The Washington times., 1911-12-13
STRAY TALES FROM
THE BIC POW WOW
Clark Griffith Tells of the Time He Famed "Od Hoss''
Radbourne Who Would Have Been Great Batter
/ Had He Not Been Blind in One Eye
BY SENATOR"

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-They caught
Clark GHfith in Peacock alley and held
him up Sor his opinion of the recen,
worlds series, latest price Of ham and
eggs in first class cafes, whether Teddy
Roosevelt can be nominated. and finally
got to talking about old days of base.
ball. Griffith began comparison Of the
old players and the new, finally telling
how he started his career as kid by
pitching a victory against "Old Hoss
Radbourne.
HE was a great man in my eyes, "
said Griffith, "and was delighted
when I struck him out every time he
showed up. Four times he came to bal
and four times he famed. l was -"
you know Radbourne lost one Of his
eyes," broke in Tim Murnane. president
of the New England League. Griffith
fled.
Identified Horace.
Horace Fogel. the prize monologue Of
ficial of the National League, was once
manager Of the New York Giants. and
last night reminisced a Bit about his
experiences in that capacity.
I'VE did not take any training trip
that year." said Horace. in his best
.
didn't print all our pictures every day,
as they do now. So when the season
opened, why. we just went out to play.
That's all there was to It,
When l went to the ball park tha.
opening day, large crowd was ahead
of me, and / went to the pass gate to
get in. Nothing doing on that here I
was Informed by the gatekeeper. i've
had only eight managers come here 80
far 1 had to buy a ticket to get into
the park to see my own team play.
II started down the aisle in the stand.
Intending to pass through the little gate
ND for the parade to the fagpole. and
there was the manager of the Giants
still in the stand, not yet on the field.
A policeman grabbed me then and want
him I was the manager Of the Giants
He laughed in nv face.
Just then I caught sight of sub
s'ttute player with the team. running
identified me as the manager of the
Giants. Then that Irish cop let me go
TO my ltghtful place OH the bench. 1t
was awful"
The Indifferent Manager.
Arthur Irwin. the famous scout Of the
New York Yankees, has spent most of
his life in baseball. and his stories have
no end. He was telling a funny one on
Horace Fogel when the latter was man.
ager Of the Giants.
you've all heard how Horace wanted
Christy Mathewson to play first base
because he was tall and could pull 'eu
out of the clouds. but everybody isn't
wise to the real story OF Fogel's dis
charge from the Giants. Horace never
could see Matty us q pitcher. and he
watched and watched him for something
TO be a peg on which to hang his sus
pension One day. toward the last. he
found it. Matty worked his head off.
but lost his game. In real Mathewson
style he came toward the bench with
a grin on his face.
'Matty, you're nehas SUSPENDED; tor rGarsd iaiis
ferent playing
.;Mattv had endured enough from his
erratic manager. He dressed and went
TO a telephone. He called up the presi-
dent of the club and said calmly: Your
Indifferent manager has Just suspended
me for Indifferent pitching. May l have
permission to go home for few days?
"The next day the indifferent man.
ager' was merely an ex-manager."
., Right In the Groove.
. They tell lots of funny stories about
rJarrv Mccormick, the old outfielder OF
the Giants Arthur Irwin got this of
his system before an admiring crowd at
the Astor:
Mike Donlin was. on second and