Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-12

ter like Roger Conner was at the plate.
Roger would put a fast one through sec
end ana third. If he hit n slow ball, the
ball came sailing between second and
first. Kelley Was chockiull OF baseball
on tiI' field tti;.n lne only Mike.
''cuc clay AT i;"st"n ne WAS on first
when / followed MIN at the bat anu drove
Il crouiid''r To S'C,.ir,i. k"iicN stepped off
first and the second baseman of the op-
Iu.-In., ;t.tl' .IuI. Nnuw what - 40
With the bail. Tile bats,i.:in was running
tor first ana finally tic fielder threw TO
Irst. -\s soon as tie BAN Lit the first
haS-man's glove Kelley struck lii. foot on
the bag. Umpirr Gann2y called the run
ner out ANA SAID That Kelley WaS safe
1t took some rapid mental c.iiCulItin% for
k"lv t" think that Play out. but he
knew eNclv angle of baseball, ana al
ways did the right thing at the right
time on The bail iivld
~ ely lied pcnnilcSs, after earning 500
900 in salaries while playing baseball. The
day he died he slipped of a slretchcr
while being conveyed into a hospit IL and
his last woids We're This is my last
slide
II never saw Kelly fcazpd but once. The
Boston team was entering the field at
Indianapolis one daJ when IN old Irish
man in the llcachcrs yelled 10 Kelly:
You're a tfne-lookin' tin-thousand-dol-
lar beauty. amt you now?'
Well, / got the best of you. old man,
replied Miise. Tn eating Strawberries and
ice cream off the salary l earn perform
ing for suckers" like YOU
Yes. and the bartenders get yours
all right was the response hurled back
~ the willy old Turk. The reply was 50
literally true that Kelly shut up like a
clam.
Ned Williamson was the best short
stop ever knew. and the hardest throw
err the game has ever produced. He held
tho record for long distance throwing for
hlNr S.tr A
son many q time with q throw to first
Anson and Kelly had the same posi-
ton at the bat They would stand over
the plate. with their backs to the catcher
and look the pitcher straight in the eye
and hold their bat down until the pitcher
delivered the hall Then they would raise
their club ard swing for the ball. They
wer" the first batsmen to introduce thi:
position at the plate
Nearly all batSmen today take n side
position at the Mate The deceptive fea-
ture of kelly's stand at the bat was that
you could never tell until he swung at a
hall where he aimed to place the ball
kelly would throw ball to second
WITHOUT moving out of his tracks. Buck
Ewing and Charlie Rennett We're two mer
who could throw like chained lightning
without taking a step backward. Ewing
was tho hest catcher OF his day. Tie
threw his arm out of gear pitching win.
ming game against the champion Bostons
and was meyer Of any account again.
The success of the champion Baltimore
team was due to the fact that we kepi
our opponents guessing all the time. Will
two men ont ard the bases filled, the
Orioles had habit Of bunting when ev-
eryhodv thourht tho play would ne to hit
the hall out. Then when they carne in 70,
hunts we would hump the ball for keeps
and tear their skins off
Nod Hanlon was the best base rune,
of his dav. He learned all he knew al
baseball playing against Kelly. William.
son. and the stars of the old Chicago
White STOCKINGS. The modern style nj
baseball. supposed to have beon intro.
T"ced hv tho cha"nion RaItir1orns unie,
Han'on'@ arrangement was nothing NOR
than old tricks revamped and perfected
by modern experts"