The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

humber of games he pitched for left.
 hander. pitching more games than tnt
 & ol today when ths rss,sita, son cNn his 2 pitching, a,@i is viii Gs long time before his counterpart appears in ths eama
 Both the major leagues today have in stock six first class left-handed pitchers, namely Waddell. Flank, sa1, Hsad Fas- dell has pQlled himself out ot rnany a htart-breaRing contest with fying coI- CTS. No matter what his eccentrtclties are off the ball field, for on the field he seems to hand those qualities over to the batsmen of the opposition. All the other pitchers of the present day nave earned their spurs in many cru. eial contest. and they should De rated great. but as have often written be- fore. that the quality of the team en- hances the reputation of pitcher. so any man that can pitch good ball for tail-ond team should always pc consid- ~ ed by true base ball experts a better twirler than the man who pitches mas tarly ball for a champion club. Among that grand galaxy ot left-handers or today Patten would be my cho.ce 1T l
 had champion club, but my choice IS only an iadividual enc, and that would not make him the star of the present number of stars but accede the same right of opinion to other base pail Fa f-
 One of the most novel and amusing attempts to boycott" a game of ball on account of the price of admission took place in Atchison: Kan. In lSSe. The Kansas City and Milwaukee teams. members of the Western Leaugue, were booked to play one of their. champion ' ship games in, that city. The MllWau- kee club was managed by Tom Loftns ard Kansas City by myself. The ao- mission was placed at 50 cents: Every city of a certain population has it's town crier," leader or bell COW; whom all people of their town consulL theatrical show So Atchison was no exception Those "bell cows" are gen erally fellows that have to get a.,a aeano head ticket or they VIII tell the pe1Pie that the entertainment Is no good. rms Atchison town crier" came to the gate and told Loftus and myself that peopie would not pay 50 cents to see the ganlS. We laid no attention to him, aitnougn we knew he was the bell COW, as ne used a few slang terms while talking to us to let us know that some time ne shook hands either in Chicago or New York Our maner made him angry anu he went across the street and com nIenced to ,haranEue the people, stating we were charging an exhorbitant price tc see the game.
 A large crowd was now gathering around him and we could see that his talk was influencing tho people, so we had to lay siege to his patriotism to win our way out. To use a slang base ball phrase the mit' we held out was bigger than the State house at Topeka So under the pretense of compromising on the admission l called nun aWhy from the crowd and stated to him that we would not lower the admission. put would give him $1.50 to buy ticket for himself and two friends, but im- pressed on his mind that after givlng it to him that he would nave to go pack to the crowd and stay there until ne heard a loud shout inside the ball grounds. which would be the signal TOT him to rush away to the box office to buy his tickets for himself and friends. This he readily aRreed to do and seem. ed flattered that we were compelled to acknowledge him the "bell cow or Atchison Loftus went inside and ar ranged for the two clubs at the start" ing of the game to give loud shout. We all know the effect a brass band in- side a circus tent has on those gentle men of agricultural pursuits. but it Is not half as entrancing. captivating or seductive on them as the shout or ball team inside fence.
 Finally the shout was sent up and MT. Fell Cow rushed away from the in- nnense assemblage stating to his friends. Cant stand 1t any longer. boys. the game is worth soc; I'm go- Ing in" They all rushed after him pell- nnell for the ticket office, bought their tickets and went in, so that broke up the boycott in Atchison. Kan. But wears afterwards I learned that this town crier" or "bell cow was igno- rniniously defeated in an election pyt an opposition paper coming out in bold type stating: @Are you going to elect a man for Mayor who sold out the peo- ple of this city for free base ball ticlaf in 1SS52'