The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-05-27
VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN REAL FAN;
KNOWS BASEBALL AND ITS ENGL ISEII
A IT-cHAIRMAN
MANNs PRAISE NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE
"Rues" RAYMoND's ar EvoLT" LIVED.

VTICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN never
v misses chance to attend a base
ball game. OF course, his duties as
presiding officer of the United States
senate keep him away from the WASH
ington grounds often, but If there is
any opportunity for him to get out 10
see the game he goes.
The vice-president goes to the
games because he knows how they
ought to be played. He is fan OF the
first water, but of couse cannot be
rooter for any particular team. He
probably has his opinions concerning
the best players and the best teams,
but he has to keep them to himself,
for "hes where he is because the peo-
pie put him there" A story is told
of Mr.. Sherman which shows what he
knows of baseball English, He was
in box with President Taft and other
officials at a game when a long fly
was knocked to right field. AS the
fielder got under the ball, one member
of the party in correct English ex-
claimed: "He has it"
what kind of baseball talk Is
that?" scornfully demanded the vice.
president. "You should say: Hes
got it."
The vice-president tells a story ct
how he organized team when he was
fourteen years old, and although 1t
was chiefly through his efforts thnt
the money to purchase the mines nee
essary paraphernalia was obtained, ne
was fired off the team the second day
of its existence because he was what
the fans call rotten" He discovered
later that it was bad eyesight that
kept him from being player.
The late Tom Lotus used to tell a
story about taking the Cincinnati team
out for Sunday game in little
town on the Ohio river. eve were to
play the game at IL o'clock, in order
to catch a train for New York." said
Mr.. Lotus. when we started out to
the park all the church bells were
ringing, and began to get scared. At
the ball park asked the owner of the
home team about the chances for the
game being stopped and all of us sent
to Jail. Oh said he, I don't think
that will happen. The man selling
tickets in the box Office is the chief of
police; the man on the gate is the
town clerk-the only man who can is
sue warrants for arrests-and l, at
your service, am mayor. I didn't
I,o& nff,,c
Chairman Hermann sent to the
Northwestern league on its opening
day message in which he said: mo
baseball circuit in America is entitled
to more credit for true craftsmanship
than the Northwestern league. Planted
in a territory that is comparatively
new, made up of cities that cannot
boast of the population which several
other leagues have and far removed
from the field that is supposed to
produce the largest crop of players,
the Northwestern league has made
itself felt in organized baseball by the
enterprise it has displayed in going
after the best talent available and
making for the highest class of sport
possible under existing conditions. The
Northwestern league is now looked
upon by the major circuits as one of
the most desirable organizations in
America for the development Of talent
for the big leagues. That fact was
demonstrated last fall, when more
players were bought and drafted from
that circuit than from majority of
leagues that are ranked in a higher
class than the Northwestern. Base
ball must glory in the continued sue
cess of league conducted under con-
ditions such as surround the North
western. and the best wishes of every
man directly interested in the great
national sport surely are with the en-
terprising and fearless men who con-
troll the destinies of the game in the
far northwest"
Arthur Bugs" Raymond, the New
York National pitcher, again deserted
tbs Giants. He packed I'D his per-