Evening journal., 1910-04-23

who made the neWS-the histOry-Or from
equally authoritative sources. AS i'm
portant contributions OF the Human In
terest" sort TO American history, these
articles have a distinctive value all their
own.
one day, in the early spring OF 1874,
when Morgan c. Bulkeley now Senator
from Connecticut, was backing a most
single-handed the Hartford Conn base
bail nine, which two years later just MISS
ed winning the championship, being only
one or two games behind the Chlcagos, he
took me to see game betwce the Hart
fords and a semi-professional club. We
sat In the scorers box
~ have brought you here" said Mr..
Bulkcley the most enthusiastic fan have
ovor known. that you might see at work
the new youngster ] found playing with
the old Atantics Of Brooklyn He's out
there at shortstop now; and want you to
keep your eye ON him. / don't mean that
you should keep your eyes glued on him
while he is playing shortstop. although
he is very good i'm that position. Eut when
no comes to bat don't you take your eyes
of of him"
Pretty soon the youngster in question
slight of build and only few inches over
five feet, came to bat
Now" cautioned MIR. Buckley. "you
will see something that you haYe never
seen before. ! don't know whether it's
right or not, accarding TO baseball rules.
but he does it-and there you are"
The boy stood at the plate, with the bat
outstretched directly in front Of him. like
a musket at present arms. Thus holding
tho bat, he let the bail hit IL squarcly af-
ter one or two balls had been pitched. I'M
modiatey the ball dropped, jumped in
front of the home plate and Barlow was
within safe striking distance of first base
before the pitcher could recover the ball
Mr. Bulkeley beamod all over Now %
he shouted above the uproar you viii
see the captain Of the other nine making
vigorous objection" Sure enough vigorous
protests were made. but without avail.
Again, I'm his proper order, the youngster
stood at the home plate But this time in
stead of holding the club rigidy I'm front
of him, he tossed it at the ball Just before
It was over the plate. That swcrved the
ball so that il rolled rather slowly to-
wards third base He will get to first base
before the third baseman can pick # up"
announced Mr. Buckley confidently, And
tho youngstor did
! looked at Mr. Bulkeley in wonder: in
all my baseball days had never seen any
thing like the batting of this lad. Mr..
Bulkeley smiled enthusiastically "They
call that a bunt" he said. Some baseball
players think that It is all right. Some in
sist that it isn't fair. Il is am entirely new
freak i'm baseball, and this boy has i'm
vented it. His name Is Barlow"
In these days when the scientific bunt is
one OF the important features Of the ma
uonal game, It is probable that Morgan q.
Buckley, senior senator from Connecti-
cut when things grow a little dul i'm the
Senate chamber, recalls with a consider
able degree of satisfaction that it was
with his first Hartford baseball nine that
little William Barlow demonstrated fully
the value OF the bunt in baseball TO the
player who knows how to employ it skill
fully. This Barlow did in less than one
season, for a serious illness did not per
NIT him to play long with the Hartfords.
Yet in the short while that he V as with
the team he taught the secret Of the bunt
to his teammates, and It was one of the
| tricks that speedily made the Hartford
club one OF the country's best for few
years.
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards)
On Monday Mr.. Edwards will tel
"How Boss Tweed Did Business