Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-10
TED SULLIVAN
NEARLY PUT OUT
Experience of the Noted Base
Ball Promoter in Atlanta
in.1894.
Hit in the Head With a Ball by
Pitcher Fannin, Whom
He Had Annoyed.

Peiee. the Frisco disaster, the Kingston
earthquake and the day that Ted Suili-
van was Knocked out Will go hand In
hand through the pages of history and
the memory of man, says the Atlanta
Journal.
Each zwas something to marvel at. but
the Sullivan mishap has a shade the best
of the others. FOR it bears the distinction
of being original and stands out in
fashion that nothing else has ever
eaUaled
There have been numerous cyclones.
many earthquakes. and big fires have de-
stroyed great cities and thousands of
lives have been offered up a sacrifice
to- the upheavals of nature. but there has
never been but one Ted Sullivan, and he
never knocked into the land of nod
but once. Then. however he was put to
sleep and for several minutes dreamed he
was trying to get the boatman of the
River Styx To carry him across for pass
to the next days game.
Went to Sunderland.
1t happened in the year 1894 when Ted
was the whole thing with the Atlanta
ball club and Pitcher Fannin was the
gent who pulled off the trick and sent
Ted to Nappytown.
New Orleans was playing Atlanta that
day a Athletic Park. and Ted. arrayed in
nice new gray uniform. was doing yeo-
mans work on the coaching line. He had
q set of signals that went like this:
High grass, low moon, setting sun, Tus-
caloosa. Montezuma, Opelika." and other
names that meant to the men of the At
ltnta club that certain plays were to be
pulled off next.
Sullivan had been keeping everybody
busy all the Afternoon with his signals
and the big crowd in the park was enjoy
Ing the fun
Alb Powell and Count Campau were
playing with New Orleans, and Fannin.
one OF the biggest men who ever pitched
In the Southern League was in the box
for the Pelicans, Ted had been giving
him a lot of trouble and Fannin was get
ting very sore.
Wore Big Shoes.
Along with his new uniform Ted was
wearing an immense pair Of new tan shoes
that were laced with loud buff strings. The
shoes were too large for him and were for
the street aud not for base ball playing.
Every time that an Atlanta player went to
bat Sullivan would wait until Fannin was
about to pitch and then run up to the plate
and speak to the batter. This would make
1T necessary for the twirler to wind up
again and then Ted would make another
pretense of talking with mis- man.
Fannin complained about this to the UNI
pirc. but Sullivan contended that as the
manager of the club he had a right to
speak TO his players about the game, and
the umpire did not stop him.
m, ~ fbe niain seain he would give eth" the
Atlanta manager a biff on the side of the
head with the ball that he would never
fbtpet and that the chances wsre he would
nos Gye-very long to- remember the day
Tbs did not deter Sullivan any. and the
very next man up for atlanta had had swung
10 The Mate !
Inst Minute.
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ening thud. as the noveliStS say. and Sui
livan was fighting space.
For a minute he swung around like a
top with his arms wildly trying to reach
the pitcher who had sent the ball against
his head. and then he slowly sank to the
ground
Water was brought and some one raised
the PROSTATE managers head. He was un-
conscious but feebly murmured: High
grass Now low moon.
Then he sank into a fitful slumber that
lasted for about two minutes
A Beautiful Mound.
In the meantime beautiful mound was
SLOWLY rising around Teds right eye 1t
finally assumed the shape of the western
banispbere and then it began to rival
the most brilliant rainbow that the heavens
ever boasted Of. There were tints of all
co,ors that would have put the worlds
araatest artists TO shame
When sullivan regained consciousness
a. All hing he said was that he did NOT
us,, E'anrir 70 he prosecuted for tSe blow
"A SmoIoerlng volcano.
"Ah' he cried as he nursed the smolder-
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