The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-16

ing, ard Arson pat han on al drinkfng.
Declaring his intention Of soaking heavy
fne % the first man ne found 70 ne taking
b<er. Then Arson set watch and guard
over his mao. and they were - cecens Tor
week that his suspicsOns were aroused A
4 matter 81 fact. the gang u choice spirits
were in the habit of smuggling key Of
beer up 10 one Of the rooms every night,
saying q vtYfuous Good night" to Anson.
ard having q good time until after mio-
night Finally Elmer Foster gave the
snap away.
The crowd had gathered IA Fosters room
TO discuss four gallons OF beer. and were
ma king merry, while q crowd Of player.
were sitting out on the pavement three
stores below, unconscious az the fun Up
ssasrx About II o'clock. when the street
was deserted by ali but the crowd On the
sidewalk. Foster calmly opened the window
and dropped che empty keg three stories 70
the pavement The key struck with q re-
port Of sourteen-inch gun. and bounded
up 20 the first story. creating . panic IN
the crowd on the pavement. The next
morning Arson started an investigation.
and '.can parfies'' ceased.
Considering that every one OF the twelve
bah clubs OF the National league travel
srom 500 10 1900 miles . year on rail-
road trains. the wonder is more Of them
are nos mixed up in wrecks The only
ever IN was at Lindsay. o.. during the
Worlds fair. The club was coming from
Cleveland to Chicago, when the train. run
ming sixty miles IN hour. crashed into .
freight There Is q queer story connected
with the wreck.
That night. coming out OF Cleveland the
train Was crowded. and by some mistake
the agent had issued duplicate berth checks
for two berths. putting two tourists into
kA elxxA fhA "a. 20
the train the tourists were already abed.
and rather than disturb them Capt. Arson
asked Ryan and Kittridge to move forward
into another car. The change brought the
pair OF players into serious injuries, for
the coach they were in was smashed to
kindling wood. while the rest Of the play
ers escaped almost unscathed. Ryan was
found on top OF coal car on . siding.
cut and torn beyond recognition. and was
not able TO play during the rest OF the
season. Now for the queer part Of the
story. The Chicago club travels much
over the same road East and West, and
on every trip. no matter what time in the
night the train reaches Lindsay, Ryan
wakes with a yell that can be heard over
berth. In his sleep. through some uncon-
sc.ons action OF the brain. he lives over
the dreadful night OF the wreck again.
Peck Sharp was. perhaps. the greatest
ball player Of his kind who ever wore
spikes and Peck 10 still playing that kind
OF ball out on the Coast. where he Is one
OF the stars OF the California league. He
was a second baseman and his antics down
there were enough to keep a crowd In an
uproar through all the game. He made
double plays tossing the bali between his
legs. captured fiy balls behind his back
la Walter Brodie. turned somersaults
down the base lines after making q hit.
and generally enliyened the crowd. Peck
tells story on Dad Clark. the comedian
pitcher now pitching down at Hartford.
Sharp was then playing third. One day
Dad. never a phenomenal hitter. dropped