Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21

The case of Mike Donlin. the hard
walloping left fielder of the Giants. sure
IS the comedy. Mike. YOU know, is in
vodeveel with his good looking and de-
cidedly business-ike actress wife. Mabel
Hite. Mike is holding out on the Giants
this year for about $1,000 additional to
his regular contract price He figures
that having given Honus Wagner such a
tidy run for the batting honors last sea-
son he's worth the increased kale, and
he has announced
Bu: wait d minute. Mike himself hasn't
announced anything. 1t only seems. on
the face of things. that Mike occasion
ally does some announcing of his position.
but he's not the announcer at all. That
end of II is all covered by his wife.
little while ago a couple OF us hap
pened TO find ourselves in the ViCinage of
Donlin and his wife, and we deemed it
an appropriate time to prod him about
what he intended to do to his holdout-
sky stuff this year.
Well it's this way Mike started to
say-and he used to be one OF the chest
lest little Sayers for himself that ever you
heard in your life. Il think I'm en-
Ii; led
Mr. Brush comes across calmly put in
Mrs. Donlin right then and there. We
figure that we're worth the extra money
that we've asked for. and if We don't
a
year. bat stick around idle
We took a peek at Mike 10 see if he
was indorsing these proxy views. He was
indorsing EN- all right by nodding his
head sagely in his wife's direction. His
mods said as plainly as words Leave it
to her, feilerS. She knows. She has the
dope. She's my authorized conversing
agent"
But" it was said to Mike. Brush
says that he isn't going to wedge in with
the extra coin you're asking for How
about that?
We'll. III tell YOU, began Mike Mr.
Brush and | are the best of friends.
but
But the hest-of- friends thing doesn't
buy any choice bits of Long Island real
estate. and the purchase of choice bits
of Long Island real estate is one of the
dandiest little things Mike and | are do
ing right now" interposed Mrs. Donlin.
when Mike had got that far. Therefore
think it over We simply are not going
to put our monaker to contract until
We get what we want, SO there now
The 80 there now was an essentially
feminine touch, but it was neutralized in
its femininity by Mrs. Donin's talk
supposing that Mrs. Donlin covered first
base at least for the Giants.
Il like the game and all that" Mike
started TO ramble on again. as he felt ex-
perimentally for his chin. but l.
But we are not considering our likes
and dislikes in this connection rang In
Mrs. Donlin. It's purely a sordd, base
measley question of coin. coin, coin, with
us, and until we are met in our We've
with respect to the coiniferous end of it,
why. we JUST stick out. that's all
That's right" echoed Mike. She's
got it right
Mike used 10 be the most aggressive
individual i'm base ball. But his enter
tanning little spouse. who weighs all of a
hundred pounds. knows a point or two
about aggression herself. She isn't ag-
gressiye in the sense that she is deSir-
Gus of running the hull Donlin shebane
but she sure is Donlin's on-the job match
maker in the ball business. and it is
right in her mitt at this writing as to
whether Donlin really remains Holdout-
sky this year or comes 10 terms with his
ball-club boss.