Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25

The worlds series brought back the base
ball fever to players who have been out Of
the game for years. Men who In the press
of business almost had forgotten there was
such a game as base ball orr that they
ever had played. it suddenly were seized
with the old madness and became worse
than q crowd of schoOlboys.
En-. Gross, the famous old Providence
catcher. who. perhaps, was one Of the
greatest hitters who ever swung piece
suffered a relapse. Em. only had seen one
professional game since 1884, few years
after he quit base ball. and he was lame
on modern base ball. In the deciding game
bases and two out. when Isbell slashed
fierce line drive over first. The ball
curved. struck foul by few inches and
went into the crowd.
Strike two," droned the umpire.
''What?' yelled Gross, who was on his
feet yelling and swinging his hat.
sit down, you IDIOT remarked his
friend. Don't show your ignorance
Was that striker demanded En-.
Well remarked the vetrean slugger.
'if any umpire called that strike on me
I'd punch him in the nose"
Noisy Charlie Isaacson. the old first
baseman who starred in the Texas League
and other minor organizations a dozen or
more years ago and who was called
Noisy because he never spoke unless
forced to- and then saved up his words as
If they were $50 notes. attended one game
during the series. NOISY" Is so modest
and so quiet that all except his nearest
not among those who possessed passes
and box seats. Besides he has been out
of the game long that he had almost
forgotten it until he was caught In the
,irlp of vcif nnnf q r
championship series and felt all his old
enthusiasm for the game surge through
his veins. OF course, none OF his old
friends knew that he was longing to see
the games worse than ever small boy
ionged to go to the circus, because he
never says anything about himself. He
was standing in the Dizzy the evening be-
fore the Saturday game when young Tom
Foley came in and, calling Frank Moynihan
aside, handed him two passes to The Ham
Tree"
Tom gave me couple of passes" re-
the show"
Lets start now said Frank.
No" said Charlie. let's wait till mid
night
: No" said Charlie IF we're there at
midnight wen be able to get In
Where do you think we're going?"
Moynihan collapsed. The Idea Of an old
ball player wanting to start at midnight to
make sure Of seeing a game was too much
for him.
Noisy, saw the final game of the series.
He determined not to miss that and he
stood In line five hours to pay his way In
and watch his successors play ball. At the
end of the five hours Noisy still was 100
yards from the gate. and then just as he
was feeling sure that he was going to see
the final battle the gates closed and he was
shut out.
Noisy was heartbroken. but he refused
to be beaten. He was going to see that
game He tried to see Comiskey and
vive their old friendship. to make a per-
sonai plea for admission, but ''Commy"
was not to be found.
Now. Noisy weighs about 200 pounds
and has not participated in athletics for
years. but despite that fact he soon got
into action. He hired two small boys to
boost him up the fence. Their efforts
failed. Then they sought telegraph pole.
Twenty-Five cents induced gang OF small
boys to boost him up the pole until he
could reach the irons. Another quarter
induced a small boy to give up his perch
on the crossbars of the pole and slide out
onto the wires Then, with legs elasped
around the pole and over the crossbars. the
veteran player watched the battle roofing
Loyalty for the Sox. He fell ten feet get
ting down, but limped home happy and con-
tented.