The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11
Good Ball Players ~
Cannot Always Win
MOTHER AND FATHER \
PROUD Of Hal CHASE
Travel Three Thousand Miles 10
See Their Baby Play
Ball.
Special Sporting Service,

Tribune Special Sporting Service,
NEW YORK, July l0.-Fans sitting
in that part Of the grandstand nearest
to first base at American League park
since the Yanks returned homo nave
man right back of the New York bcncn
who sit quietly through the games, never
''rootI for either side, and yet neter
miss play, especially if that play
happens 10 bc around first base.
The couple is Mr.. and Mrs, James T.
Chase of San Jose, Cal. Although
neither looks old enough TO have a son
| ~ years OF age, they are the father
and mother of Hal Chase. the Yanks'
first baseman, aud they have Just trav-
eled 5000 miles to see their son play
James r. Chase is in the lumber busi.
ness out in California. where he went
in 1865, BY way of the Isthmus of Pan
anna lie has never been back East
since then. either 10 New York or to
his home in Machias. Me. ana until the
other day he had never seen his famous
son play more than one inning in q
big league baseba u game.
q m fan ali right, said Mr.. Chase
were beating the Washingtons, 81 90
TO see most of thc games ont my way
IN California Mother here. indirat-
ing his sweet faced wife AT his side.
''doesn Z know much about the game
but she Is interested I'm every thing Hal
does and when said TO her = couple
of weeks ago lei 5 90 down East and
see the boy play ball. why she never
whmpercd at fhc thought Of the long,
hot "trip. and her things were packed
before mine were.
eve meant 10 surprise Hal and lust
drop in on one of the games, but ! got
mixed mp as 10 where the team was
playing and when We got bcrc the New
York team was in Washington. We
waited around, however, and now we
are going TO stay here until Hal goes
West. Then We are going mp TO soc
my old home in Maine.
"Hal has always been good ball
PLAYER. When he was IL years old he
wonld rather play bal! than 20 in
school, and he nsed 10 astonish all the
neighbors at the way he could throw
Il baseball, He could throw faster and
harder and straighter than any of the
other boys or most of the men, and | am
surprised that he never became 4
pitcher.
.SIIal was the baby Of the family
being the Youngest Of six children, and
maybe it was because we spoiled HIM
Il little that he became n fine PLAYER
You sec, his mother is quite n church
woman in the Baptist church, and never
approved of Hal S playing on Sunday,
doesn Z approve of il now. Hal used
TO sneak away from home on Sunday
morning and play ball and ! used 10 go
after him to bring him right back to
go to church. and instead of bringing
him back | used to stay and watch HIM
play. Ii it had been one Of the older
brothers, why, he'd have got Il good
walloping and been cartcd off 10 Sun
day school, but somehow we didn Z have
the heart to punish the baby of the
family.
swell. once he got to playing ball
there was no stopping him. and now
/ IN glad we didn t.. He has made a
name for himsef and lots Of money as
a ball player, and I like 10 see n man
succeed mt anything he attempts honor
ably to do, We arc proud of him,
aren T we. mother?
eyes" replied the swect,faced
woman. "cxcept on Sundays