The Washington herald., 1910-12-16

"hdt ne received Iroin the fllllleS.
If Eddie remains a "hold-out" mex
spring, Griffith will have only himself Il
blame, but that is not likely to make ths
leader Of the Reds change his tactics
when he gets warmed up in the coacher's
box next season.
Elmer Bates. the veteran baseball
writer pulls the following interesting
stories:
Seldom does it pay for a patron NJ
| the great American game 20 address
sarcastic remark 10 a player ont on ;bs
Held The men in uniform USUALLY arr
smart men, are jealous of their reputa.
Tons. and, having hours OF idle time OF
their hands, are primed and ready Il
engage IN any kind of repartee or verba
pyfotechnlcs, almost always to their ov-r
advantage.
For instance. the fans tell this stor,
ABOUT Mike Kelly, one Of the greatesi
pan players that ever lived. In one n,
me last games he ever PLAYED. the .-OnN
hei struck ont when a hit would have
Won the game As Kelly started hacL
20 the bench a flashily dressed man In
one OF the front boxes attracted atten-
uon 10 himself by calling out:
Poor old 'Ker," your lamps are OUT
know it" replied Kelly, cheerfuIly
nut so long as a lot OF easy marks liz,
you come out here 10 see me fool IN.
public l have place to sleep and m,
little old three squares.
And then the hashily dressed mar
wished that he had kept his peace.
one day last season in Cincinnati fay
called out to Mathewson, when Pasker
was at the hat.
Z
say. 'Christy you haven't struck on
Dode' this season. Why don't YOU do 4
right now?'
All right. I will replied "Matty," tin
ping his cap. and he then proceeded t,
wind three of his teasers around IN.
Reds great out1elder's neck. each on,
OF which Umpire O'Day declared to be :
strike.
You haven't made a home run Till
year" howled a fan as Sam Crawfor,
came to bat in an important game il
| Cleveland last season.
The fan was Immediately spotted b,
spectators and players. for his voice wa.
loud and by no means musical. and hi
manners were not winsome.
Wahoo' gave one glare in the direc
| uon OF that towering wall of concret
with its superstructure of wire in RICH
| held Then, with no concern at all. n,
slammed the first ball pitched to him owe
the wall and wire into the roadway out
side and gleefully trotted around tn
bases.
You amt making no home-run nit
on our pitchers this year. are you. Ed
dle? shouted Pittsburg fan 10 Short
stop Mexican in a close game between
Cleveland and PittSburg one day.
No. said Mexican, turning aroun,
and facing his tormentor; but I'm goin,
to now
And 1t is part of baseball history tina
the next ball pitched to Mexican was hi
/ so far over into the next ward that i
was never recovered.
Say. you Georgia Peach, why don
you steal base now and them" yellec
a young man in Philadelphia one day las
summer when the race between the Tiger:
and Athletics was awfully close.
The remark, of course, was addressed
TO ''ry'' Cobb, who just then was percheC
on first base. The tone in which the in
curry was pitched aroused his old fight
ing spirit. On the next ball pitched III
stole second; on the second ball pitched
he stole third. and on the third bal
pitched-whieh was hit for a sacrifice
fiy-he galloped home with the run tina
won the game
Then the noisy young man in the grand
stand was sorry that he had not KEEP
still
'You haven't made base hit In six