The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

slOwest runners in the world. he never
could time himself under ten seconds.
And one OF the best things ever pulled
off was on him. He beat out a. bunt one
Gay on the Chicago grounds. How, I
don remember. Possibly the third base
man was paralyzed. But the next morn
ing at practice he was gloating.
Why" he said, 'ff Anse would let me
bunt I'd hit 800 I can beat them out
There was g lot of joshing and kidding,
and finally Callahan and Dahlen offered
pitch and Dahien play third, with sta
tiOnary first baseInan, and throw him
out. Furthermore they agreed not to
start from their positions until he hit
1t looked easy for Tim and the fun
started. Tim poked down q pretty bunt
and Dahlen, after standing still until
Tim was well under way, ran in, and,
picking it up, showed it into his pocket
Meanwhile Tim was tearing along to-
wards first, and Just before he got there
Callahan pulled another ball out OF his
pocket and threw Tim out.
The fun got Lot, The whole gang. kid
ding Tim, hOWIed with delight, as Cal
and Dahl. each with ball planted. in
his pocket, threw Tim out time after
time until he surrendered. But he was
'"The greatest pair Of fielders IN the
/ business" he said. ''Keeler couldn't beat
one out on them in a week. They're won
ders."
Jim Mcclure is. one OF the Quietest and
most docile ball players in the world,
/ but once he got into trouble, 1t was
when he was catching for Cleveland.
! That day Pat Tebeau, Jess Burkett Nc
/ Kean, OCOnnOr and that crowd was aft
/ er Tim Hurst, who was umpir1ng, ana
Tim, after chasing them to the bench,
/ was fr0thing at the mouth, and stick
/ ing his head over the gate by the club
house, kept yelling to MCGUIRE to go
/ after Hurst Every few minutes he
would howl at Mcguire: GO at him,
/ JimV And finally, along about the sew
/ enth inning, Hurst called an awful bail.
/ TebeaU and angry over the bad de-
/ cisiOn, rushed down through the dta-
mond. straight at Tim, who never moved
until Just as Mcguire reached him, then,
/ stepping forward, he landed a short lab
! in Jims ribs and kicked him on the
shins. MCGUIRE was so asounded that
] he backed nearly to the plate, and Hurst,
! following him, remarked calmly: ana
/ If you don't like it, pass It on to Pat"
|
! Big En- Gross, who was one Of the
! heaviest hitting catchers that ever ham
died hot ones off the bat and who could
throw like a shot. had one weakness, and
/ that was in catching Tor rather IN not
! Catching) those tail spiral fouls He could
run circles under them about half as
/ big as Rhode Island when he was play
/ ing with Providence, and then 'uisjudge
/ the ball ten feet.
/ The funny part Of the performance was
/
suit Of one Of these fouls. Every time
the ball was fouled high Joe would turn
/ his back, drop his head, put his hands
/ behind him. and Ca to the short stop:
/ HAS he got it? Has he got ItP'
| Fortunately for Joe he was far enough
/ from En- 70 be safe until the big fellow
got OVss''@ ss-@ - - rs r
Mike Kelly. Of course. was the greatest
| catcher that ever hved-in spite Of his
! passed balls He caught with his brains
/ 4 l., Al !
brainy plays that his successors have
used.
! One story shows how quick KeI thought.
/ That year the National league passed
/ the rule permitting a manager to take
| a player out OF the game at any time.
! One day kel was on the bench and Flint
/ was catching. 1t was a tight game, and,
/ late In the struggle, with men on bases,
! one Of the opposing batters hit a foul
/ fly over towards the bench Quick as a
/ flash Kelly jumped from the bench,
and caught the foul Then he took Flint s
mask and started IN to catch.
! lie gave carney strenuous argu-
ment, but Gait refused TO stand for It.
!
| Bill Schrfver, the old Cincinnati, Pitts
/ burg, Chicago and elsewhere catcher, had
/ the hardest head Of any white man that
I ever caught baseball. Players who passed
! Bill used to rap him on the head play
| fully with their bats.
One day he was with Minneapolis and
| was catching a wild young pitcher
named Kaggey, who was q bit nervous.
| There was q. runner on first base and
| Kaggey was watching him closely.
! Schriver took off his mask to fix the
strap just as Kaggey pitched a fast in
| shoot The ball hit Bill in the fore
head, dropped on to the ground. and
! Bill, picking It up. threw the runner out
| at second Then, as he started again
/ TO adjust his mask he said:
Say, young fellow, look where you're
pitching after this"
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