Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
SOMETHING DOING:
BASE BALL STORIES
Stunts, Bon Mots, Notices and
Other Things Go to Make
Up Some Pretty Good
Reading.
BY Revere Rodgers.
Yankee Robinson's Stunt.


yankee" Robinson, who played both
at St. Louis and for awhile with the
Washington club, was one Of those husky
spike shoe artists who was forever talk
ing. He couldn't talk much but base ball.
anyway, for 1t was about the only thing
under the sun that he knew. or cared
about.
Yankee" came from the sand lots He
was a rangy built fellow, seldom without
chew Of tobacco. and when excited he
had an unconscious manner of talking and
splitting at the same time.
He put his whole heart and soul in the
game, and heaven help the poor umpire
who happened to decide against the ire
pressible Yankee"
Robinson was ready scrapper, and
few ball players or umpires cared to get
the big fellow into an argument for he
was just as liable to sail INTO a man as
not. On the whole, though. he managed
to keep out OF trouble.
On one occasion ''Yank" managed to side
step a fistic argument when the st. Louis
club was playing Chicago. With the
inning by two runs. and two men out.
Jimmy Ryan came to the bat. He slapped
nice single out toward right center.
Billy Sunday, the present day evangelist.
worked Silver King, the pitcher. for a
pass, and then old Pop Arson came to
the plate and laced a single out into left
field.
This put three men on bases with Fred
Pfeffer. the Chicago second baseman. a
poor sticker. at the bat. The first two
as King was about to throw the ball in
the backstop signaled that Sunday
was too far off second. With that King
wheeled about and fired the ball down
I n h,,< hnk
the sack. In sliding into it he gave Rob-
lnson a terrible whack on the side of the
head with his knee. 1t knocked "Yank"
foolish. AS Sunday rose to his feet
lank.' still in dazed condition, and
believing that Ryan was going home
grabbed hold of the ball. and mistaking
. center field for the direction of the home
plate. fired the ball to the center field
fence.
The three men on the bases ran home
and 1t wasn't until "Yank" saw Arson
gong over the plate that he realized
where he was. or course the Chicagoes
with this lead. won out, but it was the
surprise OF every one that Robinson
dlon attempt to mix things with Billy
Sunday for being the innocent cause Of
making him appear foolish to the spec
tators.
Jimmy McAleer's Bon Mot.
Jimmy McAleer. who Is the st. Louis
candy kid at the present time, has his
troubles like all base ball managers, But
Jeems Is one Of those philosophical kind
or human creations. and he never misses
an opportunity to offer up thanks that his
troubles are not any worse than they
really are.
Since Mr.. Waddell has been under
Jfmmy's wing. McAleer's lot has been
indeed strenuous one. but Jeems has
always succeeded in out guessing Waddell
and to such a great extent that Rube
thinks Jimmy Is mind reader.
When RUDE left the club at Philadel-
phia because Jimmy only wanted to stake
him to two spot lines were sharply
drawn between the manager and the
pitcher. but Jimmy's sang froid manner
Of doing things bluffed Waddell to a
finish. for when RUDE saw that It was
nothing for him to do but to eat humble
pie and come back into the St. Louis
fold. he did SO with as much grace as a
big roysterer like himself could
After he had talked the matter over
with Jimmy. and had been allowed to
rejoin the club. McAleer told him that
he ought to be saving his money for the