The Detroit times., 1910-01-10
GOOD MAN ~
HE " A.
| ONLY SANE.

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ONLY SANE. generally suppose
been attained last year when the -
Louis Browns purchased for quite
long sum a pitcher who was a nope
less epileptic. The scout saw him on
day and bought him that night. III
had terrific speed. good control.
fine curve ball and excellent command
Outside OF the sact that he was ikel.
to throw a At any minute, he was al
right. AS fortune would have IL. th'
pitcher went through the entire sprin'
training season without falling victin
tc his malady, and was already on
pinnacle where Mound City writers
were hailing him as the find OF tn'
season when-but why elaborate? In:
poor unfortunate went back whenc,
| he came and VIII doubtless remaii
there.
But a certain eastern club OF tht
American league, the name OF whics
| am not at liberty TO divulge. mas
actually gone the luckless Browns
one better in giving up the sum OF
S., 500 for a mail tar more radically
incapable OF performing the duties OF
big-league ball player than was the
poor st. Louis epileptic. It's not a
long story and II can best be expound
ed chronologically.
A scouI for this club was roaming
the wilds of the Ohio state league, OF
words to that effect, last year, and
heard tales OF 4 marvellous ontnelder
He went TO see the man play. Ht
looked up TO every one OF the speci
fications. II ever there seemed to be
reason to herald the discovery OF tha'
| second Cobb for which all scouts are
looking. this man seemed TO NIL the
bill. Making no inquiries regarding
the mans personality, the scout looked
lup the owner Of the club and asked
him to put price on his player.
"Thirty-iive hundred. and not cent
less" was the reply. The scout
handed over check and the deal was
made.
During the winter the manager Ct
the club settled down 10 investigate
the new material which had been ae
uuired while he was In the heat 81
the seasons fight. He wrote To
friend in Ohio for dope on this par
ticular possession.
Your new man i5 all right" came
the reply. "only he's crazy. He's not
allowed cut of sight of his keeper
either on or of the field and he's win
tering at his OH home In the state
asylum for the criminally insane. III
YOU want him 10 sigr a contract. you Il
have to get the consent OF his guer
dian and give bond that he won't
break loose and knife mp hotei full
10. ball PLAYERS and other innocent
folks. They let him play on the asy.
Ilum team a couple of seasons age and
he was such a wonder that the man
ager OF the league club there got per
mission to use him in his home games
Int his keeper went right with hin
and every night they pit him back
again. behind he bars or the bug
house"
And all this is 2 solemn truth wnieh
Il pretty sure TO become common prop
ertv. provided the club tries TO get
part OF its s3.500 hack by unloading
the leader OF the Lunatic league ON
some Class A organization.
Interesting fact:--When IL comes 10
ouantitative battling there Is no boxer
IN the world who can come near the
4OO-odd fights In which Abe Attell has
taken part. And Abe is now but 70
years old.
One little reform which bugs in gen.
eral would appreciate In leagues IN
which the double -umpiring system Is
I'm force. is one that would keep the
field ump outside the diamond.
Two months after Wahoo Sam
Crawford found automobile manufac
turing and family social engagements
incompatible and retired to quiet
winter, a Chicago paper asserts that
Sam IL toilIng in factory because he
believed his playing days are nearing
an end. Can you beat II?
With Detroit down for visit OF his
personally conducted tour, this column
has, after mature deliberation and re-
search. determined to spell 1t 'Zbysz-
ko."
Andy Weich Coming.
A New York dispatch states that
Andy Walch has been authorized by
number OF New Workers TO apply for
dates for a meeting OF the grand cir
cult In the Metropolis, 1910. Andy
will OF course be present at the stew
ards meeting Jan. L..
A 5.500-ton cargo OF pebble phos-
phate recently was shipped from Flor
ida 10 Japan.
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