The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01

JIMMY BYRNES, the former Salt
Lake catcher, is fast making himself
solid with Connie Mack. His snaDDy.
aggressive style Of playing has caught
the eye of the Philadelphia manager,
and Jimmy will be given every chance
to make good. One Quaker City writ
Ell who is with the Athletics favOrs
Byrnes with the following: There
is no disputing that Mack has picked
up a conner in Catcher Byrnes. The
yOungster IS a most willing catcher, is
always in the game and plays with a
snap and dash which meets with the
hearty approval Of Connie. He again
displayed fine form behind the bat,
catching BARLEY, Meyers and Dygert
for the Yanigans."
FATHER TOM KELLY. who was
one of Chief Borchers' pitching staff
in the White Wings, announces his in
tentiOn of breaking into the game
again this year. He is trying to sign
with some eastern team and it is said
has several offers. Kelly says his
pitching arm is all right after couple
of years rest and that he is now as
good as he ever was.
BERT DELMAS has signed to play
the infield for Mike Fisher at Fresno
this year. He will probably be used
at shortstop, as Casey has the second
bag position under mortgage.
DICK EGAN, who played on the Salt
Lake Maroons and last year with SpO-
kane. in the p. y. l., has signed with
Peoria in the Three I league this year.
Teal Raymond, the speedy shOrtstOp
for Spokane, has also signed to play
with the same team.
BRIDGETT DONAHUE is with
Kansas City this year. Donahue has
No 10 -fv Ca1f
Lake. Starting out with St. Louis in
/ the National league. he was quickly
dropped, when Philadelphia picked
him I'D and gave him a chance. Here
he failed to make good and drifted
back into minor leag que company. Don
ahue, it will be remembered. was in on
deal to rob Salt Lake, which, was
successfully carried through. and from
that day to the present time DOnahue
has failed 10 make good in a single
team he has played with
TACKS PARROTT is always good
! for a story. Here is one told on him
/ by Youngey Johnson, a well known
/ player on the Pacific coast:
You remember Tacks? What a
/ character! Tacks was rooming with
/ little King Kelly, who is now running
/ bowling alley somewhere in Iowa.
! Kelly was an awful bug about getting
his hits. He kept a little notebook,
/ ana every time ne uldIe d DiiiE3- uON II
/ it went in the book. Any time of the
( day he could tell what his batting av-
/ erage was to the fraction IL the
! spring Kelly hit like a demon, and
/ then the slump came. L think he
went fifteen games without even max
| ing a foul. He was in a horrible state
| of mind Then Parrot lost his batting
eye, which worried him nearly to
! death.
! AS said. PARROT and Kelly
| roomed together, and my room was
| right near theirs. Night after night I
| overheard them talking about the hits
| they didn't get or were robbed out of.
| 1t was as good as a circus to hear them
| fan. On this particular light PARROT
was bemoaning his luck when Kelly,
thinking that we would kid Tacks,
said:
q" PARROT, perhaps you caught your
/ bad luck by sleeping with me. They
] say it is contagious
Then there was silence for a second.
| Evidently Tacks was thinking what
| Kelly had said.
- believe you are right, Kelly,
| roared Parrot. and just for that you
may get out of here. Go and get an
other bed!'
| TT is a fact that Parrot wouldn't
/ allow Kelly to sleep in the same bed
| with him the rest of the night. Kelly
| came and got in bed with me, and /
] thought / would die laughing. Parrott
+, told me the next day that he caught