El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-09
When Ball Players All
Wore Whiskers; OuffeLd
Playing is Degenerating

New York, July 9.-Baseban players
OF To-Day are as smooth of face as the
day they were born Not a whisker
Iot a mustache Is allowed 10 disfigure
the clean cut ministerial aspect of the
bail players cameo like visage. In
fact whiskeTs and mustacbes are Ia
Ds0ed from the baseball profession
they are under a ban close and tight
as any UNIV ritten law was ever re-
specfed and kept
But II was not always thus Twenty
years ago hirsU1e face growths were
ali the rage among members of the
baseball profession They were the
style and il was almost worth any play
er's job 10 appear on the field with
out something in the facial hirsute line.
The young blood players of 20 years
ago had TO raise something on their
upper lips, no matter how fuzzy or
scattering If a promising yOungster
could show nine on side" the
chances were that he would make the
regular team and have his salary in
creased the first month of his long
sought for engagement
There was much leeway accorded the
players IN those days as 70 the cut of
their facial adOrnments- Twenty years
previOus-that is 40 years ago the
general run was whiskers. even Cal
ways" loose chewing" lace curtains"
and -1amberquins' being IN style.
Famous Whiskers.
Harry Wright, the famous manager
captain of the Cincinnati Red Stockings,
went 10 the loose chewing" s-yle-
Harry's whiskers covered his face like
Herr MOsts-"
Dick Mcbride, the noted pitcher of
the old Philadelphia Athletics. wore
long flowing --Dundrearys," and was
very proud of them
Asa Brainerd. the pitcher of the Gin
cinnati Red Stockings thought more
% his ~Burnsides' than he did of win
ming a game. and indeed they were most
becoming Andy Leonard. the crack
left fielder Of the Cincinnati and Bos-
ton Reds wore the 'cutrat of little
-sidersr' as did Rose Barnes. the crack
second hasenzn Of these early days
Charley Gould. the first basenan Of
the Red Stockings and later with the
Boston Reds. took ID the mustache
and eoatee style and was very hand
some man. stern looking and soldier
ike. bit how he could kick At any
umpire Could is now a policeman -
Cincinnati. George Wright
lip adornment-
Foh Ferguson vent to the "siders,
the cute little cosette kind Bill Graves
wore a chin whisker only, the real
Reuben variety. that would cause the
BOYS Of the present 70 say "ba a a
iu spite Of themselves.
DonOhue Loses Whiskers.
WhiSkers did not go entirely out of
sfvIe for a long while. for "Jiggs
Douohue carried full facial regalia
around with him long after mattress
makers formed a trust. 1t was not
public opinion that caused "Jiggs" to
shake his whiskers, not at all Jiggs
vas a pitcher but occasionally he play
ed right field. He was kept in for his
batting and that for d pitcher Is go
ing some Well one day while Jiggs"
vas a member Of the Nashville. Tenn,
club. the NashvilIes we're playing the
Giants an exhibition game in Nash
Vile The regular grounds Of the To-
cal club were flooded by the spring
rains SO the scene Of hostllities was
transferred to the ball field of q col
Ieze
The grounds were small and crude
and the right field vas a tangled
thicket. thick and dense, and almost
Uncomfortable from thorn bushes
s.Iiogs- DOnShue didn't know this
fhough-that Is. not until in chasing
long fIy off one Of the Giants batsA
he plunged into the thorny jungle head
first and vigorously Nothing was
heard or seen Of Jiggs for several min
rtps The batter had made a home
run and vas seated on the bench when
a sudden commotion was seen IL the