El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-06

siEe deals made when manager Watkins
in 1885 sold out the entire Indianapolis
team of the Western league to the De-
troit club, with the exception of Jim
keenan, and Larry McKeon, a famous
battery at the time. who jumped to the
Cincinnati club. and in 1890, the
brotherhood year" when John T.
Brush now president of the New York
club, disposed of Rusie, GlasscOck. Den
ney, Bassett, Boyle. Burkett and Buck
ley, to John B. Day, owner of the New
York club in the endeavOr TO strength
en- the Giants in the Brotherhood fight
of that year. This was the deal where
by John T Brush secured 100000 worth
of the New York clubs stock which he
still holds and much more today
A Shrewd Dealer.
Eddie Hanlon, who has retired from
active participancy in baseball, al
though he owns the baseball park in
Baltimore on which the BaltnnOres OF
the Eastern league now play, was noted
as the shreW deSt maker of deals in the
baseball business when II came down to
trading players. The trade whereby he
secured Willie Keller for the famous
three time champion Orioles" of Bal
tfmore for Dan BrOuthers, who was then
going back was perhaps the best
trade Eddie ever made, but he work
ed so many other ones that other man
ayers became afraid of him when ne
proposed negotiations
Ned Hanlon, as he is now called, his
advancing years having made Eddie
appear almost too juvenile, except to
his oldest intimate friends, retires with
wealth. hOnors and the respect of ev-
eryone with whom he was ever con-
nected No ball player ever had more
successful and honorable professionally
baseball career than Hanlon He made
the national game his life business and
study and is now reaping well earned
reward in Baltimore the city he mas
made his home
But when Eddie Hanlon entered in
to baseball he was the greenest most
countryfied boy that ever broke into
the game He was 2from Taftville,
Conn, eight miles outside of Norwich
He would drawl into the very broadest
of New England twang when ne was
asked where he hailed from
First Professional Work.
The first professional engagement
was with the Providence, +. l. club
then of the New England league. in
1875. He started in as a pitcher but
was Knocked out of the box by Fall
Rivers in the first inning and never
essayed pitching again. He Was put
good from the start. He was always
fine batter and base runner and could
init like house a fire. Later he be-
Game an outfielder and in that posi-
tfon with the Detroit club and as cap
tain OF the team he established his first
reputation as player
When he first joined the Providence
club there came on a rainy day and
he was told by pitcher Critchley. Big
Critch" to go out and buy himself a
rubber coat, rubber boots, rubber
gloves and rubber cap, for no matter
how hard il rained or how wet and
muddy the field, professional games
had to be played. Eddie conscien-
tiously did as he was told and appear
ed OF the field in the new regalia-
He was kept out in the pourinr rain an
hour so fielding batted balls. be
fore he was put wise" that it was a
josh.
He laughed that little splutter Of
his and said; WAL by gosh 1 can go
fishing for bull heads up in Taftv;lie
with this rubber uniform all right,
be jee."
Mention rubber uniform to Eddie to-
and ne viii explode with laughter
and say well 1 got even with Big
Critch'' for that joke for L made three
home runs off him the next year u
one game, and We were in different
clubs
A millionaire amateur boxer i'm the
person of W ". Barbour of New York
is now being "tOuted" as one of the
hopes of the white race in gettiCs ~
championship away from ~
son. The truth OF the =
Barbour is likely
fights the negCA
worst VIVA -