The Detroit times., 1910-05-07
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4 NOtAbt LAM duueu al tAplS9
sive word 10 oase'
Dalrs dictionary, which already mas
Brander Mathews and some OF the
other purists groggy and hanging on
the ropes whenever they glance at the
sport page OF one OF our metropolitan
organs of publicity.
Ghlette" is Jim's new word. He
ruled II on Bob Lowe, Frank Navin
and several others at the Detroit base
ball Office and it escaped momentari'y.
which was largely due 10 the int.
esting nature OF the narrative 81
which il was pulled" Later on 1t was
retrieved. choked into submission and
f. here presented 10 the public.
AS Mr.. Webster would say
Gillctte--iiiet: n. The act OF
PLAYING safe Syn, Sidesttpplng,
1Iii~smith might have retired
the side by making diricnit
catch. but chose to turn on Gil
Iette to save his record
JIla applies the term exactly as 1t
is defined. There. as everyone ac'
quainted with the inner circle OF base
ball knows, a certain class Of players
who are out TO keep their records as
clean as possible. When one of these
men is offered a hard CHARGE, which
in case of failure may bring him an
error. he makes an apparently sincere
effort To get the ball but tails, often
to the sad detriment of the winning
qualities of mis- team but always to the
\ advantage of his own record.
Some players have been known tc
develop into such artists at this form
Of endeavor, as to fool even the man
a-crs who employed them. They are
lom able to fool their fellow play
.trs long, however. A man accustomed
10 accumulate cluster OF "Gillettes
becomes rapidly unpopular with his
mates, for the "Glllettes" don't tend
/. to winning ball and do often initiate
in the scoring of errors To other play
ers when the real blame should be
otherwise apportioned.
"Any time says Casey, you see
q man start slow for fly ball and
finish up with a burst of speed, just
as he gets near it, only to fail to reach
II BY a matter of inches. he's pulling
off a Gillette He was afraid be might
drop the ball IL he reached 1t and the
sprint was all for effect. Any time
you see a man stick out one hand at
ball he could have handled with two
but didn't want to try. because ii was
coming at a bad angle. it's another
Gillette. Watch the players that 20
shifting round from team 10 team In
spite OF excellent fielding records
Nine times out Of ten. they're fellows
that are pulling the Gillettes in about
every game"
They've abolished the hopples again
but watch the track owners ignore the
rule, The withdrawal Of hoppled pac
ers would make far too large hole IN
the entry lists Of the average meeting
The new rule Is one that is likely Ia
cause big schism and the formation
OF another big racing organization
which will permit their use. So much
ness.
After huge toll and much solicitl
ton. his friends have raised $4,000
for Young Corbett. Perhaps. under
his revised scale OF expenditure. this
may last the one-time champion a
month
Pitcher Vance is living up TO the
unique record which he has estab
lished curing his prior career in base
ball. He has already changed hands
twice this season and is due for an
other shift in a few days.
Talk in racing circles seems 60 agree
that Mr. Marklein was altogether 90,
raw about A.
LOOK for no more pitchers" is M,
hectic order that Bobby Lowe recent
ly received from one Of the veteran
twiriers. And really II doesn't looi
+ rs IL Lowe would need 10 be particu
larly Nigilant in this respect. in view
of the team s present wealth OF talent