Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-22
oIIOme.Run' Haggerty Tells Few
interesting Things About Father
Of Baseball.
PITCHER ONLY 81 YEARS OLD.
Tho Soldiers Ball Team Down in
Tcxas-Players Are Grandfathers
OF the Game,
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81 saw I'm a paper the other day story
- man out IN Brooklyn, n. y, who
,bey call the Father Of Baseball His
name is Chadwick, believe, and the pa
psr told about It's being his birthday and
how long he'd been following up the
great national game The impression con-
viewed by that paper was that the old
gentleman was wonder In his way, Just
because he is hale and hearty yet after
seeing so many bali games, and is able
10 write a column or so of stun for the
papers every little while about the Inn
pru,ement Of the sport and the efficacy
ol the lou strike rue.
"But wonuer what these Brooklyn pa
mrs would a nad 10 say II they u been
WIN ine JOrndIuppers' All star dgBregn-
ton the time that We made our famous
Texas tour uare say many Oh tncm
Won't believe the events In the foiiOwinB
talc. ana IN ADMIT that Inc story seems
latnef Improbable, hut every member OF
our nine nlll make an afnuavit tnHt II IS
tnie. aud guess we cOuid get witnesses
outside tue nlne. besidcs, baseball play
us are pretty ruthtul, as a RUE, MI tney
1et 90 taiklng about battlns averages amt
sankeOuls ana lonB mts. fnen ail Signs
Tan.
efou see we were resting up after hay
Ing Wail0ped the COttonpOrt team cOu-
pt Of games. ana as tnere was an open
uite tue next uay Ueiore moving on 90
Ioneyliu We were uisaipating a little IN
the bluaru tOms Oh the OOttOnpOrt
hotel Two or three Of The boys were
Paying lhlcagO pool ana the rest OF us
Stre OOA.ng on, wnen "A spfp LOOKING ora
nan, wan IL sloucn hat and iron gray
a. "a "A mil q
10 ana asked to see our manager lie
SAID ne represented tho Lone stars. lie
Uldnt say where they were from josh
hapgoOu was always on ucok ready 10
talk business and ne and the little old
nan went INTO a corner and we knew
hat We woul1 probably nave to play u
game tue next udy dtter All, FOR nobody
ever talked to JOSH On any business out
sde On baseUaiL fruty soon we neard
J0sn say;
o, I really don't think it will be worth
eur while To so down there. You may
have good nme, but II tneyr all as oid
as you say, you wouldn't sand any SNOW
WIN Us. We are the cream OF the famous
Kansas COnuruppers league ana. al
though dun want to deCIy tne sueng,h
oI yOur team, l don't think YOU could
even make II interesting for us.
josh could tank rough to rough fellows
Oh the pail held, but WIen he was taxing
70 gentlemen ANA trylng 10 make goou
impression no dictionary IN the country
had anything on him.
ono, came back from the little Old
man as ne strengthened up In his brown
sull ana tapped ms chest. That's the
way the land lays, is ity You thnk We
Muidn ! give you respectable night
nun Wen, we haven't a great deal m
inducements tu oncr sou, Dul wnon ten
you that Lone stars nave beaten all the
teams Iha1 you are playing, and beat
em easily you may pay a htue attention
W Us ANA as TOR nlc being Old, why / m
VhIy a chicken compared 10 some OF our
payers, Old Pop haynes. our pitcher. ~
w. N only W myself Missionary Ridge
Np9Wps. our snurtstOp. rs AZ, but You
ought 10 see him XIII hits around second
vest' shllloh sam selDy our nrst base
man celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
Ne olher dhy py stopping groundcr that
we me glove on ms lcft hand and spit
h9 OF ms hngers; but ne got nus man.
S%,I ne - pack IA the game again now
'Nksbuig Vance. Port HUDSON Hammond
ahu Dohtlsun flynn are olaer than / am,
nm'hamauga Lurrck ana henesaw hee-
nan are younger. wen give you good
saint ana " You beat US yOu'll be the yir-
WaI champions OF mis- part of Texas
josh arranged game, and the next
way aIler a short trip on the railroad we
salht 10 the town, where we met the man
b.
m's Lone Stars. Where do you think II
e "as. why, al a big soldiers home, with
NQ"us ana crowds OF gray-bearded old
ne'vthns around the grounds, some OF
men' with empty sleeves, and IN the back
os was a blg Dali ground and long rows
IL seals ior the soldiers TO SIT on while
wy watched the game. out In the field
' w@ a spiy lot OF old fellows some Of
s s WIN white whskors, husting
u'VuHu the grounds, sCooplng up daisy
,tu'teis ana pulling IN long nys and bat
t ul1 pltchins ana catching for all the
wv, wv u IKE real nine OF league bali play
N'S s'Uihs ready Tor an afternoons WORK.
u We were taken by surprise the way
t9tS caNortcd around. They certainly do
Kay as though they'd seen this years
sooh o. rules SAID Josh, although they
sNay nave tfst learned how the year be-
about IL.
:, al OF these old men had been fighters
~, the war, and they turned out to be
iish,efs on the ball Held, too. Dan De-
on, was pitching for us. ana he started
~ ny holding the veterans too cheap.
~ VIeW up couple Of easy curves ana
eas way that shiloh sam Selby and Chi
,,an' usI Carrick ut on EN- was a Cau-
tef,. lhcy had men on second ana third
sot ~ we Knew H. and none out. Donuel-
~ lynn me- grounder to Jimmy Har-
i'' ny thirl. ana he tried for a force,
ogg' shiloh slid IN to him In savage sort
~ way ana knocked the bah out Of his
ofsuu ltd a made you laugh Ia see the
y" ktay-headed fellow iawing our pretty
ky MIRA hasoman for not keeping OH the
KEY me, ana the pretty boy jawing back.
,hS way, they we've al safe Dan got
WI, next man Nicksburg Vance, on
ftuihgs, and Port Hudson Hammond
II, out to me. Then up came the 1T
In ulahaRer and the old soldiers stood up
~ ,,S, n,lr seats and implored him to kill the
Wy, tlsht there and break up the game,
nlllngs was his name Resaca Jon-
bhs"' ! saw that he had his nerve with
i,h just as be had 1t when years be-
~ ned stood up with the shells burst-
W. over his head and the boys In blue
t' ,l on a. the double quick, and never
'g' H'd or ilnched minute
Anl then came the drst time I ever
iW IlrCh Hobbs get ratified. Jennings
In on the first hall pitched and put II
'nus INC ground about four feet from
,r,ond' on the third base side. and there
p"s great shout as everybody started
IN but Pinch got that ball. Lying nat
IN me ground, after one OF HIS remark
'''e alNes' he seooped 1t, and scrambled TO