Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-06


Horses asked GGffTey.
"'Nore.' sail Kelly. one throw
"Caffaey spilled "ut aces and fours.
Kelly turned the bo< lo,tomside up.
ana. lifting IL aga,n, disclosed three
ivcs.
".An right. said Gafincy, the fine
don't GO
come on there. fc!lers.' shouted
kcl. starting for the door; lets 50 out
anl spend that So
The story about Andrew Freedman
a funny thing Frcc'imam did one day
in Philadelphia" said Lajoie the other
oay.
"t'roesiman had come over 10 Phila-
dalphil with tnc Giants for the mid
summer series of games. and every
contest MAS battle. In the third game
both sides scored a run in the first. and
thus the score stood to till the ninth
"Eill MCGEE, Freedman's pet pitcher.
was working for New YORK. and Red
Donohue for Philadelphia. The tenn
perature was about 100 in the shade,
and both pitchers, steaming like hired
mon in hay field. We're absolutely un-
hittable. Suddenly Freedman rushed
down to the front of the grandstand.
Take McGee out he demanded.
" no. no shouted the E-w York
players in chorus, McC;ee the lo,dest of
them all.
Take him out I say said Freed
man. ansrily. Don't YOU see he is in
distress? He's on the verge of 4 sun
stroke.
There was nothing for the New
York captain to do but obey orders.
McGee. in perfect form. was taken out
ana Dummy Taylor, who hadn't
warmed up 1T all, WAS put in. D"l"-
hanty. Cooley, and the others Gid the
rest. and the game ended about . to
IN Philadelrhia's favor
Jack Chesbro's expert manipulation
of IT,, spit bail was the greatest sensj-
| ton of tine playing season il 1904. WIN
the spit ball under control til" big
Highlander was nearly invincihlo. as
tin. statistics of til" American League
plainly testify. F.Vc1 that prime" of
hHtsmen. Napoleon I"joie. of 'levc-
| Llrd, wHs forced to ackMW '"'ig" TIL" s!'!t
bail As served by t'ncsbrr. W"s 100
much Cor him. II" never knew whore
il WAS going. nor vh"n hc WAS going 20
| lit on miss it. He only kn"w liz Was
| more apt 'tn miss tuHn To his.
Many schemes we're conceived by the
clever ban ri;iycTs to overcome tine
prowrss of Chrsbro. They tried by
| cunning tricks to circumvrMt him ana
render IL" spit ban harmless. once. nt
| Cleveland. they covered tn" sphere with
j drug known to faliiom rs c;tpsicun.
II WIS bitter, ara almost cmrel hiG
lack of the spit-b;lil habit. the Blues
Winning in Il walk.
| But even better plan was devised
| by Couglilin. the veteran third base
| inan Of th,. Detroit team. according L"
a. l.. Raymond. who was on the Tiger
pitching staff last Season. It WIS ear
ly in September that the Tigers ON"
day found themselves face to face with
thcshrn and the spit bah. which they
recognized us synonym f"r defeat.
Then il was that toughlin appeared
with a package of cay"nG" pepper.
This he hid away beneath his shirt HS
the Tigers took the field in the opening
inning. When New York had been re
coughlin. Surrcptitiously he spread Il
generous layer of cayenne pepper over
its surface. then tossed it lightly over
10 theSEro. tneShro never warns
up" by tossing the ball around at the
opening of an inning. ON this occa sion.
following his usual custom. he began
licking his fingers and wipiug them
. upon the ball. one repetition Of this
habit and Jacks tongue felt as though
1t had suddenly come in contact with a
rei-hot poker. He glared savagelv
over at Coughlin. who stood in the
coaching box. the picture of innocence.
'You blanNety blank blank" roared
ChtS Sbro You have put pepper on this
ball | II fix you after the game
Thereupon Cuughln laughed. and all
, the Detroit team laughed with him. for
= it meant there would be no spit bail
that day.
Rut as the game progressed in the
hot afternoon Coughlin forgot all about
, | the cayenne Ieprer. slowed away be
: meath his uniform shirt. and then he
l suddenly remembered it. When he
; did remember. il was Chesbro's turn
e to laugh. Coughln persrircd freely.
and the pepper found its way through,
:. his undershirt.
Then Coughlin thought a red-hot
poker had been poked clean through
I, him. He was on fire. He danced
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