Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Charley Levers Occupation.

good enough at the pitching game to earn
$1,000 in six months instead of working
nine months for four hundred and fifty
plunks
Lever used to keep in practice by play
Ing ball at the recess hour with his
scholars. He also formed d team from
among his boys and played with them
against other nearby clubs.
Charley Jones' Lucky Hit.
In order to demonstrate just what a
game of luck base ball is. contest be-
tween the Nationals and the Boston club
of the National League at Washington in
1906 is recalled by the writer. This con-
test was an exhibition game, for neither
Of the big leagues had started their cham
pionship series at the time. When the
boston National League team, headed by
the redoubtable Fred Tenny, drifted into
town, there was quite gathering of
WaShingtOnfans out at the ball park
Pfeffer was pitching for Boston. and
Charley Smith was officiating in the same
capacity for Washington, and the game
was pretty tight until about the fifth in
ming, when the Beaneaters drew away
from the locals. The Nationals succeed
ed in getting a couple more runs over the
plate in the seventh, SO that at the end
of the Boston's ninth inning the score
stood to i'm favor of Boston.
" lcu Tie NdtlOHdlS came 10 the Dat,
Stahl was out, second to first. Williams
flied to center. Then up stepped Duff, A
young Manhattan collegian. being tried
out by Washington, and groan went up
from the spectators, for with two men
down and two scores necessary to win
the game, things looked pretty blue for
the locals. for Duff was d bum hitter.
The curly-haired collegian swung at the
first two balls and missed People began
to leave the park. The third ball struck
take his base when he was stopped by
Needham, one of the Boston men, umpir
ing behind the bat, who claimed that the
ball was a foul one.
After some arguing, Duff again took his
position at the plate and laced out a
single. Stahl sent Joe Stanley to bat in
place of Mccoy, who had succeeded Smith
in the pitchers box and Joe worked
PfeHer for pass. Then up stepped Char
ley Jones, who drove the pail 10 the CEN
ter field fence, sending in the two runs
necessary to win the game.
The question arose then in the minds OF
the people as to whether any runs would
have been marked up to the Nationals in
the ninth inning had Needham not called
the ball that hit Duff foul one.
Bill Dahlen and Herman Long.
One of the oldest trihes that ever was
responsible for winning a base ball game
Bill Dahlen, and which was snatched from
that player by Herman Long. the Boston
shortstop, at the time that the Chicago
ties were having tusslc with the Bean
eaters.
In this way Charley and his school boy
team won the championship of that Sec
ton of Ohio where the Lever school was
situated. Men who had witnessed the
contests in which Charley had ofticiated
as pitcher quickly saw that there was
something in the big pitcher Some one
put Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgs next
to the fact, and Fred went down to see
Charley After taking postgraduate
course of half a day Fred took Charley
out on the green and had him send up a
few. When Clarke saw that Charley had
little bit of everything, as well as d
world of speed, he signed him.
oil he hoS of