss aph solns
ii tls nC~io date push OF plpycrs would have
n. i.,isye The iii aud Ilil ilay was worked
fiitecn years ago In the league and associo-