Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-31
BILLY SUNDAY
GOES TO CAME
NOTED EVANGELIST DROPS INTO
ST. LOUIS TO SEE CUBS AND
CARDINALS.
GIANTS NOT in RACE
Thinks Mistake for New York to
I
Thinks Mistake for New York to
Let go Of Donlin and Bresnahan
Has Admiration for
Detroit.

! Unable to resist the impulse to again
see game of the real sport, Evange-
list William Ashley Sunday dropped
down to st. Louis Wednesday after
noon to witness the game between the
Cubs and Cardinals. He came all the
way from Fall River, Neb., to attend
the special demonstration of the Chi
cago and ST. Louis teams. The call
OF the game was too strong for him
to longer resist this summer and to
the game he wendell his way as full
of fandom as ever.
The st. Louis Times tells Of the
visit of the former player with Arson
in the following:
Evangelist Sunday is registered at
the Southern hotel.
It'll be the first big league game
have seen this year." said Billy. II
was going to Illinois, anyway, and l
| thought I might as well drop in here
for game"
Don't lose sight of those Cubs"
| counselled Evangelist Billy. Its just
a matter of their getting within strik-
/ ing distance Of the Pirates. II they
| get close enough the Pirates will feel
those claws tear.
I Cubs the Gamer, fIe Says.
THE Cubs are gamer bunch than
the Pirates anyhow. The Pirates were
just as far ahead of them this time
last year as they are today and yet
the Cubs won the pennant. The Pirates
will not stand the grind if the Cubs
get close. They haven't the same
stuff in them as that game bunch OF
Cubs have, though Fred Clarke's a
great player and has nice team.
81 believe New York is out of it,"
said Billy. There's something wrong
with the Giants, and what it is hasn't
appeared in the newspapers yet. There
is Mike Dolin out OF the game, they
say, on account of couple of thou
sand dollars difference between him
and Brush. Why $4,000 doesn't mean
that" said Billy swapping his fingers,
''to Brush in baseball season. He'd
give $4,000 to win couple of games
if he could buy them.
New Works. Big Error.
"The biggest error New York ever
made was when it let Bresnahan get
away. l think Bresnahan one of the
greatest players of the game I don't
know much about him as manager
I but as a player put him on my All
GStilt. {.
"At that, though, wouldn't care tt
I see them GUST Murray from the Phil
lies to take in Mike Donlin. Mike is {
great player. He's one of the men thai
I picked last year for an All-Americar
team, but he hasn't done as much fol-
the game as Billy Murray. 1t would
A be too bad to see Billy Murray go.
n He Likes Detroit.
I "Detroit looks good to me in the
4 American. | think Detroit has the
B greatest outfeld in the country il
Crawford, Mcintyre and Cobb. Any
4 one Of those three fellows is liable t
break up game at any time"
4 While Evangelist Sunday was in Ne
I braska he umpired game between
: Fall River and Tecumseh, and was al
but forced to lick the bIeachers full
of fans.
/ "You big lobster" the evangelis
: finally blurted out to one particular,
8 obnoxious rcoter, "if you think you cal
}. do any better, come down here AM
0 take my job and I'll go up there an
/ sit in yours"
0 When he leaves st. Louis Billy Sur
Q day will go Ito Mount Vernon. I'll
Q where he will conduct weeks re
l vival.