Evening journal., 1905-01-23
S POI I s
BASEBALL YARNS
Pitcher Philippe Roasted Himself to a
Crowd Of Fans.


low street car passengers" said Pitcher
Philippe. Of Plttsburg, the other day
reminds me that I had a whole lot
Of fun with several fans on trolley cars
last summer
zone evening. after game in which
had been bumped pretty hard
boarded a car TO go TO my boarding
house IN the East End. OF course IL
was crowded. and ! had TO stand ON
the rear platform with a whole lot
more unfortunates.
'They were tanning, and one Of them
was giving me an awful dressing
down; said never could pitch, ana
couldn't see why the club kept me.
Just 10 help the thing along, l joined
IN the conversation and what ! said
about that fellow Philippe was some
thing awful I agreed with the fellow
who was roasting me- and when he
found that he had some one to help
him out he became more abusive than
ever NO one on the platform knew
me. but I'll bet my remarks about my
self convinced them that Pitcher
philippe was about the biggest four
flush that ever donned baseball uni
form. Well, we kept this up until
reached my street Before the car
stopped I asked the fellow who had
been doing so much talking II he
knew Philippe. Know him? Well
should say ] do was his emphatic re-
ply why, I was with him last night
and he told me he did not care whether
he pitched winning bali or not; that
he was sore at Dreyfuss. and wanted
10 sec the club lose-and that's why
have no use for him; he's lobster
without cracking a smile, replied:
old sport you're all right, but you are
an awful Har My name is Philippe
and I am the man you have been roast
ine-guess you only think you know
him. Come over 10 the park some day
and see me pitch Well I wish you
could have seen that fellows face
He tried TO push his way into the car
but tripped over the laughter from his
fellow passengers, had two or three
such experiences, but that was the
funniest"
cuppy Was Always Cool.
1T would be interesting to know
how many games Mig Cuppy ever won
for Cleveland by sheer cooness' says
chief thinner. Il have caught him in
many an important game but ! never
saw him give the slightest indication
Of nervousness, no matter how critical
the situation.
AT Baltimore, one day in 1895, we
had the orioles beaten to in the
first half Of the eleventh inning IN
their half the Baltimores got three
men on bases with two out. Then up
came Hughey Jennings, who generally
managed TO get hit with a pitched ball
about every other time at bat
1.-TWO strikes were called and then
three balls. the crowd meanwhile go
ing into a dellrium of delight. Then
Cuppy beckoned to me and ] started
IN TO meet him. Naturally / thought
he wanted to discuss the kind Of q ball
TO serve Hughey next but all he said
was:
Give me a chew Of tobacco and
be -- quick about IT,
Il handed him "a big handful OF fine
cut and then went back 10 my posi-
tion Jennings was fairly bending over
the plate. hoping 20 be hit with the ball
and force IN the tying run. Cuppy
cool and collected looked for my sig
nal. and / called for waist-high ball
straight across
"The smack OF the ball in my glove
was simultaneous with Umpire Tim
Hurst's incisive Three strikesl' and
the game was over
That's fne tobacco Chief said
Nig as he came IN. Where do you
buy it?' -
Run Bases Wrong Way.
zone Of the wall flowers on the Au-
burn (N. " team. when I was MEM
Der Of that nine. was a youth with a
body like a Jenries and head like
an orange" said Billy Bradley, Of the
Cleveland team. recently. 1--WE were
playing Oswego one day and the score
was 10 ] in the tenth.
''None OF as had been hitting az all
and so the manager instructed the big
substitute 20 take my place at bat and
10 hit left-handed. II was just an ex-
pertinent one-ln-ten chance to
change the luck-as he was right
handed batter
"rhe wall flower mopped the mois-
ture from his eyes and slammed away
at a low one. The ball went scooting
for deep centre high and dry and out
OF everybodys reach.
"We were an on our feet. watching
the mad flieht OF the ball toward the
fence. and dancing with glee over our
prospective 20 ! victory. when an
awful shout from the bieachers di-
rected our attention 20 the diamond.
and where was that pin-headed sub
Logging around the bases the wrong
way.
Batting leff-handed had confused
him and he had mechanically started
in the direction he was facing.
"By the time we got him wheeled
around the Oswego outhelders had got
the bali and thrown Il IN. and our
prospective home run went gllmmer-
ing
Dineen on Pitching Rules.
In response to a letter asking his
opinion about the proposed new pitch
ing rule. which was discussed seri-
ously az the recent American League
meeting. Billy Dineen. who pitched
the game last fall which clinched the
championship for the Boston Ameri-
cans. says:
Being a pitcher. my opinion is that
the foul strike rule should stay as II
is. Calling strikes only between the
hips and shoulder would be severe
handicap 10 the pitcher and also very
hard on the umpires, as / think IL
would cause lots OF wrangling.
You have noticed many times a
batter trying TO get out OF the way OF
a pitched ball and IL would happen TO
hit his bat that Of course, should not
be called a strike. and I have often
wondered why they did not change IT,