The Washington times., 1910-03-08
Hardy No Youngster.

There has been an impression that
/ Jack Hardy L. a yOunsstCr. Even Nc
| AIeer did not have him gated right
I until they had a talk at the supper
/ table coming down. Then McAleer re-
CeiVed the surprise OF his life when ne
learned that Hardy was on the Cleve-
/ land club I'm 1903 and was I'm the famous
wreck O the train on which the 81.
Louis and Cleveland clubs were on the
way from Cleveland 10 st Louis. Char-
. ley Hickman WAS also IN the same
muSs. Hickman used To- tell the story
I OF a player who was IN top berth on
: the left hand side and was pitched into
the top berth on the opposite side. -
am the man that made n ~ great aerial
tumble remarked Hard when the
1 train jumped the track and then turned
over { shot over into the OtUvI berth so
I fast | did not know how u happened,
ana If it had not been that my clothes
were in the other berth ] would has
sworn that I had not moved. II WAS "a
weird experience 10 realize that some
thing awful had happened, 10 feel that
( YOU were not hurt Yet wonder If YOU
were DYING and didn't know h.. There
| was perfect silence ion tuil minute.
then some man with head utrccn Ieet
| long yelled. Turn out the lights. Don't
! let the car catch fire. That woke ms
I up. We turned out the lights and then
climbed out of the side of The car.
which was temporarily acting as the
/ top
Hardy was in the Southern League he
fore he joined Washington last year
/ NcAlcer was another iu that same
! wreck. and gave sad sIdcLght OBJ itz
/ effects. No ball player was more than
| scratched. and IL has been said that
! none OF them was seriously hurt That
/ is wrong quoth James. when asked
about IT, 'DUo man s. career WAS dbS0-
/ lu1olv spoiled. auc from major leaEuer
| ne dropped 20 the trolley leagues. The
} man was Wee Willie SudhOf. the 81
! Louis pitcher whom Z afterward traded
! 20 Washington for Jacobsen. 7 cOulon
sleep for TWO nights because OF my gales
I Of laughter when Washington agreed
! to take Sudhot, but when 7 got Jacob
{ sen 7 wanted to 20 uto a hole and hide
/ Tho ONLY person VITO UrDurcd by the
! deal was YOUR Uncle sam. who got a
! raEe-or ON The stamps used IN the cor
! TCspOndeuCo closing the trade. still
owe Jake StahI dose OF cyanide fog
! beating me az my own game that time
Ruins Willie SudhOf.
But, about the wreck. SudhCf was
( thrown out of his berth To- the floor iu
I the St Louis car. He laid there like a
/ dead man. bur when I examined him
/ could and nothing wrong lie was
/ simply stupodcd. 10 required hard work
] 10 make him get up and climb out ui
: the car but Uc luaIls uId So When
/ clear OF the wreck De SAT- down on tho
/ grass with his mouth open and % dui
I stare lu his eyes never saving a single
! word for two hours -.uI the relief
/ train came He got aboard, hook a seat
I gave a long. signing Er0au. as n coming
i out of "a trance and remarked IN far
( away voice. 'Eea that was awful
( Rscht there Wiir Sgdh0fs baseball
. -aIeerwas ended Prev 7Esly hc had beer
/ a sassy. bol.iErrelt little fellow wlC
{ made Uu u nerve what Inc lacked l1
/ size. but from the time Of the wTega
( Ie lost his mental pulse I'm critical mo-
/ ments on the laiI field and gradually
! faded out o. TIN game
! There's a 1eap q curiosity here about
( Reisl5ng ara his reported great con-
ditiou.
J George NcB -ide is the tailored wonder
/ Of the spring onion leagues Beau BrUm-
mel or Berry Wall had nothing on him
! Tie flashed around The hotel on sunday
/ with three different suits OF clothes and
/ "a variegatcd assortment Of socks that
! reminded Won OF visit % the section
! of the zoo reserved for tropical birds
! He was certainly the gaudy Sadabout
| but bad 20 herd hy himself. for his rc
/ fu,Ceut glory was so great poor white
/ folk felt ashamed 20 be soer with hiu
liu their ordinary Pennsylvania avenue
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