Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
MODERN PLAYERS
CODDLED TOO MUCH
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
There are not two wiser base ball fans
in little old ST. Louis than Jack Williams,
deputy United States marshal and Pat
rick O'Connor, father Of Jack O'Connor
and father-in-law Of Jack Powell.
Williams motto is keep a movin'." He
usually manages to Obliterate any one
who gets in his way. except when he
stacks up against the federal building
custodian, Mr.. O'Connor.
Sunday Williams and O'Connor were
arguing base ball.
This thing y'u call progriss in basic
ball has put the physical condishun Nv the
players on tn. blink" old man O'ConnQr
was saying.
Crank up your fly wheel Advance the
spark Shove in the throttle and heat the
motors potential up to the required num-
Der of Watts. Chew your transfer, OBJ
of base ball is faster than it ever was. Put
on your goggles"
Its, is it," came back O'Connor. "Be
jabbers here in this age of progriss y'u
lug about twenty-five players round tn
country, SO you do. to have full team
in condishun to jump into tn game ivry
day. In tn ould days a managir was
blamed lucky, SO he was to have even a
few extra pitchers sittin' on tn binch.
bob Carr-u-u-thrs and Davy Foutz
game a week and half of thin put their
whips on tn bum doin' it, SO they do"
docs that criticism go for your gold
mounted candy kid son-in-law, Jack Pow
ell?' asked Williams.
ITO be shure it do" answered O'Connor.
1.-THE big omadhaun, who be he, to pitch
only one game week? He ought to go
to work.
"They do be another thing" continued
O'Connor. Nowadays they carry two or
10Ao 3v-rxy fnor, Ara
these same catchers do take fit if they
have to work couple of weeks straight
tied up in pillys, big mitts and cages One
catcher used to work ivry game in his
bare hands. and he'd go In on clutches If
nicissary''
You're whiting down in your shirt col
lar. You'd better get out of the game,
butted in Williams. Get hep to the fact
that base ball Is faster these days than it
used to be-"
Faster nothin'," sneered the old man.
"You spoihl the bys before tn season be-
gins. You've got to take thin down
south now in order to get thin in con-
dishun. They come back wild lot of
bum whips and clear undher tn table
from overwork. Half TIL team is out
from lack of condishun. Now in me
days. whin ball players weren't made up
iv gymnasium thrained athlates; whin
they were pulled out Of tn stone quarres
and saw mills and had to hustle back
the winter. the guys who dished up base
ball to tn public were nivir out of con-
dishun. The Gleasons, Welchs, Comis-
keys, McCartheys and Robinsons were
always ready to play bail.
''Y'ur edicated player from the knowl-
edge fact'ry. who nivir done hard days
work I'm his life, may tone up tn social
standin' Nv tn game all right. Y'ur gym
mas UNI thrained affiliate may have a So
ciaI standin' and a more purity appear
ance than the husky guy who has been
earnn' his bread in a stone quarry, but
take me tip that you can absorb a
blamed sight more physical culture
thr'ugh the butt end iv sledge f1ammir
in a stone quarry thin ivir showed its
mug in a gym"
Amt it about time for you to go back
to your cell?" asked Williams.
"Nivir you moind. me by" answered
O'COnnor Take it from me that a
player who has bin swingin' one iv these
physical cultu-u-re tools In tn open air
all WHITTIER will put 1t all over the omad-
haun who has bin punchn' a wind bag
and shootin marbles In a physical culture
Emporium
'You know lots about base ball." said
Williams. meandering away, but it's too
bad you do hit the pipe
''Nivir moind me-" shouted O'Connor at
his retreating friend.
I'm alive. Thot's more thin can saw
for you-and nobodys minshuning dead
ones that / know Of"