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mitted, but which Powers declared was a

mitted, but which Powers declared was
peach.
Letting the catcher umpire the game
the words handed to Tim by the sore and
Disguised batter who had just been re-
tired on strikes. 1t had just the effect
the batter desired, for Tim Immediately
got after Powers without mincing words.
Young man, you may be a good judge
OF fruit. but you're not on q farm; this
is ball game. During the rest Of the
game 1 call the balls and strikes without
any agricultural remarks from you. other
wise I will be forced to request you to
beat it."
: 1t is needless to say that the game pro-
ceeded to the finish without further COM
ment from Powers.
Every catcher who has ever worked In
front Of Tim has a fund of stories that
never get to anybody but the catcher.
umpire and batter.
Catcher Armbruster. who was with the
Boston Americans for a while. was tossed
out of a game one day for using language
that Jared on Tins finer sensfbilities.
The following day Armbruster told Tim
ply could not control himself when he got
sore.
LET me see," said Tim In reply to
Armbrlsters explanation. II am con-
and believe you're German. Is that
tip to you as to how to keep in ball
game though disgusted?'
Armbruster always addressed Tim in
German after that. and never was elected
from q game.
|. Lou Criger was catching "Rube" Wad-
dell on one Of the days last summer that
RUDE really looked like himself.
Despite the fact that he was striking
out the opposing players with almost
monotonous regularity, Waddell disagreed
with Tim on quite few of his rulings
on balls and strikes.
In about the seventh inning OF the game
the opposition got to "Rube'' for a couple
Of hits after Tim had passed two men,
and the visitors drew up uncomfortably
close to the Browns. "Rube' was con-
| siderably peeved when he went to me
bench.
"Rube" continued Tuning about it on
the bench to Manager McAleer, telling
him that Tim had made all the trouble
for him. When Criger returned to his po-
Tim. he said:
"Waddell has been telling McAleer all
through the game that he is deceiving
you
"You tell that big stiff that he is paid
to deceive the batters, not me; also tell
McAleer to get another pitcher warmed
up
Tim said all this In a voice audible TO
waddell, and sort OF chuckled with glee
when McAleer used the derrick on him
after the first two men had reached
first.
Hurst always hated tie games. for a tie
game meant a double header. and bar
gain DAVIS were the abomination of TINS
life.
Last year. after he had retired from
the American League, Tim was selected
to work a semi-professonal game being
PLAYED in the east for big stakes. His
fee for the same was 500.
In the tenth inning with the score to
2, Tim called the game. although he might
have gone another inning or two. Some
oid-timers who knew Tim We're quite
surprised. although neither team pro-
tested.
..Why, Tim said one of the old timers,
I've seen you make them play In the big
league when the street lamps were light
ed, vet you called the game today with
the sun still shining"
Hush" said Tim there Is a method
in my madness. I'm doing piece work
now, this game will have to be played
over, II means another 500"
Truly Mr. Timothy Carroll Hurst was
a wonderful person: Will there ever be
any one to take his place.?
1t seems to be common talk in Detroit
| that the Tiger club Is going to let out
Delehanty and Tom Jones. who aided in
| winning the pennant and making the
grand fight in the championship games.
| IL has been stated that Del and Jones
| were secured just for the windup, as the
| Tigers were in a very bad way for
| first sacker and a second baseman. Tom
I Jones may go. but the work of Delehanty
| was too good for Jennings to overlook
| him. and. what IL more. there are very
/ few second basemen In the base ball
| woods these days. The fact that one
| of the brothers Of the great Ed. who
| whacked out four homers and two
| sacker I'm one game. outhit Crawford.
1 Cobb and the rest Of the Tigers, has
| led Jennings to believe that Delehanty
| will he a good man for second base next
| season. Jennings has a new man who
| will be tried out at first base. He Is
Gaynor, from the Pacific Coast League.