Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

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What Ralph Glaze Meant
Ralph Glaze, the ex-Dartmouth lad who
Is going so well this season for the Bos-
ton club. is very popular among his team
mates. with whom he is acquiring a reputa-
ton a wit.
The other day he and Ferris were seated
in e lobby Of their hotel In Boston. MANY
plants were scattered about the lobby The
ex-coflege lad glanced around at the dis
play. and then turning to Ferris. he ex-
Il am glad to see the inqufsitive plants
growing so we'll"
What kind Of plants are tkeyr' asked
the puzzled second baseman.
Oh, rubber. drawied Ralph with tha
falntest approach to a smile on his face.
How Jack Crooks Received His Nick
name
When Jack Crooks. the second basernan,
who played In Washington a dozen years
ago. was In his prime, he was noted for his
rough tactics when playing the game. He
was one Of those unusually strenuous fell
lows who certainly did not belong to the
college graduate class. But Jack was
good man at his position, and his enthu-
sasm was pleasant thing to see
He was star in the days when Won der
Ahe was running the Brown team, and
the players on the circuit were all in fear
OF crooks when he got on the bases, as 1T
wasn't so much his intention to be wicked
as 1t was that he let his desire to win the
game offset any possible injuries that
might happen to man on the opnosine
club.
On account of these well-known charac-
teristics Jack got himself disIfked in some
quarters, and as he did not possess an an
gelic cast of features his personal appear
ance failed to belle the reports which were
circulated about him.
1t was in Washington. where he received
the sobriquet that stuck to him, through
the rest of his bali-playing days
Washington had at that time a first
baseman by the name of Ted Larkin, who
once played at Philadelphia Ted was one
OF those massive fellows who possessed I'M
known strength. and on the occasion in
question Jack Crooks was thrown out at
first but as he slid into the bag he pur-
poseiy Knocked the ball from Larkin's
hand and then rolled over on 1t. In order
to give Breitenstein, his teammate. a
chance to get to third.
This made Larkn so mad that he nicked
Crooks up bodily. and with mighty heave
that was a few feet outside of the foul
line. AS 1t had rained the night before
there was plenty of water in this puddle
and when Jack arose from the slime he
was covered from head to foot with good
old Washington mud, and just then, when
everything was quiet. the crowd waiting
GREATNESS to see what Jack would do
small boy. with a peculiarly penetrating
voice. sung out DIRTY Jack Crooks" And
ever afterward this was the name Jack
was called by.
Lew Drill and the Stranger.
Ball players in travelling about the coun-
try, run into more real adventures than
any other class of people who take jour-
neys railroads
One of the queerest that ever happened
to a ball player was experienced by the
genial Lew Drill, who was a valued men,
Der of the Washington club a few years
ago. Lew had his experience when the
train was about 100 miles outside of De-
troft.
At this time Drill was studying law, and
it was his habit to always carry with him
a set of law books which he would con
while journeying about the country Most
ball players while on the train seek the
greater freedom afforded by the smoking
car, but Lew, who wished to study. could
generally be found reading in pas
senger coach.
On this occasion Lew was reading law.
with the judicial expression on his face of
Lord Arskine, when his; attention was
attracted by a big man, who sat in the
seat ahead of him and who stared Drill in