The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-07-21

was battered, grizzled. careworn and
weary. Still young, his Gne face
showed lines of care and worry and
few gray hairs streaked his head. He
was 80 and looked old. For a long
time he sat musing. Then he looked
up and smiled grimly.
This business is making a crab out
of me-" he remarked.
Two years of managing a team OF
recalcitrants proved enough to turn
Clarke Grihith's hair from black to
white Fred Lake said he aged FIVE
years in leading the Boston American
team through Ave weeks of a spring
training trip.
II one could know all the pranks, all
the outbreaks and troubles of one ball
club in one season he would wonder
that any man responsible for the con-
duct OF the team could keep his rea-
son. '''iss-ss5tt,s 5tt,sFirssS 4.sxs4s, ,..-.,,.~-.
James A. Hart, when managing the
old Louisville team, had perhaps the
worst team from the standpoint OF
behavior and disregard of discipline
ever gotten together. Almost every
man on the team either was a drunkard
or bad actor" L was almost laugh
able to hear Hart Issuing orders.
Ramsey" he would say in the club
house, you pitch on Thursday and II
you win you can get drunk until Sun
day, when I'll expect you to be in uni
form again" .T@ Tsahs go is7--s1.-''.
That was the only way In which he
could handle the team-and his meth
cd worked. Ramsey would take his
two days of, but he considered 1t a
point Of honor to report Sunday and
he would come to the grounds ready
for duty.
What Anson endured from sky
larkers such as Tom DAILY, Elmer Fos
ter, Herman, Ryan, Mike Kelly, Lange
and the now sedate Dahlen, only he
knows, and he mercifully has forgot
ten much of what they did to him.
Every new man or reporter, who so
journed with the team risked not only
limb but life.
One spring the Chicago team had
been disrupting Texas and the south.
west on the pretense of training, and
reached Kansas City to finish the work
OF preparation for the season. On
April l, the day on which pay COM
menced, AnsoD announced his inten-
tion OF fining any man he caught ta-
king a drink or keeping late hours.
The players did not fear Anson, but
they knew him well enough to realize
that the first one caught, at least,
would suffer heavy punishment and
no one desired to be the first. That
evening after the game not one play
er dared order even a bottle of beer
sent to his room, and there was gloom
all over the training camp.
After supper an innocent reporter
was busy, In his room when Foster.
Ryan and several others of the choice
spirits of the team began to drop in,
as II casually. When the meek scribe
inquired what mischief was afoot, they
told him TO go on writing and not get
inquisitive. A short time later a por-
ter wheeled an eight gallon keg of
beer into the room, the reporters pa
pers were brushed off the table, he
was informed he had written enough
for that evening, the keg was tapped
and cards produced. The poker game
lasted until long past midnight and
the beer was consumed Anson mean.
time was camping In a chair at the
entrance of the hotel, keeping grim
watch. Occasionally he would stalk
back to the barroom TO make certain
none OF his players dared take drink
The party In the reporters room
was continued every night, while An
son congratulated himself that at last
he had effectually curbed the rowdies
on the team. One evening when the
keg was partly empty and the poker
game full, Foster wandered to th'
open window and looked down foui
stories.
well, | declare" he said in sur
prise, IF there isn't Captain Ansor
seated by the doorway" Picking VI
the keg, he dropped It out the win
dow.
The keg struck the sidewalk 20 fee
from where Anson was seated. with