The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-27
bat three times and ret5eatcd bench

ward.
Near TO Making Ono Home Run.
"One afternoon with the bases full
| and two out. VIII came to bat. Up
, In the press box a discussion had bcen
started about the chances of baseball.
I and one of the reporters remarked
! that even such n batsman as White
was likely 10 soak a homo run any
time. Another man raised loud guf-
law. and exclaimed Make a li'tlc
bet with you. Ny gold watch, worth
5000. again nickel that White
! doesn't make a home run
The watch ara nickel we're solemn
lv deposited In the hands OF a re-
sponsible stakeholder. and Just as the
stakes were put UP White made n
third blind swing at the ball And his
bat struck the leather full and fair
on the equator.
''The hall rose high and floated far
beyond the farthest FIELDER They
ran and whooped and beckoned, and
White steamed slowly on around the
bases. UD in the press box the man
who had staked his watch turned
white az 4 ghost, and his breath came
In gasps of horror. And just as VIII
turned third he stumbled, rolled over
and his classes fell off. While he
was cropping for his glasses the ball
came In and they tagged him out
THE man who had staked the
watch got up and pocke,ed the nickel.
Then. still very pale. he raised bis
right hand Never again, so help
me- said he. shall / attend another
game Of ball And he never did He
lived for 80 years after, as ! heard
the story, and never again set foot
inside ball park"
Deals Of Times Of Iona Ago.
The big deal which the Cincinnati
and Philadelphia clubs put over this
fall" remarked III Lange. reminds
me OF various trades in past history,
and causes me to wonder II that
deal would have panned out the way
some OF the others did You can ney-
or tell how baseball dicker may
wind up-the club that seemed to
have all the best of IL at the start
may get stung. and the club that
seemed to be the goat may prosper
when they count up the returns. FOt
instance. the trade between Cincinna
II and the St Louis Cardinals before
the 1910 season started-a deal that
fectly equitable. but which was ruin.
ed, by the sudden death of Alan
Storke. who had been one OF the big
factors in the exchange.
Not long ago the Boston and Cleve-
land Americans worked a deal where
by Cleveland secured old Cy Young
and gave up some promising young
players. Every one of those Juveniles
proved a frost and had to be sent
back TO the minors, while old Cy kept
right on pitching ball, and is pitching
yet.
Farrell Traded Every Year.
MANY years back the WaGners.
when they controlled the Washington
club, used TO trade of Charley Farrell
every year They'd let him 90 for
money or a bunch of good players.
Farrell would fall down in his new
job or have trouble with the mag
nates-and the Wagners would get
him back Every spring they'd gel a
good equivalent for Farrell. and when
autumn came around they'd have Far
rell on the payroll again, ready to
be traded some more.
One trade that ought never to be
forgotten was when Louisville gave
Baltimore Hughey Jennings and Har-
ry Taylor In exchange for Tin
O'Rourke. Poor Tim Immediately
slumped and fell out of the fast com
DaDy. Taylor played good ball tn he
quit the game 10 take up the practice
OF law, while We all knew what star
Jennings rose to be. That was the
worst trade, | think In baseball his
tory-but the Chicago club get stung
almost as bad once upon a time, and
hadn't even as much 20 show for II
when the season closed
"Dill Dahlen, after many years Of
service with the Chicago team, was
growing suDerlluous, so Jim Hart opin-
ed. Jim being then the boss of the
club Dahlen was by TO means a dead
one-be has shown that in The many
years which have passed since then
but his cool, devil-may-c ways
had begun to jar Mr. Hart most aw-
fully. and he wanted TO lose Dahlen
in a hurry,
Dahien Still Playing GooJ Ball.
Gene Demontreyille was just then
coming up and in the zenith OF his
glory He sure looked awfully good,
and when there was n chance to trade
Dahlen for Demontreville. Hart never
stopped. although everybody told him
that Demont was a mornings loTy and