Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-09-29

The Ere1eer the ball team the less
Oaching necessary. Is an old and true
aw among baseball people. ard yet a
team not well coached has q poor
chance for a good position In the
ever. There are two departments to
the coaching OF a team even on the
Eeid while In action, the man who sits
on the bench and directs the changing
OF players and the man ON the lines
guiding the base runners Then there
is the man sent up for no otAsr pur-
pose than to try and disconcert or rat
tie the pitcher. The entertaining
coaeher who can jolly a crowd and at
the same time look out for his men in
the style of man the Cincinnati club
has secured in Arlie Latham.
Arlie Latham captained the Csncin-
natl team in 1891 and did his own
coaching. Arlie evidently allowed his
newspaper friends into his secrets. for
they we're having a good laugh at
Latham,s eleverress one day in the
press box while the Boston club was
playing in that city. A Boston news
paper man travelling with the team
overheard the conversation. how Lath-
am would call out something connected
with three" when he wanted his man
to start from first to second. The Bos-
ton scribe wrote a note explaining
Latham's campaign. tied it around a
knife and called Tom Tucker over to
the grand stand. He was on the
coaching lines at the time Tucker
picked up the little package and tossed
1t to Latham. who discovered Captain
Sash's name and sent il to the Boston
bench. where Nash opened it. read and
nodded all right Now for a three
base HIT" sang out coacher Latham,
and away went the base runner for
second on the next ball pitched Gam
zell was catching. and taking the ball
in front Of the plate to one side, threw
his man out by yards. This occurred
several times up to the sixth inning
allowing Boston to hold a slight lead.
Finally one OF the Cincinnati seribes
discovered the secret was out and tip
ped Latham to change the signs, but
II was too late. as Boston had reeeiy-
ed too big handicap.
Ban Johnson. now president Of the
American league. was one OF the Gin
einnati newspaper men. and genial
Harry Weldon the other. The same
season Latham waz playing third for
Cincinnati against the Boston team at
the South end grounds. when Tom
Tucker threw up his hands and
blocked one OF Latham's throws. Ar
lie was angry, and walking up to I'm
pire Hurst he asked IL he saw what
Hurst did. The umpire wouldn't give
Latham the satisfaction he looked for,
so turning to the people In the grand
stand Latham commenced to yell:
I've found the man who robbed the
Northampton bank, and | am in sf0o,-
900. There Is the man. pointing to
Hurst He repeated the charge to the
delight OF the crowd, and refused to
stay in the game any longer.
Time has taken the silver ring out
of Latham's voice. and he is not as
funny as when he was drawing 500
| per week: but then he Is still quite a
card, and the crowds fully enjoy him,
while the players object, for ball play
srs as rule have little or no gym
| pathy for unfortunate brothers. In
this case magnate John T. Brush did
a kind act when he gave the old player
q chance to make an honest dollar.
i hear Latham Is broke" said one
player. What did he do with his
| coin?" asked another. You've got
me-" chimed In the third. The impress