Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-11
FROM GRACE AGAIN,
Sockalexis' Fate as a National
League Player in Balance.
Brave of Tribe eff Penobscot and Member
of Cleveland Nine succumbs to
the Ardent.

Cleveland, O., March 10.-The many
friends in Worcester that Louis Socka-
lexis made while attending Holy Cross
College and playing upon the ball team
there, will learn with regret and sur
prise that the brave Of the tribe of Pc
nobscot, the pride of the local base ball
team and the idol Of the thousands of
base ball cranks here, has fallen from
grace again. 1t was his seemingly un-
controllable taste for the ardent that
blighted what promised to be so brill
liant a career last season. And if the In
dian does not see the error of his ways
and reform once and for all at an early
date, he will find that he is no longer
included upon Patsy Tebeau's payroll.
In other words, SockaleXis' fate hangs
IN the balance today, and the slightest
lndiscretion upon his part will surely re-
suit in his unconditional release.
When Sockalexis signed his contract
last month it was with the expressed un-
derstanding he had ceased to imbibe
of the ardent and that he had become
disciple of Francis Murphy. He float
ed into town last Friday, in company
with Jesse Burkett, and took particular
pains to inform his friends that he was
reformed man and was determined to
make good showing upon the green
diamond this season But he had not
been in this city "a hours before good
resolutions had been cast to the four
winds, and he was making the rounds
with the old guard that is largely re-
sponsible for his ruin a year ago.
The Cleveland team left for Hot
Springs Saturday afternoon, and accord
ing to all arrangements SockaleXis was
to be one of the party of eighteen that
was to make the trip. Sox understood
he was expected, but at train time he did
not show up, and after holding the spec
ial for ten minutes Patsy Tebeau took
on his tribe of Indians without it's
brave
AS the train slowly pulled out of the
Union depot, the mighty warrior was
too busy pouring down large potations
of the seductive flrewater to think of
spring practice and the glories that
come to a player in the seasons tour
nament Of base ball games. Sox was
drinking EN- down lively in a Bond
street saloon all the afternoon, but late
that night he. was discovered and as
sisted to his hotel. When the Indian
fully realized the enormity of his fail
ing-which was not until Monday-he
became very penitent; and, by the aid
of Turkish bath, got himself into as
good condition as possible again. Then
he proceeded to join his brother bail
players and is due to arrive in Hot
Springs today.
When Sox went back to the Penob-
scots last fall, he promised President
Robinson that he'd live good and vir-
tuous life through the winter and re-
turn in the spring prepared to swat the
ball for everlasting keeps That prom
Use he kept in part He didn't drink all
winter. When he sent in his contract
there was a pathetic little note attached
and addressed to President Robinson.
In this he told of his winters abstemi-
BUSINESS, and said it was all off between
himself and old red eye. But the temp
tations of big city have proved too
much again for the young man, and
some of the boys down town are betting
that the Indian wouldn't be on the
team in '9S His friends believe, how
ever, now he is safely started for Hot
Springs, that his latest jollification will
prove only a temporary depression.