Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
STORIES OF BALL PLAYERS.
How "Noodles" Hahn Received His
Nickname.

How "Noodles" Hahn Received His
Nickname.
When Hahn was the pitching idol of the
Cincinnati club he was great lover or the
dish that II 1t did not make Cincinnati Ia
NOUS at least brought it much notoriety.
Reference Is made to noodles. which. to
be appreciated. must be eaten In the queen
city of the west. For there they know now
to prepare noodles as they can be put up
nowhere else.
pitcher Hahn used to develop brain
storm every time he would think OF moo
dies and the way they were served In the
German saloons over the Rhine
Hahn was devouring noodles nlght ana
day. and every moment that he could steai
away from the cares of his position ne
could be found lover the Rhine with
luscious bowl Of noodles.
One night his team mates Determined 10
play a Joke on the then famous twlrler:
The whole lot. including Breitenstein ana
PETIT, the 'pretzel battery" accompanied
Hahn to a well-kept German resort, where
the crowd. after being served, proceeoeo
to make things merry for Hahn. go
Each player had provided himself with
short pieces Of rubber tubing, white, ana
about the size of noodles. When Ham
order of noodles was placed on the taDie
the merry jokers took turns In attracting
the attention of the pitcher while some one
of their number would slyly drop a length
of rubber among his noodles.
But Hahn. 1t Is declared. Kept on eatlns
lust as IL he had been nourished on rup-
Der diet. He had consumed about half
pound of rubber in two bowls OF noodles
when Brietenstein. who was anxious 10 see
some fun, dropped IN about YARD OF ruo-
her mining This produced the climax, 1or
after Hahn had got about half of it down
his throat he began to take on queer eA-
preston; then he went through the syhp-
toms of man choking. and IN announcer
moment he was doing rapla VIM .,r aM u =
act with the result that he found hlmseii
in possession of a piece of rubber nose tnat
caused a look of panied surprise to over
spread his features.
With blood in his eye, he was gong 70
execute the rough house act, when the un-
restrained laughter of his fellow-piayerS
soon put him wise to the game which mad
been pulled off at his expense.
1t is claimed that Mr.. Hams atlenipt
to state his opinion of the stunt was a
classic in the art of expression Brieten-
stein used to say that when getting pack
to Cincinnati that night they found IL nee
essary to hold Hahn down With an s.reIs. III
in order to keep him from bouncing away.
From that day to the termination or ms
base ball career the nickname of Noodles
stuck to the famous pitcher
What Tim Hurst Told Dick Padden.
Dick Padden. who was prematurely
bald headed when he first broke into speedy
company, and who looked considerably
older than he really was. could play fine
game around the second sack.
He was to base ball what Robert FItzsim-
mons was to pugilism.
Padden was credited with being the best
Informed man on inside base ball OF his
day He originated many plays. among
them the now celebrated triple-steal af-
fair. 1t took a Dick Padden. though. to
successfully pull off this play, and that is
the reason one seldom hears of its being
worked today.
Padden's idea as to time, distance and
the knowledge of his own speed and that
of his players absolutely faultless. He
captained the st. Louis club a few years
ago and when not cavorting about the ball
field he took huge delight in strolling
through the city and gazing in at shop win
dows.
Dick had some pecularities. among which
was his inclination for strenuous kicking.
He came from away up in kickersville, did
Mr. Padden, and he was past master in
the art. but he was butter-tingered at the
repartee game. because he could not think
quickly enough. This made him inferior
to McGraw. Kelley. and several others of
the same class.
one day, in a hot contest between the
Boston club and the st. Louis team. Sir
Richard attempted to purloin the second
sack. when Tim Hurst called him out Then
DICK In language or the most strenuous de-
scription essayed to convey to the mind of
Mr.. Hurst his opinion of that gentleman,
and OF the Hurst family. even back to that
faraway period when they sat In state at
the court OF Brian Boru.
Padden, in his grafton, had fairly eclipsed
all his former efforts. and he was just tall
ing off a perfect gem of a knock. when
Hurst. who is a born kidder. stridng up to
within an inch Of Padden. shook his fore
finger under that players nose. and cried
with simulated anger:
Another word from you, you sassy old
thing. and I'll give you right away to
your manager.
Give mo away about what?" cried the
surprised Padden. stopped in his arraign-
ment of the umpire.
You know very WELL" answered Tim.
still shaking his finger slowly in front of
Padden's face; "I'll tell him that you are
an old has-been ball player, and that you
are only now drawing money under false
pretenses. Oh. I'll put him wise, all right"
continued Hurst, who found II hard TO sup
press his laughter as he viewed the amaze
ment on the face of Sir Richard; land III
tell him right now, too, added Hurst; II
you do not hot-foot back to the BENCH
AS this was a species of jollying that was
entirely foreign to Padden's powers of COM
prehension. 1t left him in SO dazed a condi-
ton that he started for the players bench
though he should have gone to the center
field.
Sam Crawford Got Reckless With the
Lather.
Sam Crawford of the Detroit club in his
earlier days out in his native state of Ne
braska was barber. and even now, at
times he likes the feel of the razor.
This popularity Sans part is well
nursed on the part of the other Tigers, who