Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
CIGARS WERE ON LAVE.
| Between-Seasons Incident at
Gettysburg.

Lave Cross, the former third basaman
of the Washington team. while playing
with the athletics in the season OF 1904,
was very chummy with Eddie Plank.
When October finally came around it oc-
caSioned little surprise when ii was
nounced that Lave had accepted Plank S
invitation to visit him in his home town,
Gettysburg. There are three attractions
OF prominence at that little Pennsylvania
town. the battlefield, the college and Ed
die Plank. The most prominent decora-
ton you'll find in any of the half dozen
barber shops in the town will be dozen
or SO pictures Of the famous pitcher
clipped from various Sunday sporting
sheets and the man in Gettysburg WHO
cannot tell what Plank 8 batting avera Sc
was at 20 minutes past q last Thursday
afternoon is not a native Of the town.
A few years ago Eddie was numbered
among those fearless youths who tried to
bluff the ''profs'' at Gettysburg College
Naturally it was not many hours before
he took Lave over TO see the institution
which had once been honored by his pres
ence. Here they met number Of Plank's
old friends and some one suggested that
they get UP ball game between some of
the students and the "'Gettysburg profess
sionals.' The crowd chased over to Nix,
on Field where over in one corner the
varsity foot ball team was strenuously
tacklins dummy. The teams lined up
with Bob" Wolf, the old University of
Pennsylvania catcher doing the receiving
work for Eddie, Lave on third. Ira Plank.
Eddie's brother and at the time star in
the New England league, on second: and
with three or four minor league players
completing the team 1t was all outfit not
to be despsed
AS for the students. WELL 1t was sorry
tale. For the past month they had been
more familiar with the pig skin than the
horse hide. II You don't believe Il base
ball is small go out and handle "A foot
hal h.n IN, oh
base bail. 1ou'll find the base ball looks
almost as large rs u full grown pea. AL
though the students played :. fair fielding
game their batting eyes We're not present
y lot OF them kept up running fire of
hot air directed at Lave, who took it good
naturally. In the last inning Paul Sieber
the star foot ball player. came To the
bat for the fourth time. The other three
times he had struck out. Lave thought
he saw his way 10 get even with those
who had been Kidding him and sang
out 10 one OF the bunch: Say. there
young man. if that tail dub comes within
three feet Of the ball III buy You u box
OF cigars The kidder without IA mo-
ments hesitation showed his loyalty to
the most popular man in college and
shouted: You're an old fossil.
Plank twisted himself into Il knot and
suddenly cut loose. Sieber didn't bulge
Strike one shouted the umpire. Again
Punk shot the ball over the plate. Strike
two.
Now watch out for this one It's going
TO be a daisy cried Plank
Il eat that kind for breakfast every
morning" tainted Sieber. Eddie gave his
pants hitch and slammed the ball over
the plate or rather to it-for the next mo-
ment the ball was soaring over the right
Id fence while the pride Of the college
trotted leisurely around the bases. Tie
final score was 10 to l. and after the
game Lave bought.
AS Plank and Cross We're on their way
home Lave remarked: THAT Sieber has
good batting eye.
You're right there" answered Eddie.
but he admitted to me after tine game
that he shut his eyes when he swung at
that ball