The St. Louis Republic., 1904-02-21
"PIERPoNT" MORGAN.

"PIERPONT" MORGAN.
was the result Of the oft-asked question
as to why pitchers are not harder hitters
| Il tell you what said the deacon. there
| is a great deal in a man getting on his
| stride in batting just the same as there
thing about it. because have had expert
ence in both lines. The regular players
| who are in the game every day get their
eye on the ball. and by constant training
can manage TO keep their batting eye. but
/ IL is different with the pitcher. who only
works on an average Of twice a week.
and during the layon will lose his stride
in the batting lire.
II tell you lis mighty bad thing when
man gets or his stride. either IN batting
o., in pitching. l have known the time
when I lost my stride. and to save me l
could not do any effective work. There
are many things that will throw a man
off; for instance. he will not be taking his
regular step. and it Is a hard thirs to get
going right / will bet that in the season
/ will not vary six inches in the step I
take preliminary to delivering the ball
Falkenburg. the tail boy who started out
with the Pirates last spring. and failed
TO make good. When Falkenburg was with
the Worcester team he pitched two games
against the Pirates. and fooled the best
batters on the team.
FER some reason or another Falkenburg
could not get going right last spring; and and
big fellow. and told him. but to save his
life ne could not get back into his stride.
he %ihs ,sse SO na to do
argument advanced that pitchers work
harder when pitcher Is at bat than they
do for other batsmen. To my mind II is
simply a lack Of practice. and nothing
else. There are number OF pitchers who
would make fine batsmen II they could
keep up the batting practice daily. but
they cannot. as they are not In the game
The old-time pitchers were such slug
gers, Philippe argues, because they were
in the game almost daily.
IF your manager told you to DO one
thing and a girl who thought you were
the one and only young man in the world
told you to do something else. which one
would you obey?' asks Catcher Harry
Eemis.
'T had to solve that problem awfully
quick over in Toronto ono day. There
was a fast runner on third when started
after q foul fy way over beyond first,
close to the bleachers. It meant a catch
while going at full speed away from tho
plate. and seeing this the manager-fear-
the ! ban az ), va. s. eaTssh,.yelled;
almost at the same instant heard the
voice Of THE girl. clear. sweet ana musi-
'Harry'n get Mr she shouted.
"GJri or manager? Manager or girl? I
thought It all out in nine-sixteenths Of
second. and-and-well. I caught the foul:
for the throw and nailed the runner at
' fhat was risky, play for US. said d.,
hadn't caught that man at the plate the
catch would have lost US tho game
"'And If hand't caught the foul;
girl :"
CON LUCIDS PRACTICAL JOKE.
.-The approach of the season when base
ball players will be eating steaks cooked
in cotton-seed oil reminds me of Pitcher
Con Lucid" says Billy Hallman.
THE Philadelphia and Brooklyn teams
were quartered in fairly comfortable
hotel in Petersburg. Va. but as Is the
case in almost every Southern city. the
oil extracted from cottonseed was used in
place of butter In the kitchen
THE second morning We were there
Lucid came into the breakfast-room car.
rying a big hammer and handful OF
nails Con ran over the bill of fare ana
ordered steak. When it was brought in'
dripping with oil, he picked it up. and.
walking across the floor. nailed 1t on the
dining-room door.
toughest house in that hotel I ever saw
We were all ordered to leave. and De
spite the expostulations Of the twenty-five
or thirty players who had done notmns;
the time. but Lucid found us a place
where they had real butter. and then we
were glad"
ST. LoUIs-s VOLUNTEER UMPIRES.
ST. Louis. in the American League. and
Pittsburg. in the National. are the two
cities in which the young men in the
nress boxes insist on telling the umpire
how to do his work
In an exciting game between the Pirates
and Giants in the Smoky City last sum-
ball for McGraw's team. O'Day was the
umpire New York had the game to l,
with two out in the ninth. but there was
man on third. and Big Beaumont at the
bat.
..Ball!' yelled the scorers.
"Rall,'' shouted O'Day.
'.Strike." repeated o'Day And 50 on
until it was three and two.
Over came d fast one.
"Ball.' the scorers howled. and Beau
mont trotted toward first.
NO. Clarence" remarked o'Day. that
was strike, and the game is over. If
JOB! s.! u 'A' N ~ NC ~ u
HOW DAVIS WORKED ANDY"
MANY people have often wondered"
says veteran manager. lat the true in
wardness Of the George Dayis-Andy Freed
man case. Davis was SO popular with
Freedman for years that Andy even got
him a Job in the New York City Hall
for the winter months. Then. suddenly.
Davis jumped to Comiskey. and then
jumped back again. and the wisest fans
have been bewildered.
This is how Freedman came to be so
fond OF Davis: At q league meeting sew
eraI years ago. Freedman. sour and state
ly. was sitting on sofa in the lobby OF