Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
LITTLE STORIES Of THE HEROES OF THE BASE BALL DIAMOND

delphia base ball manager. will. tell you
| that Mack's sayings. if they were put
| in book form. would be a revelation to the
reading public.
| Now. there is no manager. before or
since, who would give a young player the
chances that Mack will; one notable IN
| stance is in the case of young JaCf
Knight. who, outside of his first year with
the Athletics, has never played anything
but minor league ball
| Yet Mack, with all the adverse criticism
that came pouring into him about the
young fellow. kept him on the team
| until he got a chance to trade him for
Jimmy Collins.
ton Socks Seybold. who is noted as "A
judge of ball players, said to Connie
Mack:
Il believe, Connfe.'that young Knight
with little more push about him, would
shine in base ball.
Connie. as he bit off the end of a Pitts
burg stogie. that there are enough
shines in base ball as it is:'
How Fielder Jones Sized It Up.
Fielder Jones, who was In Chicago
during the recent meeting of the base
ball magnates. happened to run across
young Robe. who was up in the big city
buying Christmas presents, and after the
two Chicago players had shaken hands
they took stroll downtown.
Happening to walk by the Palmer
House, where both of the PLAYERS are we'll
known they thought they would go in
and get a glass of lemonade and in they
went. When he and Robe butted into the
| hotel the first person they met was a
young fellow who is the son of rich
pork packer and whose papa has a man.
sion UP on Michigan avenue.
This young fellow has more money
than brains. and he is also one of that
class that likes to mix with professional
ball players. So no sooner had the two
ball players entered the hoste1ry than
this youth with the money backing in
sisted upon doing the buying and after he
had been allowed to do tie honors, for a
wise ball player will never deny an out
side;' this privilege, he ran his hand into
his breast pocket and producing some
cigars handed one to each of the two
players.
These cigars cost dollar apiece
he remarked.
That's a. mighty expensive smoke
quietly replied Mr.. Jones. as he prepared
to light the weed. unless he added as
he struck a match, you smoke COAL
George Brownies Doctor.
George Browne. the fleet New York Ma
tional League player. who has just recent
ly been traded to the Boston team. is one
of the driest- witted, fellows in the pro
fession
While a fine ball player, George is giveI
| to little talking. and then. he will talk
only to his closest friends. Perhaps
his most personal friend rs Tim Keliher. a
former Georgetown player and the man
who can rightly be given the credit for
discovering Browne.
Mr. Keliher at the time that he brought
- int In a.
classed as the best all-orund player in
Washington and his reputation having
gone aboard he was visited by Ted Sulli
van, who was managing team in the
Virginia State League
Ted offered Tim all Kinds Of induce
ments to sign a contract. and 'kell was
willing to do so. but his father objected
so strenuously that the sturdy little bal
player passed up the alluring proposition
but while doing SO he recommended the
unknown Gorge Browne so strongly that
Ted Sullivan signed this player on keli-
hers recommendation, and time has
shown that Mr.. Keliher knew whereof he
spoke.
Since that time up to the present day
Tim and George Browne have been like
Damon and Pythias, and browne will not
make a move without first consulting his
Georgetown FiduS Achates.
Last summer Keliher went up to New
York to see his friend. and while sitting
on the bench talking to him Strang stroll
ed over and said to Browne:
II see. George. that your eyes are en-
tirely we'll now: that must be a cracker
Jack eye specialists you have been treating
with
II thought so myself" replied George.
who has been sufferer at intervals with
granulated lids. until / received his bill.
and ] now find that he is not only an eye
doctor, but that he is a. skin specialist
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