The Detroit times., 1910-12-05
Dunlap Was Strong Man.

him wonderful strength
Dunlap Was Strong Man.
once one OF his players in The St
Louis Union clubhouse rebelled
abused his captain and threatened 10
beat him 10 death Dunlap explained
that il would NOT bc ght Tor them io
disieure each other. Such dishgure'
menl would resul in their being un-
able TO appear in ,hc next days game
and render service 20 their club.
Dunlap suggested that they repsi.
to room accompanied by friend
each. that they strip TO the waist and
fight IL out but with the understand
ing that neither should hit the other
a blow i'm the face.
Dunlaps opponent being giant
compared TO his captain. eagerly ac-
cepted the proposition made him. The
two with friend each stripped 10
the waist and went AT it with their
bare fists.
The fight was a terrific one, but
ended in a few minutes, Dunlap Civ
ing his opponent the worst beating a
man ever received.
This great strength. TOO, made Dun
lap a great batsman. He was one OF
the cid men in the National league
who made a record of 300 or better
for four years. In 1881 Dunlap had "A
batting average of APO. Three years
later when with the Detroit team who
won the National league champion
ship and the Worlds flag in 1887, Dun
laps average was .326. He was not
ar1 hIf
timely one. and he never fielded or
batted better than when put TO the
supreme test in some all-important
game.
Signed at His Own Terms.
When Dunlap quit Detroit to go to
Pittsburg ii was on his own terms.
And when he left the Pittsburg club
in the early nineties. IL was 10 return
10 Philadelphia with a small fortune.
Strange as il may seem. however,
Dunlap although the quickest baseball
mind ever known. was dull in other
directions He could neither read nor
write This ignorance, however, did
not handicap him as much as one
might suppose This was due TO the
magnificent appearance of the man on
and off the field He had the finest
features. the nose OF an Indian chief,
and the brown eyes of a beautiful wo-
man. From long service under the
sun he had grown almost almond-skin-
ned. but this color added to the brown
eyes, only made his face look the
more noble and handsome. OF the
field he always dressed elegantly and
i'm raiment, looks and conduct he
was ever and always the perfect gen
tleman.
As Mike Kelly praised Dunlap's
throwing he also praised his raiment
and referred 90 that player often as:
THE best drcssrr i'm the business.
Although the greatest Of second
basemen. II was only in 1885 and 1897
that Dunlap led the National league
i'm the position.
This was perhaps due to the fact
that he was anything but record
breaker. lie was never known to
shirk or to try aud save himself an
error He loved the game so well that
once in "A contest all but the one
thought OF winning for his side vanish
ed from his mind.
When Dunlap quit theN game his
real life went out. He was never The
same man afterwards The great for
tune he had earned during his long
and brilliant career was dissipated in
no time and long before old age had
claimed him he passed away. His
funeral. which took place i'm Philadel.
phia was ignored by the professional
players of the Quaker City with whom
he was never a favorite. One who
was in attendance al the oDsequies
said TO me afterwards:
There were not enough friends OF
at his funeral to bury MIN
and we had 10 call on the hack drive--
10 make up the list OF active apll.
bearers.
when Dunlap came back 10 Phila-
delpha he brought nearly 100000
with him. lie died pauper and what
he did with the money he brought
with him no one appears TO know