Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-20
LIJfLl. STORIES OF
BIG PLAYERS


BIG PLAYERS
II4&hey Daley, the one-arm twirler
VIII pitched for the Hop Bittcrs. RGch-
estefs crack team, in 1850 did not use
d mask for his bat handle to Shield his
fingers until after he had ben pain
fully injured. 1t was ease of lock.
stolen. This is how it happened
remarked Stump Weidman TO a group
CT fans. L never felt more sorry fer
a fellow-player than did that day
| was pitching for Detroit and Daley
was in the box for Cleveland 1t was
tight game, and when the ninth in
ming opened we were one run to the
good. In the ninth, though, Cleveland
had a man on third and another
on second, with two out. Daley was
at the bat. | had two strikes on him.
SoStioAi oloIu u " ldhC d CuduCt Ou
even a one-armed batter, for we were
near the top and fighting hard for first
place. So pitched as hard to Daley
as l would have done to the heaviest
sticker On the team. The next ball l
gave him was aimed for the outside
corner 1t was fast ball with a
sharp twist. Daley evidently expect
ed that kind of ball, for he reached
forward a little. 1t couldn't be help
ed couldn't warn him of what was
almost sure t. happen. The ball
struck him fairly on the fingers which
were grasped tightly around the bat
The bones of two fingers were broken
We took up a collection for him after
the game and that night we handed
over to him $2O7 The club paid his
salary and the d9'ctor's bill besides.
Hughey Jennings, the famous mana
ger of the Baltimore team, who was
seriously injured by plunge into a
swimming pool, which he thought was
filled with water, at Cornell university
last week, once suffered broken nose
and Jared head in another "acci-
dent" and Jack Doyle thus relates it:
fhnk
Hughey Jennings nose will always lin
ger in my memory. Hughey had
way of riding the plate'-standing up
as close as he could get to it. and
showing his body out over it Sc. that
the pitcher had no leeway at all. In
those days you would see in the score
every day almost Hit by pitcher, Jen-
nings g..
"Rusie determined to put a stop to
this. AS Hughey came up this day
and almost stood on the plate, shov-
ing his body and face way over the
marble, Amos cut loose one of those
terrible inshoots of his. The ball hit
Jennings flush on the side of the nc.e
and everybody in the stands could
hear the bones snap.
Jennings rushed about the field in
a paroxysm Of pain and anger for sew.
eral minutes. Then he was led away
to carriage and taken to a doctor.
But he was cured cf his ambition to
lead the Hit by pitcher record"
Buck Freeman ct the Boston Amer.
leans, doesn't drink or smoke, but his
language is sometimes sulphuric. A
couple of years ago he was engaged
to coach the Wyoming Seminary base
ball team at Freeman's home in
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The student body
wanted him, but the Methodist fac
ulty protested. The boys won and
Buck went on the field with them.
When Freeman broke loose the boys
hustled and when the air became fair
ly blue they became invincible. 1t
is claimed his choice cf invectives and
epithets did more than anything else
to whip the team into shape. The CO.
eds and the faculty, of course, turned
deaf ear. The team won the inter-
scholastic championship of eastern
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