The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
NO BRASS BANDS FOR Killing
Kansas City Does Not Enthuse Over
King of Catchers.
Cub BackstOp Has an Offer 10 Take
Char Se At Cincinnati, but MUIR
ply Says lie Must Return.

From the Kansas City star
Mr. John King. our distinguished feI-
Iow-citizen whose map" has covered
more territory in the newspapers in the
last few weeks than the man who was
cured OF hay fever. asthma. and other
ailments, is with us again.
King John" was not met at the dilap-
idated depot by a brass band. nor did the
wild eyed fans arrange a big feed for
his homecoming Nobody knew that
John was blowing this way-he came
uuheralded and alone. But before noon
yesterday il was noised about the city
that the greatest man that ever knelt
behind the hickory was here and al aft
ernoon he was busy telling his friends
how be and some eleven other modest
Cubs tanned the ferocious Tigers
Despite the honors that have come 70
him Mr.. Killing has lost none of his mod
esty. He's stin plain John King. Of
course. ne has "a new suit OF clothes lined
with SO notes and an ermine overcoat. a
new worlds championship memento that
soon viii dangle gracefully from mis-
watch chain. and a scrap book jammed
with clippings Of how ne tanned wild and
ferocious Tigers raging rampant toward
places they dreamed OF but never came
10, but he's the same old German Tin
ker's stories 10 the contrary and he
doesn't have 10 stop and ransack his
mental machinery before showing you the
joyous duke and lamp Of recognition. To
be sure. he cannot help but think OF the
g
sport writer's showered him with rich
praises and the multitudes shouted ap-
proving frantic plaudits in his ears. but
he isn't walking on stills with his turret
In the clouds He's still plebeian, Is Mr
J. King.
The unassuming John will be a Cub
again next year. He is under contract
Too bad. Wen miss the annual con-
trOversy between the crack poOlist and
the magnate, Murphy While il is almost
certain that King viii catch in Chicago
next season. John does not deny that
Garry Hermann has made him d aatter-
ing offer 10 manage the Reds He says
he would like 10 accept on account Of
the money, but admits that the time isn't
ripe, as the Chicago fans wouldn't stand
for such a deal, even should Owner Muir
ply be willing TO turn over his strong
armed catcher 10 the esteemed Garry.
Speaking Of the worlds series. king
said: Detroit tossed away the first two
games by trying 20 steal bases. Time
after time runners We're uipped, when il
they had played safe they would have
scored later. But they thought they
could swipe EN- and they learned better
too late. They We're out of ginger in the
last three games and played like a lot o.
dead ones"
When ''Ty-' Cobb saw the Cubs per-
form in st. Louis the last day OF the
season he remarked that If the Cub
pitchers worked no better than they did
then he would bat 500 in the worlds
series and would run hog wild on the
bases, even travelling from first TO third
on 4 bunt- That was talking some But
when the real test came 'Ty's' way he
died stealing second and third ike a pet
Tiger eating out Of Kings hand When
the medaled Tyrus Raymond came TO bat
IN the worlds series King would taunt
him about hitting 800 and boodling bases.
and all that Cobb wanted to whip King
on several occasions.