Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-05

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- a jE#f4 III much laf4er leaeue
ANY 5H.a Batting has always ben
his ztroh4 point and r. la Id many
ot taa .ea20ez II which he played in
this BarI Of the game.
Ills rj9e In nthe=b baseball world was
due to Aard work and "heady" ball
playing and his taIl was duc=to eNeesz
siNe=Q~e al morphine. Earle makes no
secret having been Il victim OF this
habit aud to il attributes hi, iaIl from
tho big leagues, At one time he used
as his.l as eighty grains oI tAa drug
a day - means of the hypodeHmie
needle. and says that oven then the
stimulant world not last through a
game He calls his condition, when
| under the influence of the drug, the
~hooaoo and he tells an Interesting
story 01 how ne quit the use of it. II
was in 1897 While being given a try
out" with the Baltimore club. then un-
der the management OF John j. Nc
G1raW. tlaf t.lo excessive use OF NOR
phiAe began to impair, HIS usefulness.
"Mct,UaW took me by lofce. says
Earle an ioc>cd rae #uD until he
could GET me to a hospital Then he
placed M tacre to be treated, and
when ne left he gave me round
lecture Tnen and there made UP my
mind to quit or die trying. am living
yet No one knows What | suffered
in that hospital and | think deserve
credit for quitting, for man who can
take eighty grains Of the stuff without
! tlincaing is pretty lar gone, Bat thanks
to a superior viii power and the doc
! tors at the institution. | did quit and
haven't touched grain OF the poison
since the fall of 1898
William Earle was born in Phila-
delpha Pa. in 1863 and learned to play
| base bali on the corner lots Of his
home town when g boy. His first en-
! eagement with team was al Lancas-
ter. Pa in fSs2 where he played with
an Independent team as catcher. III
1882, A4 played al WiIiamsport, Pa.
and in 1884 at Chester. Pa. The year
1889 found the youngster at Whining
! ton. Del, and in 1856 he filled his first
engagement with regular league
team by playing with Nashville in the
old Southern league lie began with
the independent teams as a catcher
and was used by Nashville as a change
or substitute catcher. II July Of the
same year, Nashville sold him to Mem
phs in the same league, and he finish
eu the season Oh the banks Of the
Mississippi In 1857 he signed a con
tract with Duluth. in the Northwestern
league, and played the season through,
catching 1o4 games for that club. In
1855 he caught los games for St. Paul