Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19
By Revere Rodgers.

from the game, but Dick was swell
batter. and the manager. thinking that
But Cooley was surely hurt badly, for
he began to miss balls and also to
strike out, and then he suddenly
thought of a plan that would enable
him to get out of the game, and he
started in to abuse Hurst, but Tim was
wise to the situation. and he let Dick
chew the rag" to his hearts content.
and as Bernhard says. it was estimated
by Sam Thompson, the mathematician
of the philadelphia team. that Dick did
culation, $1,000, ana to be put out of
the game for 355 years.
Every decision made Dick would
come running in and would abuse Tim
frightfully. but Hurst. with knowing
smile on his face. would wave him to
one side. Finally. after an unusually
fervid burst of billingsgate. Dick, stick
Ing his face close up to Tins, shrleked:
Going to chase me from the game.
eh?"
Nav" leisurely replied Tim; I'm
going to keep you in the game, just to
show the people what bum ball player
you really are"
Billy Sulliven's Experience.
Billy Sullivan was in 1901 catching
ball for the Dubuque Iowa) club. and
the season out there at that particular
period was none Of the best from a
financial standpoint, and it finally got
so bad that the clubs in that league had
to play exhibition games with yap clubs
scattered throughout lowe or adjoining
states. This necessitated much travel
ing by the spike-shoe lads The ad-
ventures they met on the way were
varied enough to destroy any possible
monotony that was liable to arise.
When Sullivan was in Washington
with the Chicago team he was talking
to some Of the local players regarding
his experiences during the barnstorm-
ing days above referred to. when Joe
Cantillon, the stocky manager of tho
Washington club, came up to where the
group was talking, and as Joe Is ma
which Billy travelled he butted in with
the following:
Vile, Ell? Well. how did you like that
town.
"Why. the first time I saw the place I
You were?" queried Cantillon, whose
face lighted up with pleasure at Billy's
assertion. CIV.
van. as he slyly winked at Davy AL
tizer: for you see, Joe, we hadn't been
in the town ten minutes before the
worst cyclone ever known In those
marta struck that 0lnky DurS anu SCAT
tered it all over the surrounding coun-
ties"
Sam Trott's Story.
Sam Trott, the veteran ball player. who
in his day was one of the greatest OF
PLAYERS. ran over from Baltimore one
day last week in order to see his old
time friend. McAleer of the st. Louis.
While standing in the grandstand talking
to Tommy Evers, once q swell second
baseman Of the Washington club and a
contemporary Of Sam Trott's, the two old
ball players began talking about queer
plays that frequently arise in base ball.
and Trott finally said:
lone of the most peculiar plays l ever
remember occurred one day when we were
playing the Detroit team. 1 was in left
field and Mentzell was playing center.
and as you know. Tommy" went on
Trott as he turned toward Mr.. Evers,
I'VE were coached by our managers in
those days to get as close as we could
to a fielder making fly catch. and with
this in my noddle 1 made for MentZelrs
territory when Deacon White hit a high
fly toward him.
I'm running. though. slipped. and Just
as the ball struck Mentzell's hands I was
about twenty-five feet away from him,
but that ball went through MentzelIs
hands, and. striking him on the chest
bounded clear over to where I was.
held on to 1t, with the result that / was
given credit for an out, and Mentzell