Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

National League club he was put in to
twirl game against the Cincinnati
team. Frank Dwyer was doing the
pitching for the Reds. and great battle
the box men had.
Along about the fifth inning, when
Ortiz was at the bat. Frank sent up a
fast straight ball that was on a level
with Ars waistline. Orth laid all his
weight against that ball and it went on
a Decline straight for Pitcher Dwyer.
Unfortunately Frank didn't have time
to duck the deadly spheroid, and in
consequence the horsehide connected
with Dryers head, and with so much
force that 1t bounced off and was caught
by Tommy Corcoran, the Cincinnati
shcrtstop. away over in short left field
OF course. Dryer went down for the
count and longer, and It was with great
difficulty that he was brought around at
all. but he was. after whole raft of doc
tors got to work on him: still he never
fully recovered from the injury, and was
forced to quit base ball short time
afterward.
After the excitement attending Dryers
injury had subsidized and Orth was TAX
ing his position on the firing line for the
Phllies. he paused moment to say to
Tim Hurst:
IT was hit in the head myself once,
Tim. when I was playing in the Virginia
State League. and was knocked sense
less"
well" said Hurst. 'if you will only
IT."
How Cooley Could Make His Living.
Dick Cooley, who was one of the noted
swatters of the Philadelphia National
League club, was also one of the noislest
base ball players ever known.
Dick was the greatest kind of a cut
I'D. and was never still, either on or on
the ball field Aside from his love TOT
his spike shoe profession DICK was also
something of an entertainer on humorous
lines, He couIu do a decidedly amusing
black-face turn. and his talents were
Dick is now working on one OF keith s
western circuits, reaping all KINDS OF
gladstone press notices, on account OF
his ability. But long before he became
famous and when he was giving enter
tainments around Philadelphia this clever
ball tosser always hau hankering for
the stage.
One day a number of the Phillies were
sitting in the club house talking ABOUT
the coin they were going to Win that DAY
over at the Sheepshead Bay race track.
when Dick Cooley came in with his genial
countenance diffused with a glad light.
The cause was soon known, for 1t didn
take Cooley long to let the whole ounch
know that he had been offered week
trial at one of the leading vaudeville
houses in the Quaker city, with the stlp-
ulation that If he made good he would
be given a twenty weeks contract for the
winter months.
Then the fellows got out their ham
mers and they good-naturedly began to
knock" Finally. Dick, who was now
pretty we'll stirred UP, turned to big Ed
Delehanty, who was his closest friend,
and asked in almost pathetic tones:
Look here, Ed, don't you think can
make my living on the stage?
YES" coolly shot back Del, as he
winked at the other players: you might
by driving it." This was. too much for
the now thoroughly exasperated Dick,
and he strobe from the clubhouse hurl-
ing the most awful maledictlons at the
heads of his comrades.
Bill Carrick and the Attorney.
When Bill Carrick was pitching for the
National League club of New York, in
which city he earned for himself the
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