The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
A JUMPING BALL PLAYER.
Remarkable Feats of Agility Demor-
allied the Opposing Team.

zone OF the most remarkable baseball
players that | ever knew" said the man
with the sandy whiskers reminisceully 10
the man with the sunburned neck. was
tall young man by the name OF Bump
McWhirter. IL he could have been per-
sunded TO adopt the national game as a
profession he would have made a fortune
He played first base one day for the Hurt
ling Lllacs. the team Of which | was for
seven years an active member Besides
having unusual fielding abilities. he was
marvellous Jumper. The running high
Jump was his strong point and u was an
easy task for him 10 jump his own height
from the ground AS he was six feet two,
you can sec that IL was 8 pretty big
jump.
THE day he covered first base for us.
the opposing team was the Rustllng
Hustlers. The Hustlers hadn't lost a
game that season and. as you can readily
Imagine. we were pretty anxious 10 take
them into camp. In the first inning moth
ing happened that was particularly start
ling. The first man up for the Hustlers
knocked n line ball over first II looked
good for a single. but Bump ieaped about
four feet into the air and gathered II Ia.
The next one made hit TO right, but our
ssght-helder was lively fellow and threw
the batter out At first, The third man
knocked up little as which he was I'M
fortunate enough 20 get under when II
came down. and he was out because he
was hit by n bAtted ball This retired the
side.
Bump Mcwhlrter was tho FIRST man ND
In the second. and the pitcher gave him
four wide ones, Bump started for first
and never stopped running unti he reach
ed home. OF course nobody opposed hts
way 20 first. and when he started for
second the second baseman was ready
for him With the ball Hut Bump gath
cred himself together and bounded over
his head. lie was running hard and had
n0 trouble IN clearing the shortstop in a
ike manner. The third hasensn. how.
evcr. had discovered Bumps game. aud
he asa little jumping act Of his own
when he saw him coming fer third.
thinking 70 touch him IN rnidair Bat
Bump saw what he was going 20 do ana
dove Under bis legs and touched third
ny the time she third haseman had ne.
covered from his surprise, Mcwhirtsr
was sprintlnE toward the plate The
catcher saw him coming and sat Down
on the plate with the han and calmly
awaited his arrival Far a moment Bump
was stnmped when he saw the turn
events we're taking be started back far
third, and the catcher true 70 his base
bail Instincts. ran after him. Then r-imn
suddenly turned and with a graceful
leap. cleared him and walked across the
plate.
The Rustling Husflers were for a time
50 dazee that they could 30 nothing aut
WALK around and rub their ewes ana look
foolish They were so unstruuE hV
Bumps tactics that they completely
went 30 pieces and We easily defeated
them by the score % - 20 2 Throughout
the game Bump succeeded IN working
the pitcher for passes TO FIRST. and every
tiuso he jumped his way around the bases.
Ali
smpts a man from time az bat, 50 al
the end Of the game Mr.. Bump Mcwhir-
ter had tho record; Al bat, Q. runs, -
New York Sun.