East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-03
MYSTERIOUS ONE
TELLS HIS SECRET
.SIYSTERIoUS" MITCHELL
REVEALS HIS IDENTITY
Is Fred Walker, Former Football Star
and Member of New York Giants
Says Papers Have Disgraced Him.

Says Papers Have Disgraced Him.
Mysterious" Mitchell is a mystery
no longer. The man whom Walla
Walla shipped in to defeat Pendleton
and off whose delivery the Bucka-
rooes took two vistories in this city
recently, has revealed his identity and
is none other than Fred Walker, a
former Chicago University football
player and later New York Giant.
Here is the story as told by the Wal
la Walla Union this mornings
Fred Walker, alias Mysterious
Mitchell" a baseball pitcher whose
meteoric career with the San Fran
cisco club last season attracted more
attention than the Mexican revolution
might well put forth claim to twen-
tieth century parallelism except that
in "Mitchells" case, everything he has
set himself to accomplish has landed
him in a peck of trouble
"Mitchell's" side of the celebrated
imbrogolio, romantic exploit or what
ever you're mind to call it, at San
Francisco, has never been told. The
man who dropped from major league
baseball to class A and then to the
bush" variety in less than one years
time consented to unbosom himself
Friday. while in Portland between
games from Elgin, Ore. where he is
under contract until after July A.
Assumed Name Is Taken.
"Yes, l signed with San Francisco
under an assumed name; l rode to
aF 4l,a H., r
made a speech to the crowd when
called upon on one occasion; 1 refus-
ed TO divulge my real name; l re-
fused to be photographed. These are
all common property now" said the
clean cut, college-bred athlete, ans
wering the queries as they came TO
him. But l had my reasons-good
and sufficient reasons--and had the
San Francisco sporting writer's treat
ed me squarely 1 would not now be
in the discard. ashamed to go back
to my countless friends and my folks
in Chicago"
For the first time since my re.
lease by the San Francisco club last
fall a month before the close of the
Coast league season, l will go ovei
my entire trail and let the people
Judge whether or not / am the &c.
centric bug the papers have made
me out to be-" declared the former
University of Chicago football stai
with feeling
ITO summarize my athletic career
In 1904, 1906 and 1906 attended the
University of Chicago and played OF
the varsity football eleven. In 1907
and 1908 Coach Stagg secured me c
position as thletic director and foot
ball coach at the Utah Agricultural
college at Logan. In 1909 I went bacl
to the University of Chicago as as
sistant coach of football. / attend
ed the law school there until March
1910. when / accepted a position a.
coach of the University of Missouri
baseball team which l developed in
to the championship nine of tn,
south.
80 far does it appear as though
were the crazy-quilt kind of ma
verick the San Francisco papers
would have the people believer" in
terrogated the mild-mannered pitch
ing star.
This brings us down to June, one
year ago. When / returned to my
home in Chicago from the south ii
June. Muggsy McGraw sent CaI
Arson out to see me one Afternoon
with the result that signed with the
New York Giants as pitcher. l hat
never drank drop of wine or liquor
In my life up to that time. never
touched tobacco, and did not know
what dissipation meant and / SCI
myself to work with the Giants de-
termined to make success of bis
league twirling as had done in every.
thing I had ever undertaken.
Fate, however, seemed to will
otherwise and as usual feminity wa.
the cause Of the trouble. Instead
of rushing out at night to visit lob
ster places and gay resorts I stucl
close to my hotel in New York-gen
orally in my room where pinged tn,
mandolin a little. Everything look
ed rosy up to the day we were leav
ing on my first trip away from Goth
am. That afternoon I went up in m,
room packing my suit case will
travelling necessities, as we had to z,
directly to the train from the grounds
when one of the chambermaids enter
ed. She had been hanging arounC
the hall every evening and SCENE,
to have taken a fancy to me. "Goini
away?" she asked, following will