The Washington times., 1910-03-07

The winter activities Of the Washing
ton bail players have been many and
various. but those most in favor with
them are fishing and hunting.
This is the favOrite diversion OF most
or the diamond performers who draw
enough money for six months work not
% have 70 work the other six months,
and they scatter from one end Of the
country 90 another in search Of game.
each according 20 his antecedents and
natural predictions.
wade Killifer, who Is not a Texan,
as many have supposed, but is a Michi-
cander born and bred. spent the winter
at the thriving metropolis of Paw paw,
Mich, which IS more famous in comic
verse than in amy history - the world
you may happen 10 read His great
speciality was fishing through the ice,
and, according 20 him, he caught more
every day than he could carry home.
When Uot thus engaged he spent the
time IN hunting. rabbits and birds being
amazingly thick up that way. accord
ing 20 him.
The other extreme IN fishing was that
done by Dolly Gray on The coast Of
California. near Los Angeles. Gray did
not touch q baseball all winter and at
tempted no work o, any kind, giving
himself a complete rest. " which he
apL,SIrs 20 have benefited greatly.
His ushlng was done with a pole and
line OF the old fashioned sort. without
. a reel. and he and another expert landed
/ as high as 80 pounds a day. Gray IS
also q NimrOd. ana brought MS gun on
this trip.
Dixie Walker hunts right smart down
his way in Alabama There is a passeI
o. rabbits right near where he lives, and
he Jes' kind o. Thought every now and
. then as II he would feel better II he
reduced the cot-0ntau pOpu,ation by a
dozen or so.
Bill RaPp hunted a doctor au winter
VINO could strs.Rhteu out his broken
dnger, but never got one.
clyde Milan is coon and 'possu.n
hunter Of great renovn and good dogs
He hunted IN The mountains Of Ten
. Ue7See with gratifying results and IS
probably the greatest deep-woods MIN
rod we have since Bill Shipke went 10
Omaha Milan comes from a country
where the v.aroral monotone is varied
by the citizens hunting one another
with Winchester rifles. but ne saws ne
has not yet mixed war medicine and
doesn't expect 20.
Hardy spent the winter in Cleveland
running a billiard rO0Om and reports
/ that De did well
Revertin- % Dixie WaIker-who prom
lE0S 20 be the source of more anecdotes
I than any man lD the ieaEue-he IS ambi-
deEt~oGs. as we have mentioned before
.U stating that he took such good care
Of his right arm that he even pitched
pennies with his left
lie tells amazing stories Of going after
"a rUitF without a =un. knocking them
/ over ". IN stones tnro~n by his trusty
/ lcft wing. He really can turn some
remarkable tricks with either hand. and
. lT be scr seriously TO work on the prOpo-
sItioU might learn the exceedingly rare
kuack 81 pitching 20 a bat e- with drst
one hand and then the other
F The news that Dave AItlzer was run
. ming "a sem-pro club IN SoutSern Cali
I foru.a, was much discussed bv those
. who PLAYED with Dave in the big league
Dave had many pec-lariries but the
boys liked hilh and wish him success.
He was certainly wonder in some
respects. remarked Charley Street.
His greatest fault was that he in
variahly tried 90 scare a player back
TU the bag instead 0f throwing the hall
and forcing him back in playing the
oulHeid. 81 he got a ball in center and
found rlT man nI second taking lcer-
. ties. instead Of throwing either 10 sec
rna ur third, be would come stepping
/ lu. holding the ball ln threatening
manner and dare rEe Otnzr fellow TO
rru- You couldn't make him heave the
. leather. 40, sir He Just put on a
terOci0Is look and came on with his
Indian crouch. the runner meantime
sneakinE on toward the next bag, until
all OF ca sudden the runner would make
| a flying dive for safety and Dave
would throw the BAH somewhere Eu
I the same CUunty-maybe. Sometimes
[ it went over into the next State"
Another Of the dear departed who
I was making merry with the bunch this