El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-28

natl for several seasons will likely play |
this year with the ST. Louis Cardinals. /
Breitenstein was formally with the
Browns of St. Louis when Won der |
Ashe owned the team and although he |
had a tail end team behind him he Of |
ten won his games from the leaguers
in the league. He was considered one
OF the best pitchers in the business
and in 1897 the Cincinnati club paid
Won der Abe $4,000 for his release.
He was called the Ten Thousand Dol
lar Beauty" But he never made good
with Cincinnati or rather he never
pitched the same article of ball that he
put up in the Mound City. He has
pitched some very good games with
Cincinnati but was never what is con-
sidered a winning pitcher. The Gin
cinnati club this year offered him a
contract but ne has not signed it as
yet and it is altogether probable that
he will be either given his uncondition-
al release or sold back to St. Louis for
a small sum. Breitenstein claims that
he is still able to pitch winning ball
and as his home is in st. Louis he
W ould not object to being sold to that
city Together with Heinnie PietZ he
formed the famous "pretzel battery"
He was pitching for st. Louis and the
team only carried two catchers. One
was on the sick list and not at the
grounds one afternoon when the other
catcher received a broken finger and
was forced to retire from the game.
There was no one on the team to take
his place and Won der Abe was up
against it for Breitenstein had the
game coming his way. Breitenstein
went up to the manager and told him
that there was a man in the grand
stand who could catch him. He was
told to bring his friend out and let
him get in the game. Brett went to
the front of the stand and called "Oh,
Heine. here's a job, come on in hur-
ry." Pietz went down and donned the
mask and NIT and caught a wonderful
game. His batting was one of the fea-
lures and that night he was signed at
$500 and has been in the business ever
since. He was sold to Cincinnati when
Breitenstein went there and is still one
of the best catchers in the league.
$50
The signing of Rusie by Cincinnati
was a "ten-strike'' for that club as we'll
as for the National League as a whole.
He will be a great drawing card in
that he is one of the greatest pitchers
who ever stepped into the box. Rusie
is called the Hoosier Thunderbolt be-
cause of his great speed. His curves
are something wonderful and his con-
troll was always his best standby.
Rube Waddell, the crack south-paw
with the Pittsburg Pirates is another
drawing card and although he is q
RUDE in almost every sense of the
word. still he is humorist. And it is
said that it takes smart man to be
a humorist. When Rube was first TAX
en- into the National League he was
signed by Fred Clark then managing
the Louisville team. the contract was
sent to him on the recommendation of
Tacks Lattimer who was then catch
ing for the Louisville team. RUDE
signed the contract and sent it to
Clark by return mail and in return
received a message to report to Clark In
Louisville at once. He took the first
train for Louisville and arrived about
four o'clock in the morning. Two
members of the team had been making
night of it and had just arrived at
the hotel when RUDE walked up to the
desk and wanted to know where he
could find Clark. He was told that he
was in his room. He registered and
asked for a room and when the two
players saw who he was they went up
to him and told him that he should |
report to Clark at once. RUDE took |
them at their word and calling a bell |
boy went to Clark's room and knocked |
at the door. Clark got up and opened |
the door when RUDE rushed in and |
threw his arms around his neck and |
began to tell him how glad he was
that he had come. Clark did not know
who he was and thought that he must
be crazy man until the two players
came up and explained matters. Rube
IS great pitcher and can go in the box
At any time and give good account of
himself. In one game in Chicago two
fears ago he struck out thirteen men
md only allowed two hits.
AS humoriSt and comedian he has
ew equals on the diamond. He and
-attimer made a great battery Besides -,
heir great work they always kept the
rowds in roar of laughter. When
hey would strike man out they
would invariably run up and hug each
'ther. The management of the Pitts !,
'urg team last year tried to get Rube :
n quit his foolishness and he promised
O do so but one day when he was card :
d to pitch the time came for the game :
nd RUDE had not shown up A search )
vas made for him and he was found )
n Buffalo Bits Wild West show in the T
ext lot painted uD as an Indian and 4
DING all kinds of clown work on a r
ronchO. That was too much for Drey-
us and RUDE was farmed to Milwaukee
here he settled down and wrote sew
raj pitiful letters to Pittsburg begging (
Or another trial. AS the season drew I
D a close and Pittsburr was playing
ard for second place they sent for
lube and he went back and pitched
cme wonderful games.
Another funny story told on him and
hitch is said to be true is that one e