The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-03


rublics will be- long time forgetting
he name and personality OF Jesse
E---n Burkett, the ram
,,.,~, - Gus exponent OF
sTIiI the hunt and tnc
GRABBING. singing drive, who
., u used TO otliciate IN
he outGeld Tor the Boston, St Louis
and Cleveland clubs Nobody has
over filled the vacancy left by ne
Crab" whose ironic comments ana
belligerent disposition is now orna'
mentng the New England league,
where he Is considered as second IN
executive capacity 10 none IN the lana.
with the "ossible exception or II, Jen-
nings
\ couple Of years ago Burkett who
has become noted as developer 81
youug baseball talent employed one
Blackbouine. "A short stop IN an I'M.
rortant role in the winning OF his
league pcunaut The youngster looked
so promising that Burkctt did his pest
TO keen him for another year. f'lS
chief fear was that BlaCkhOurne would
lac drafted bv some hostile Eastern
League club To block this plan le
arranged that Hughie Duffy now
manager OF the Chicago American
league club hut then boss Of the PrrNi-
dencc club of the Eastern league.
should draft Blackbourne, with &c
understanding Burkett maintain
that the player should be returned
nj the opening OF the New England
league season
Burkctt stoutly asserts that the un-
dorstanding was PLAIN and points TO
the fact that Rock, the Providence
shortstopper was considered about
the best In the league, as proof that
there was really no intention on
Duffys part OF making the deal sin
cere one.
But accidents will happen and Rock
broke his leg before the date arriN cd
ON which Blackbourue was expected
back i'm Worcester where Burkett
holds forth Duffy Immediately began
looking around for shortstop aud
there was Blackbourne, right at hand.
On trial he was found to be far more
promising player than Duffy had been
led to believe In fact, he looked so
good that Duffy quit looking and set
tied on Rlackhourne as his regular.
The season wasn't month old To-
fore Blackbourne was being loudly
touted as the leagues best ball player
Putsburg and the Chicago Americans
began bidding for the man and ne
was sold 10 the latter club for $4,000
in money and players
All season long Burkctt had been
nzzing like seller bottle, over
Dufys failure to- return his star
When the deal was announced u Is
said that Jesse solemnly arose from
his seat In the hotel where the Wor
cestcr club happened TO be stopping
and started chewing AZ tho leg Of =
chair emitting the while growls and
snarls that would have done credit 10
bongo Of the Congo.
Since then il is understood that
Duffy and Burkctt don't speak. though
the former is absolutely at loss "a
comprehend the causes Of the resent
mont which his old friend insists on
exhibiting.
when you see the Sox YOU VIII
sec four men on the inhcd that can
run away from Ty Cobb as though nc
were hitched to a load OF coal Thus
writes q friend from Chicago. Ny
They seem 10 think we'll of Duny's
: mon In that town.
And isn't IL something like the IRONY
~ fate that the ring in which that
Frisco fatality occurred was dcsie
rated as "Dreamlando
could II be that that S20.000 bid by
Jim Singolyn was Just a friendly it'll,
effort TO ensure the Chicago ante OF
s25 600 for Gotch and Zbyszko?
ny this time Al Wolgast is prob
ably aware that 10 was Tommy Ne
earthly. not Tom McCarcy. who va.
killed by owen Moran Ads euiog,
of the latter will doubtless be just AZ
much appreciated by its object. a. il
he were the dead man, however.