The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-02-24
BELIEVES zEIDER
The REAL CANDY

| ai DatleS, Writing In The Chicago
a AHlerican, pays a high tribute to Rnl-
| ne Aeider the former Winnipeg and
1rookston third baseman Bailey be-
4leVes zeider will become a. regular
on the White Soxs this season. and
| such oeaief Is told in the following:
/ Here is the dope on Rollie Zeider
sensational infielder, hitter and base
runner, who played last year. with the
Coast-the lad who has the inside
track on the second base job for the
White Sox this spring.
lake good look at the figures
he Datted .2ss in 1s9 games
ne stole 9S bases and led the league
oy such margin that he was ac-
counted In a class by himself.
ne nelded third among the third
oasemen in Ia games, with an aver
age OF .93s
he helded tenth as a second base
man In 80 games, with a percenta ee
OF .934.
Remarkable? That record is. He
slugged almost 300 and stole mora
bases than any man in the leaSue.
Tnat he is a great fielder. as well as
a great hitter and base runner. IL
proved by the fact that he was third
among the third basemen.
Said to Have Brains.
When man. can hit run base~ .na
neld 1t looks as IL he should be a star
in any company. There is only opa
point uncovered in bis record Is ae
a smart ball player? The answa~ is
HE is" '"'
IN TACT ne was pitcher when he
proke INTO league baseball. Zeider
.ails ia from the gentle little city sof
auburn IND Rola's father conducted
d meat market and grocery store at
mat city. Rolla was a busy lad. His
tather aldnt have delivery wagon
out ne had Rolla. So or Saturday 1t |
was the youths business to see that |
the Sunday meat was delivered.
Made Team Deliver Meat
Now Rolla also liked to play base |
You naturally ask how he could |
ooth play baseball and deliver meat. |
=. nat was the query that Zeider put to
He found a way.
You want me to play ball with vou
In the afternoon?" he said to the
other eight men on the team. land T
want to play with you. But that mest
mas TO be delivered. So You helm ne
deliver the meat and I'll help YOU win
the ball games"
Which proposition was accen+ea
So on Saturday morning the elder
zelder had nine assistants instead of
one. Rolla played in the afternoon.
1t was the rivalry between the cit,,
ot Auburn and the neighborine town
1f Garrett that made a pitcher ~
Rolla. The rivalry between those two
'lubs was equal to that which now
prevails between the White Sox and
he Detroit Tigers. Any time that +be
'illage clubs met there were strenuous
times.
Comes to Final Game.
AT the end of the. season Garrett
and Auburn were scheduled to pIav
series Of three games for the cham
oionship. Also for the money that
he sports Of the two towns could beg
borrow or otherwise procure. When
ne day of the third game arrived II
1ach had won one. That Anal game
would determine whether the Auburn
ports would return to their home
With sufficient money to purchase
'yster stews for their sweethearts
turing the winter or whether the treat
would have to be foregone.
The game was scheduled for Gar
ett.. Now, Zeider being a thoushtful
'oung man, had telegraphed to Chi
ago for battery. The morning of
he game found the towns and the
country as greatly agi-
ated as If a circus was due The
loong train brought catcher from
But the pitcher did not ar
I'VE. The catcher didn't know whv
All he knew was that when the train
pulled out the pitcher was not about
Here was a fine mess.
The Garrett team had also sent for
battery and the pitcher had not
allied to show. The manager OF the
auburn team was in a uuandrv The
egular pitcher had become angry at
he threatened invasion and laughed
ong and loud at the embarrassment
# his companions. Would ne, pitch?
1ost assuredly not. They wanted
'itcher from Chicago. Now let them
,et one
Well they didn't of course.
Zeider Saves the Day,
They had to have pitcher and
.eider went in. He licked that bunch
# Garrett athletes to frazzle and the
yster stew money jingIed in the i
rockets of the Auburn sports.
That was in 1905 and the latter part
# that year found Rolla in Spring.
leld. ILL.,, as member of the Three-I
eague team. But he didn't stay there.
IS matter of fact, he wasn't a brill
lant SucceaS You qoo he xya- ~&;11 |