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The Washington times., 1906-05-27
A Case In Point.

In Boston recently John McGraw.
manager Of the New York Giants;
Malachi Rittredge. and were in the
Copley Square lobby. and AlcGraw and
Kittredge were having a discussion
about base stealing and trapping flea
to the outheld- While we were talking
a bag wiki a wedged-shaped face dec
GRATED with a tOmato-colored mus
tache. deliberately forced himself into
the group. He was studiously ignored,
but was quite unmoved by the fTigid-
ity. and thereafter the conversation
was something like this:
McGraw-TrappIng files to the out
field Is an old trick. and my team has
worked It several times this year.
The Bug-DO you think you'll win the
pennant. McGraw?
about that trapping stunt. but Willie
Sudhofi got into his noodle that It
couldn't he done Why. remember
when ! vas there
The Bug-AIcGraw. do you think
Bresnahan Is the greatest catcher in
the National League2
McGraw-Browne and Mertes are the
kind Of men who can do & On the
Baltimore team. Kelley would regular
ly-
The Bug-Do you think Harlon Will
do any better managing Cincinnati
than Kelley did2
McGraw- - trap short outf@id
flies and we never thought It such an
unusual thing. but it's sometimes dan
Gerous-
The Bug-I saw Kelley lose a game
trying that in Boston Who was the
best one al it you ever saw?
McGraw- - If the grounds are
rough.
Kittredge-Some OF these young out
felders ought 10 practice it in the
morning. II might save the day If
The Pug-These youngsters amt Ike
You oId-rimers. are thew
Kittredge-Tried it often enough 20
get confidence in"
The Bug-I saw Walter Brodie once
We Three-Oh. h. let's 20 TO bed
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Strenuous Kickers An

once at the hotel the weary travel
ers begin to kick. and they kick more
or less until they go away. This may
seem foolish and wearisome 10 the un-
initiated. but st Is more or less reason
able. Ball teams get reduced rates,
and their members therefore come 10
the conclusion that the house is going
to Try 20 square itself by reducing the
accommodations furnished. This Is
natural and logical view, and is based
upon cruel experiences in the brush
leagues. from which the major stars
have graduated They work on the
principle that the way TO get what
you want is to beat the other fellow
to it. and this rule has been known
to work satisfactorily IN all walks OF
life.
Therefore. our brave boys hand out
a few hot ones right or the bat as
soon as they strike the lobby TO let the
genial person behind the desk know
that they are onto his curves. II is
always customary to demand a sepa-
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" OR some reason the Pacific coast
- Of the United States. particularly
California. has always been fam
Gus for its displays Of phOsPhor-
esence-That strange phenomenon over
which many men have spent years OF
study and which % a large extent is
still mysterious and Unexplainabie,
though il should be said there are not
theO-des and pseudo explanations lack
ing
Students OF animal phosphorescence
have read OF the Pyrosoma. one OF the
Ascidians. whose wonders Of light have
made II famous. One Of these beautiful
animals was caught on Avalon bay
some time ago IL was first seen as a
blaze OF light as large as a bucket ten
or more feet below the surface and sup
posed to be a large scny fish. but as II
was watched through the window OF a
glass bottom boat y was seen 70 rise
and 20 be long AID cylindrical The
finder called il a IRE barrel. not an
exaggeration. as when the strange OBJ
ject reached the surface il was seen 10
be barrel shaped. about foot in length,
open at one end and emitting a faint
light, but the moment il was touched
as the finder placed hands beneath Il
silvery light.
The discove-ers were not naturaHsts.
but they saw that the animal was alive
and that z stream Of water was pouring
from the open end. forcing the strange
object along. II was caught in pail
and successfully placed IN a taak, and
doubtless the first large pyrosoma seen
alive in America was closely observed
Il would be difficult % eXaggerate the
beauties of this arinaL In a specimen
the writer kept in a dark room in the
Gulf of Mexico. by stirring Il with a
stick. light was produced sufficient 70
read a medium-size print and the sight
wa a ghostlv one. the large type stand
ing ort with marvellous distinctness.
At certain times the pyrosoma is fair
" common in the San Clemente chan
mel but specimens larger than a foot OK
so have never been seen. 1t is IN the
tropics that the animal Is -, It's bot.
Moselev describes one as follows: -'he
most beautiful kind Of phosphorescence
Is. however that OF the Ascidian colony
Of rvrosoma. This. when stimulated by
a touch. shake or h swirl of the wa
ter. gives out a bright globe OF blush
light which lasts for several seconds
and then goes ont suddenly \
giant pyrosoma was caught by US In
the deep sea trawl. It was like a great
sac. with it's walls of jelly
about an inch in thickness. II
was four feet long and ten inches
in diameter. When a pyromosa is stinau-
lated by having its surface touched the
phosphorescent light breaks out just at
the spot stipulated and then spreads
over the surface of the colony 10 the
surrounding animals. I wrote my name
with my finger on the surface OF the
giant pyrosoma as 1t lay on deck and
my name came out IA few seconds IN
letters OF FIRE"
Humboldt has described the radiant
beauties of these FIRE bodies as be saw
them like stars in the bed Of the ocean,
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him down any mo than you can keep
a squirrel on the ground. He is right
there with the friendly grin and the
lnane and useless remark to start
line OF conversation Contrary TO what
you might think. the Buttinsky fan Is
not a low brow in a brown derby. but
a successful and prosperous individual
or middle life OF even far past IL. who
has gotten his pile in some way and
has nothing to do but talk to people
who don't want 20 meet him
once give one Of these well-wishers
an opening snd the player Is hopeless
" lost From then until he gets out
Of the league he win be pursued by
the bug every time he gets TO that
town. It's him for the alley and the
backstairs II he wants to escape or
have any. peace Of mind Ball players
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etbook, watch. or stickpin, hiding Il
away. and gleefuHy watching his fran
tic efforts to find the gewgaws. AS he
searches vainly. accusing each and
everyone Of his loss. he is met with
broad and specific disclaimers which
carry little weight Finally. according
to the accepted method. the missing
article is put in some conspicuous
place, as on the Washstand. and when
his surprised gaze falls upon It he is
greeted with gales OF merriment.
This merry conceit has its draw
backs in that when some outsider does
annex the chattels OF player it is
hard to convince him that it Is not
subtle jest on the part Of teammates,
and he delays putting up a sure enough
roar until the real crook has a chance
to get under cover.
When the team arrives at its desu-
nation all the baggage is piled In one
place on the station platform, whence
Il Is carried in a special wagon to the
hotel. The men ride to the tavern IN
a bas. which is always rickety and in
va-1abIy too small The only cities on
the American League circuit in which
the bus is not brought into play are
Boston. whe-c II is only two OF three
blocks from the Back Bay Station TO
the hotel and New York, where the
street cars are used.
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X y
The MeYYH, old jest.

There is one amusement which helps
to make the ball players life on the
road a constant rpund Of merriment
and humorous delight. No team is
complete without il. and it is as fresh.
snappy. and entertaining on the last
day of the last trip as when worked on
the short jump to the nearest town 10
open the season. II is perennial and
irrepressible. This contamination OF
mad wagEism and hilarious fun con
sists In deftly removing a gents peck-
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time after time without taking in
the points of interest. This tendency
to hang around in the morning and
do nothing is easily understood by
those who have shared the fortunes
of club on the road, and you soon
fan into it yourself.
Baseball is one of the hardest mis-
trcsses in the world. When away
from home the players do practically
nothing but talk and read about the
game-among themselves. There is
much buying Of papers. but the sport
ins- pages and the box scores are read
carefully and little attention paid to
the rest OF the sheet. which is sen
thrown aside No matter what bright
pieces you write for the papers, it is
not probable that your baseball
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rate room and bath for each man.
This demand is never granted. but Il
puts the handshaker next that no coops
under the tin roof will go. He sug-
gests modest. ascetically plain quar-
ters on or next to the top fioor. but
this Is greeted with derIsIon. A com
promise is finally reached. by which
everybody doubles up, two in one
room. with a bath. It is known from
the first that this is going TO be the
result. and the players have already
paired off into roommates. but If they
did not let out a yelp to begin with
the best they would get would be the
worst
Generally. a team reaches its tavern
just about the time a meal is in prog
ress. and. after impressing the urbape
proprietor with the fact that # is
next to cheap-price-cbeap-roo racket.
II makes a collective dive for the
groaning boards. Here ensues another
bit Of scientific and systematic kick
ing. Most hotel walters are ignorant
foreigners. who are not at all impress
ed with The glory OF waiting upon men
who have their names In the papers
every day. and have their pictures
published in various interesting atti-
tudes every little while. Hence. they
have. or would have. a tendency 20
give the athletes the high sign in
favor OF drlmmers. bridal couples,
and such Ike wayfarers. but again
does the beat-'em-to-it policy come IN
10 play-and with desirable results.
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4 Carefree Life

AS a rule the party is composed OF
from nineteen to twenty-four men. in
Guiding business manager, a trainer
and the war correspondents There
being so many the gang usually has
an entire sleeping car 10 itself, in
which 1t enjoys a gladsome, carefree,
coatless life. in which pipes and poker
are the keynotes. Outsiders are seldom
PUT into the baseball car, and when
they are they are not happy. They are
regarded with suspicion and hear rude
things about themselves when they
climb into the upper berth.
This matter OF berths is one that Is
never settled. No matter II the same
team were kept together for ten
years. Il would always bob up. The
ball player who would accept an as
signment to an upper berth without
protesting would be sent back homo
Immediately as deficient IN the ag-
gressiveness essential to victory. The
protest against the second story bed
is as much a part OF the business as
the gnarled finger and the favorite bat.
With craft and cunning the manager
or treasurer who buys the berths gives
himself a lower bunk. and also one to
such stars of the outfeld who have
the most pull. but very often the star
kicker fares ahead of the star per-
former.
Sleeping car berths weer made for
normal people and when you squeeze
into one Of them a man who is out OF
the ordinary in size has his troubles
HueIsman, for instance. who was
with washington last year. was un-
usually tall and still growing. One
night on the way to Cleveland he was
doubled up like a monkey on a stick
when the train suddenly stopped.
Huelsnan didn't. The jar loosened him
like a spring that has been released,
and HIS head and feet moved IN oppo-
site directions. both bringing up
against the ends Of the berth. He dent
ed a hole in the wood with his head
and nearly knocked all OF his toes
out Of joint. Much ice water was ap-
piled to his extremities before he
could put on his shoes OF his hat He
stoutly asserted that il he had been
in a lower berth II would never have
happend.
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Demand Team Work At Meals.

Being men OF action themselves. the
diamond stars demand quick work on
the part OF the servitors. They are
not loud OF rough about II. but are
steadfastly insistent IN getting the
best on the menu in the least possible
time. When eighteen or twenty men
are united In one high resolve IN one
place something usually happens. In
this case the happenings are interest
ing and profitable. The nervous and
excitable walters are kept on the
jump and the athletes get better serv-
Ice without tips than you would get
with them. although It must not be
understood that they do not give
small grat1ities 70 the garcons when
they are particularly energetic. Ho-
tells would not take bail teams II they
did not ind them profitable, and the
lordly head waiter sees 10 it that his
underhags hustle along the orders.
Teams on the road very. very sell
dom indulge in morning practice. de-
spite the fact that the league rules
give them the privilege OF using the
enemy's grounds an hour each morn
ing. and their members can nearly
always be found around the hotel,
swapping stories. taking chances on
the cigar slot machines. or playing
billiards or pool. There is a strange
indifference 10 sightseeing. and many
men visit famous cities like Boston
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they are out OF mischief Also, Il tends
to keep them from going to sleep on
the bases next day, but II does not al
ways have erect
But, while the sleepy heads are
dreaming away, the rest Of the outfit
resolves itself into one group which
starts a poker game and another
which gathers in the smoking compart-
ment and fans" The poker games
are nearly always five-banded-two
men on each seat and one on some
body else's suitcase in the aisle To
sit on your own suitcase and mash il
into a disreputable wreck is considered
very bad form, and a woeful lack OF
judgment The game is invariably
started on the seats at the entrance
TO the narrow passageway leading TO
the den OF the smokers. Anybody who
wants to get in or out has TO climb
over the fellow in the aisle This is
good exercise for the legs and also
develops a high degree Of patience in
all concerned. Any man who has fol-
lowed a bail team for any length of
time should be able to get a lob at
fancy ground tumbling Another pc
culiarity about these games is that it
is generally found that they have been
started in the section OF some athlete
who desires to WOO morpheus early.
The poker players refuse to move. and
there Is a readiustment of berths in
order that one of the rollicking gam
l-oliers may be switched into that sec
ton. Sometimes this results In the
sleepy one being fimnammed out OF
a lower berth. which he has obtained
only after strenuous campaigning, and
II does not put him In a good humor.
No attention is paid to his remarks
While nearly everybody In the outfit
takes a flyer in poker at one time or
another, the stakes are almost in
variably small. and the games seldom
ran much after midnight That's
enough.
Ball players do not like 70 talk base
BAH with outsiders. and they cannot
be blamed for that when you remem-
Der the kind of Idiots who insist upon
discussing the great national game
with them. but among themselves they
talk little about anything else. The
smoking compartment of the teams
car on a night run has a tanning bee
which make one Of these ''kiIl-the-
umpire" shouters die OF delight Every
phase of the sport and its patrons is
discussed with vigor, besides which
stories by the score are told of the
The Washington times., 1906-05-27

Washington has proved herself exceedingly loyal her baseball
team this Her citizens have turned Great numbers to
cheer the Brave Boys to victory and occasionally commit assault
and battery the reckless umpire who dared to hurt their feel
ng But all this has been the local field battle The story
of the teams invasion of the enemys territory chapter
history that cannot be overlooked Thomas Rice sporting editor of
The Times the tale of the Nationals sally into foreign parts the
tale and downs pursuit American League pen
nant worthy of note that Mr. Rice the only sporting editor
Washington paper who has followed the flag He
has stuck to them brother where an oyster cocktail
is frowned upon and unolds their secrets for the first
time.
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approaches the doomed individual with
but his method is none the less deadly
in the END. The athlete has bluffed
the waiter into bringing him an un-
usually good dinner. and Is contented-
the bug takes the next seat and re-
marks: That was a great run you
made today" Huh IS the grunted
reply. DID you think Jones was out
al the olate in the third inning2''
Nope" from the victim. That UNI
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USE ANIMALS FOR LAMPS

and so brilliant was their light that he
could distinguish fishes by their rad
lance. The pyromosa, or FIRE body, aaS
on many occasions astOnished observers
by its splendid light that varies In tint
and color. Thus those observed by Ben
nett. the English naturalist, gave out
splendid pale greenish light, while "a
Peron. the French zOOlOgist, met
school OF them near the Isles OF France
and describes them as resembling red
hot balls Of iron"
In all probability Bibra- the Brazilian
naturalist, was the first to utilize thsi-
light when he placed six small speci
mems in a swinging glass IN his cabin
and used their brilliant light as lamp
by which he wrote a description OF tn
animals and their beauties. Sir Wyvih
Thompson, referring TO the blaze o
phosphorescence and train OF intens,
brightness that followed the ship. while
he did not use them IN h.s cabin as
lamps. says: 1T was an easy matter L
read the smallest print sitting at the
after port in my cabin. and the bows
shed on either side rapidly widening
spaces Of radiance so vivid as 70 throw
the sails and rigging into lights ana
shadows"
is really a colony made up OF innumer-
able pseudo individuals bound together
by insoluble ties. Each individual in
feeding draws water from the outside
and elects 1t on the inner side, and as
countless. jets are being forced out
stream IS formed which forces the en-
tire colony along in the direction 1t hap
pens 70 be headed. The light OF the
Atlantic forms is an intense green. but
in very large individuals II IS blue
1t is well known that some OF the
most remarkable light givers are crabs
and Of all the crustaceans the squilia
are the most interesting. The writer
kept several from the Atlantic and the
Gulf Of Mexico. and had never noticed
their phophorescence. A large and beau
tiful specimen was dredged or Avalon
bay. California. and placed IN a tank
that its beauties OF eoIOr-red. blue, pur-
PIE, and green-might be observed. II
happened that in looking at the tank
one night the squilIa was seen TO be
surrounded by q peculiar light. which
examination showed. came from the ven
traI hnets. or some part o. them, sufh-
cient 10 make the strange crustacean
stand out in lines Of gold
The animal. at least IN the Pacific
waters. IS deep water 1orn ana one OF
the most attractive OF all marine ami
mails in its marvellous cOloring. 1t Is
very active. having wonderful swim
ming apparatus. darting about with
great velocity.
In the waters twenty miles OF San
Pedro may be seen the salpa, a Won
derfUl light giver. Chains OF them ten
or even twenty feet long have been
-
ed at night or all the luminous ami
mails these are among the most won
derfuI The light is confined TO the So
called nucleus Of the animal and bodies
Of water twenty miles square have been
seen glowing with light and color from
them.
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pire's rotten anyhow. been handing
il 70 visiting teams all the season
How'd dye find him IN other citiesE''
Pretty punk" assents the unfortun-
ate being as he moves out 10 the hotel
steps IN the vain hope Of escaping
Does he get away thus easily2 Not
on sour life That man with the base
ball mental twist follows him out
there, makes the same unnecessary
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good old days" when q man had to
be there with his dukes as well as his
bat If he wished to make good This
talkfest is accompanied by much
smoking. a few chewing a meditative
qufd.
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~ VERY now and then some
wisenheimer with a face
Ike a cartoon will remark
as he makes another pass
at the free lunch that all
ball games are fixed and
that the players know who is going TO
win. that the pennant has been award
ed to such and such a team before the
season began.
II you were to travel with ball
team for a while you would not reason
with such. but belt MIN over the head
with something hard and heavy. To
a young and unmarried man touring
the big world with an aggregation OF
major league tossers Is a pleasant TO
lief from the strain Of ordinary news
paper work-when tho team Is win
ming. II It is in the midst OF a losing
streak II is likely 10 be distinctly dis
agreeable. When on the upward move
the athletes are there with the glad
hand and cheering smiles. They are
the original heartbreakers. and the
rides IN the bus are marked by alleged
singing and the rapid passing of the
merry quip and Jest II the things are
breaking badly the whole outfit is
gloomy and grouchy and stays in the
background as much as possible. Let
us presume for the purpose OF this
story that our brave boys are win
ming.
The man IN the world with the least
responsibility is the ball player on the
road except when on the diamond.
The word IS passed around for the
team to assemble at the station at a
certain time. and each man shows up
with his suit case and uniform bag.
His job OF carrying these necessary
articles 10 the train IS the extent OF
his labors until his return at the end
Of the trip. The manager or treasurer
buys one ticket for the entire party
and also has sleeping car berths.
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The BaaebaR Crank.

Now we come to the greatest Of
all nuisances-the crank who hangs
around hotels and tries TO butt into
conversation with bail players.
He Is ubiquitous and irrepressible.
He sometimes meets you at the sta
around the lobby. You can't keep
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remarks. and receives the same un-
satisfactory answers Finally thu
strain on the nerves becomes too
great. and the receiving end Of the
conversational battery fees to his
room or a street car.
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friends will see them and be prop
erly impressed unless the e1usion is
on the sporting page.
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Sleeping Is Encouraged.

Some or the travellers go early 20
bed. and the time the majority of them
SPEND in the hay" is remarkably
This is encouraged, for when in bed
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VERY now and then some
wisenheimer with q face
Ike a cartoon will remark
as he makes another pass
at the free lunch that all
ball games are fixed and
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