The Washington herald., 1910-11-27

known as Dummy" Hoy. and Mordecai
Brown, who lost his ferefinger and part
Of the second in q mining accident. has
been called the three-fingered marvel"
Jack Jones, the great Yale pitcher, who
IA 1855 was called to Providence TO help
out in an emergency from his extreme
nervousness and restlessness, went by the
name of jumping Jack" Tim o'Rourke.
who played with Baltimore and formed
part of the trade with Louisville for
HugheY Jennings, went by the name OF
'Voiceless Tim" while George ShafIer.
who. with St Louis. led center felders
in 1885 and played great ball for MANY
years, went by the name of the Orator
from his habit OF talking 10 himself
This name. too. was horne by the famous
veteran, Jim O'Rourke, who has been
forty years a player, George Stone has
earned the opposite title OF Silent
George"
Many players bore nicknames that were
given 10 them In admiration OF their
strength or ability in some direction. Jo-
seph McGinnity, who led pitchers In 1900
with BROOKLYN and in 1904 with the New
York Nationals. was known as the Iron
Man." both from his endurance and as
a winner. 1t was In recognition of SINH.
called Husky and Peerless Leader"
Comiskey In the olden days was for sim
liar reasons known as 1.-THE Noblest Ro-
man OF them all" Miller Higgins. late
third baseman with Cincinnati for many
years was known as The Rabbit" be-
caused he covered so much ground Jake
Beckley. who n 1883 went to Pittsburg
as first baseman and was regarded as
the biggest find of the year, and who
now goes &c Topeka after a continuous
service Of over tWenty-three years, ls
called "Old Eagle Eye" for his excel
lence al the bat Tim Jordan earned the
name of Home Run" Tim by reason of
making twelve home runs hi 1906. thereby
leading his league. w W. Carpenter.
the famous old third baseman with the
Syracuse Stars. 1879: Cincinnati Nation
al, 1880; Worcester National 1881; the Gin
ctnnati American Association, from 1SS2
until 1889 and Cincinnati National 1890
and then 20 Kansas CITY. was known as
"Hick' which was a contraction OF "Old
Hickory" Charles Radbourne. the IA
nous old pitcher with Providence In
the 'Ms was known rs "Old Hoss." b.
reason OF his reliability; and Joe Start.
who while with New York aud Hartford
led first basemen IN 1876 and is77, was for
the same reason known as "Old Steady
and Honest Joe"
II was not amiabilitv that caused Will
lam joyce, who PLAYED third base with
Washington, ST. Louis, and finally with
New York. 70 be called 'Scrappv Bill"
though IL was refinement gentlemanly
bearing, and a certain delicacy that gave
Charles Baldwin, pitcher for Detroit and
the leading pitcher OF 1856. the name OF
Lady Baldwin. Other names sugges-
tive of feminine traits. though not al
ways cOnspicuousiy present in the bear
ers. are "Sade" HOuck. kitty Brans-
field and dolly" Gray, for which latter
the popular song IS probably most re-
sponsible Tommy Esterhrook. the Lead
| ing third baseman in 1SS6. with New
! York and afterwards with the Nets was
known as The Dude" and John Troy,
who played with Baltimore A. A. in the
early SOS. and then with Scranton. was
known as "Dasher jack on account OF
/ his style II was genuine affection and
regard that gave Mike Kelly the name
OF king KEEL" by which he was uni
versally known. for he was the come
dian Of the diamond. the soul of gen.
erosity. and bubbling over with good
nature and wit
The nationality of the player is re-
sponsibe for such names as Germany"
or Dutch" Schaefer. and s'Wah0o sam
Crawford owes his appenation TO the
fact that he was born at Wshoo. Ind.
The life that Beaumont instilIed into the
game and into the players earned him
the name OF 70 er" Previous oecu-
patton gave ( .ai Brown the name
OF Miner Bow and Frank Smith the
sOubriquet OF re Piano Mover"
NaVygng rlars men aud fha foot Fha4 "a
teen pleas would not hold the names in
reported zones are largely responsible
for the 3 I that Reipschlager. the catch
er for the Metropolitans from lSS2 10
1856. should be "Relp" and Sensenderfer.
who has a record of eleven years Of the
beginning of the old, old Athletics. should
be known as ''Sensey." though from his
bearing he was more frequently called
Count" That is also the reason why
John HOllingshead, OF the very early
/ Washington clubs away back in the
early '7Gs. was always known as "Hol-
I ly " And for che same reason Schreck-
/ eng0st is a strange name 10 those who
are well acquainted with Schreck. Both
euphOny and convenience have contrib
uted 10 shorten Cornelius McGillicuddy
: into the well-knoNn Connie Mack But
that hardly explains why Kruger should
/ be shortened from Grabenkrueger except
| by the choice OF the bearer. or why when
| Bug Holiday went TO take his first
/ professional engagement with Indianap-
| oils he chose to be called ''HalT' instead
/ Of Holiday. r. by the familiar Sam
Strang shoul4 50 long has avoided his
right name If : cklin. II was after a
considerable tir-.. on the bali field before
the patrons knew that Charles. known
/ as the Millionaire Kid" bears the name
/ Of Charles Aschenbach. And the player
! who is known 10 the baseball world as
/ Nichols. who was expelled along with
I Craver, Devlin. and Hall for crooked
work at Louisville in 1877. to the eternal
4 good 81 the same. was not nichols" at
/ all. but Williams That mysterious pitch
er who electrified every one around Bos-
/ ton in 1875 with his unhittahle pitching
and fooled Door old Harry Wright into
| making a high three year contract with
/ him and then went To pieces in Il very
I few weeks was known at "Josephs." a.
/ though his real name was Joseph E. Bor-
den
Even Mother Goose has been levied
mon for nqrne 70 expf ess TIE eminence
( II king Cole. the Young pitcher for
/ the Cuhs In baseball there IS a CAGE of
/ Giro1e GiroHa IN the case Of p p Haw-
/ lev known rs "Pink" HawIev the pitche.
/ for the ST. Louis Nationals In lSa2-i ona
now the MANAGER Of Ia Crosse. Wis He
and his brother formed a battery IN the
I home town and the brother was known
as Blue Hawlev Tbs hOvs were twins.
/ and II distinguish them n birth they
were marked the ono with q pink ribbon
and the other with a blue The names
! have heen retained "Rlue' died inst he
/ fore Pink came into The major league
+ In many eases these names have served
/ 10 distinguish plavers Of the same sur
I name "Kid" Gleason, as applied 70 one
+ William Gleason. DISTINGUISHES the Phil
I odelphia PLAYER from the 81 Louis plav-