The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-21
BY SAM CRANE.

Baseball players OF today are az
smooth CT face as the day they were
born. Not a whisker, not a mustache
il allowed To disngure the clean cut
ministerial aspect Of the ball players
cameolike vlsage. In fact, whiskers
and mustaches are tabooed from the
baseball Professionalism are under n
ban as close and tight as any unwrit-
ten law was ever respected and kept.
But IL was not always thus. Tween
~ years ago hirsute face growths were
all the rage among members OF the
baseball profession. They were the
style, and IL was almost worth any
players job 10 appear on the field
without something In the facial hir-
suite Inc. The young blood players OF
twenty years ago had to raise some
thing on their upper lips, no matter
how foggy OF scattering II prom
isng youngster could show mine on
a side" the chances we're that he
would make the regular team and
have his salary increased the frst
month OF his long-sought-for engage
ment
There was much leeway accorded
the players in those days as TO the
cut OF their facial adornments. Twen-
ty years previous-that is, forty years
ago-the general run was to whiskers,
even "galways." loose chewing"
lace curtains" and "lambrekuins" be-
ing in style.
Harry Wright, the famous manager
captain Of the Cincinnati Red Stock
ings. went TO the loose chewing
style. Harry's whiskers covered his
face like Herr Most's.
Asa Brainerd. the pitcher OF the
Cincinnati Red Stockings, thought
more OF his "burnsides' than he did
OF winning game, and indeed they
we're most becoming. Andy Leonard,
the crack leftfielder OF the Cincinnati
and Boston Reds, wore the cutrat OF
little "siders," as did Rose Barnes,
the crack second baseman OF those
early days. Charley Gould, the first
baseman OF the Red Stockings and
later with the Boston Reds, took up
the mustache and goatee style and
was very handsome man, stern look
ing and soldier like, but how he could
kick at any umpire. Gould Is now q
policeman In Cincinnati George
Wright followed after Gould with the
goatee and upper lip adornment.
Whiskers did not go entirely out OF
style for long while. for the original
"Jiggs'' Donahue carried full facial
regalia around with him long after
mattress makers formed a trust II
was not public opinion that caused
"Jiggs" TO shake his whiskers. not nj
all. "Jiggs' was a pitcher, but occa-
sionally be played right field. He was
kept in for his batting and that for
pitcher is going some. Well, one
day while "Jiggs' was a member Of
the Nashville (Tenn.) club the Nash
villcs were playing the Giants an ex-
hibition game In Nashville. The regu-
lar grounds OF the local club were
flooded by the spring rains. 80 the
scene OF hostilities was transferred to
the ball field OF college.
Jim O'Rourke. left fielder of the
Giants at the time of the tragedy, was
playing the same sun field at the Polo
grounds that now bothers Josh De
Wore and Josh wears no mustache to
deceive Us. Well, one day when old
Sol was more than generally gener-
GUS with his beams, ball was knock
ed into ORourke's territory. II was
most exciting stage OF the game.
II the Hy was caught, the Giants
would win but II the ball was missed.
dire defeat for the Giants and victory
for the detested Chicago White Stock
ings and the Giants closest and bitter
est rivals.
II had been an intensely exciting
game. and the score was to In the
Giants favor up TO the climax that
marked the fiy bit TO O'Rourke. There
were two Chicagos out and a man on
third and one on second. The ny was