The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
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rom the Chicago Chronicle.

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Rewarded.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
so they've mad Bill Dahien cap
tain. eh?" remarked the old-time fan
We'll. between you and me. I think
they've made as wise a choice as pos
sible. / would like to have seen BIZ
Lange lead the ex-colts on the held. put
Bill said he didn't want the job, m l
guess he ought TO know.
There are a lot of people-those who
do not Know Dahlen very well-who
hin because he sometimes seemed
careless on the field n appeared TO
take little or no interest In his work
tina he would not have the proper spir-
IL in his leadership to incite the boys on
to harder efforts To win. But don't you
get fooled. Bill DahIen Is a whole lot
deeper than a lot Of people think. Hes
got a great baseball head on his shout
ders. there's no mistake about that. and
I'll bet that his actions on the field VIII
be different this year. now that he's
the king bee on the nine ana has a
certain amount OF responsibility resting
on his shoulders. He and Arson never
did hitch very well. anyhow. and that
may have been the reason for his
seeming carelessness On the field. al
though nobody can say that he didn't
play the game for all that is In him.
Dahl's got a great head in an emer-
gency. and for his reason alone he will
make a good captain. believe
that he and LANCE and Ryan
possess more baseball brains than
all the rest of the team put to-
gether. and j don't mean to say any
thing To the d-isparagement OF the rest
Of the boys at that. There are to-day
no men I'm the league who play header
ball than those three. They are GER
tainly the best base runners on the
team. Harry Mccormick is a bit faster
on his feet h Ryan or Dahlen, and
with a bit more experience Will be fully
as cleve on the bases.
TN remind you of a little incident
hat occurred last summer when Balti-
more was here that will &C to show you
that l am right when ! say that Dab
! len carries a great baseball head and
can think and act in an emergency as
quick as any man since the days OF the
| great and only Mike Kelly. i think Ii
was in the last game Of the series with
the orioles. and. II I remember right.
| the score ended in a tie. 6 to 6. at the
end of the ninth inning, and Hanlon
and Arson called IL of at that. as the
\ birds had to hustle away to catch a
train. Well. the situation where Dahl
a a chance TO use his noodle was
about like this: Hanlon's men were at
the bat. with the score a tie. two men
out. and Jennings n McGraw on first
and second. The next a up-l think
II was Keeler-batted out a slow. exas-
perating little bounder toward Dahlen.
Keller never lost much time In getting
to first. and. although Dahlen ran In
fast on his slow little grounder. 1t look
ed like a 10 to I shot that he would beat
II out and thus I'LL the bases. Dahlen
took in the situation at a glance. He
saw that the ball was coming too slow
for him TO get IL over to first In time
to head Keller. What do you suppose
he lt1o Ia knacEa1 a. dawn instead Df
picking IL up cleanly. then FUSED
il about a second or two as III he was
having his own cub getting his nm
gers on il. You see. he figured that
Hughie Jennings would take a chance
and try to get home on a tumble at that
stage of the game. and he figured right
He finally got the ball I'm his hand JUS
as Jennings ounde third at top speed
and then, to be sure that the red-head-
ed oriole shortstop wouldn't reconsider
his determination to make the plate,
Dahlen apparently lost his head. hest
tated a moment, and then. to the dis
gust of the crowd. faced jimmy Con
nor at second and apparently started Il
slam the ball I'm his direction. wher'
McGraw was safely perched behind
him on the bag. But do you think h
let go OF the ball? I should guess not
His motion to throw was only a -four
flush to fool Jennings and hurry tn
orioIe on his way home. Dahlen-whei
Hughie was about half way from home
whlrled around and slammed the bal
fast and true into Tim Donohue's miti
catching Jennings by 10 feet and retir
ing the side. The crowd then saw
, through the trick and got up and yelle'
. itself hoarse. That's the kind OF a pla,
that shows hi kind of "~cocoanut oil
, a man carries under his ky-piece, an
/ I think the brand that Capt. BilADah
len totes around is just about the prop
er sort. He ought to make a great cap
tain