The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-06

Oh Dig lSetS nc N4ubor pay 80 49,
| won renown on the green diamond,
and the wise retorts Of the man be-
hind the mask" are always well re-
| ceived by the lovers of the national
| game. Whenever the members OF a
team are compelled to remain idle and
sit around hotel Hobbies because of
rainy weather, they invariably start a
| discussion of queer points about the
game or some freakish act of man
! ager, umpire or player.
| Edward Kenna, the poet-pitcher of
| the Louisvilles. can tell of funny ex-
periences he has witness upon the field
or heard of. Kenna claims to hold two
freak records in the game, and if he
can keep up his present record for
relating good stories will hold another
before the season is over.
when I was in Denver last season"
said the twirling bard, there was
member of the team who was fond of
looking upon the Wine when it was
red Tebeau was informed of this
players conduct. and warned the
player that if he did not quit drinking
he would fine him all the money due
him for seven years. The player re-
fused to heed the advice and con-
tinued to carouse He was a good man,
and Tebeau did not want to release
him, so he hired two Pinkerton detec-
tives to watch the player and report
regarding his actions.
1.-THE player had two friends on the
regular force, who notified him he was
being watched, and advised him to
refrain from drinking. Instead. he
went direct to a saloon, where he knew
he would meet the detectives. It was
not long before he bought each of
them bottle of wine. The next morn
ing he went to Tebeau's office and
informed the local magnate he had pur-
chased wine for the detectives, saying,
| Now, if you will pay me TO act as your
detective you will save money"
! Charlie Dexter, former manager Of
| the Colonies, tells many funny stories
about famous players. One of his best
| is about Rube WaddeIl, the eccentric
| twirler with Philadelphia. Waddell
| pitched for the Colonies when Dexter
was playing the outfield, and he says
he can bring evidence to prove what
| he says is true. Dexter claims that
Rube had never been on a boat until
| he left Louisville for Cincinnati. The
players forced him to wear a life pre-
| server during the night, and after the
| player was happily wrapped in slumber
/ began to throw water against his
| stateroom. WaddeI ran out in his
night shirt, and it was all they could
do to prevent him jumping overheard.
| Another Dexter story is the one
| about Jack Katoll. Katoll joined the
Louisville team in Chicago. He had
| never been on train before, and after
| inspecting his berth asked the players
what the hammocks were intended for.
| They are placed there for the especial
| use of pitchers was the reply of his
| teammates. When Katoll retired that
evening he placed his arm in the ham,
| mock in order to rest it. The next
morning when he arose he found his
arm was so stiff he could hardly lift
it, and it was at least a week before
slab.
According to Ed Dunkle, Harry
Davis, first baseman or the Philadel-
phia Americans, holds the worlds re-
cord for umpire base stealing. Ac-
cording to his claim Davis is the only
player that ever stole first base Dun
kle says:
Il was pitching for PnIla delphia one
afternoon and at the time we came to
the bat in the ninth inning the score
was tie. We had a runner on third
and two hands down when Davis walk
ed. He started to steal on the first
ball pitched, but no attempt was made
by the opposing catcher to nail him.
On the second ball pitched Davis turn
ed around and stole back to first. Again
the catcher did not try to head him
off On the third ball he started down
to second and when an attempt was
made to put him out, the runner on
third came home and we won the
game
Dunkle also states he holds a record
for the fewest number of pitched balls
for five innings. He says for five in
nings he retired Cincinnati batters on
IL pitched balls, which is only two
extra balls to a batter. After that
time the Reds got on to his delivery
and in the remaining four innings of
the contest landed on him so hard they
batted out ten runs and won the game
with something to spar~
In this connection Kenna has a good
claim to freak pitching record. He
off1ciated against Des Moines one
afternoon and was touched up for nine
teen safe hits and yet his opponents
| failed to get a runner over the pan
. In one inning he was hit for a triple
: a double and three singles and still his
opponents failed to get a man home
The first batter up hit a triple. but
was nailed trying to stretch it into
homer. The next man doubled dowr
the left-field foul line. put was after.
ward caught off second by the poet
| The next three batterS hit ga faIv apf