The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-04
SPRING transforming
NEEDS SUPERVISION
Some Magnates Doing Very Thing They Have Forbid
den Players to Do-McAleer Tells Story of
Fans Sudden Wrath
By THOMAS S. RICE.

/ are developing theories rather than
making desperate efforts 10 win.
We are not knocking exhibition games
that are properly advertised in their
true light but the exploitation Of a
rev stars with a collection of minor
/ leaguers, under the name of the Detroit
or any other famous club. is essen
laily wrong. and so is the tendency TO
/ boost the engagements as II they were
strictly on their merits.
The Washington fans have seen in
t@resting exhibitions thus far.
Is a baseball fan normal human
oeing2 We doubt IL sometimes. and so
do others, especially when a fan is at
game Jimmy McAleer tells a good
story OF now baseball turns the heads
or some people. says he:
Just as il looked Ike the St Louis
; Browns were going 10 win the pennant
In 1878 they took a sudden slump, and
! The beginning Of that slump was mark
ed by my coaching a man 10 his doom
az tnird base on one OF those play S
where YOU have a chance and mus,
take II despite the risk The st. Louis
paIE mas crowded and the home r0Oters
were insane. There Is no doubt about
IL, they Were off their heads. As I was
walking rack 20 the bench feeling as
1 bhthe and happy as If I had fallen IN
e sewer. every man. woman. and child
in the park made remarks about me,
but the only astonishing feature TO
/ that was the conduct Of an old gentle
man Wlo had occupied a seat game
after same right behind the St Louis
players Se.ch.
"Sweat-Faced Old Party"
HE was a sweet-faced old party.
with the mIidest Of eyes, a fringe OF
pure white whlskers. and an air Of
amiable cOntentment that had not de-
] all
done more than clap his hands AT
good play, and had accepted the bad
ones UP TO that time with an air Ok
piOus resignation that was beautiful 20
| behold. But, on this particular occasion
! he was absolutely transformed He de-
| liberately stood up IN his seat, waved
| his arms Ike windmill and began 10
CusS.
And what a cusser lie was, 7 have
taken il on he run out of a ban park
with a mob OF 5000 following. all vote
/ ing opinions Of me TO- having acc.-
! dentallv spiked one Of the home talent,
and the wind blowing in nay direction
| So that 7 could not miss a word, but 20
was as an unanimous resolution Of es-
I teen compared with the torrent poured
/ cut by that aged gent IN ST. Louis. He
! exhausted the known list OF adJectlyes
! descriptive Of puranoiacs, he traced my
! ancestry back 20 the stone age and
/ showed each generation was the worst
/ in the list, used terms that would be
| barred AT q Polish drinking party, and
wound up falling exhausted just as l
| thought he was coming over the fence
| after me.
Too Startled to Speak
/ We'll. sir, was never before so start
| led that I couldn't come back at a man
| who had jumped me, but I'm this case
/ simply stood with my mouth wide open
! until he had finished. then dived into the
/ shed Gumfoundcd, without saying a
! word 10 him. I thought more about this
! incident than 1 did the game until 10
/ was all over and we were leaving the
/ park beaten. I had gotten over my frs
[ flush of anger and was considering the
/ matter more as a curiosity OF the ma
! tional p8stime, when near the entrance
I spied my venerable CUsser.
! Il fully expected 70 see him produce
a brick or a knife and show other
I signs Of violent insanity, but instead he
I came up With his hand extended, and
/ for five minutes did the most abject
/ piece of apOlOsiZinE the English Ian
/ GuaCe had ever produced He actually
/ cried In his modification. ard 7 never
felt sorrier for a man who had done me
an injury. ] assured him I understood
he had acted that way in the heat OF
passion, which was true. and then and
there we became fast friends.