Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-12
MYSTERIOUS SLAB
ARTIST MYSTERY
NO LONGER
Fred Mitchell Walker, 'orm-
erly Eccentric Twirler for
San Francisco Seals, Makes
Full Confession.

can Francisco Ju, o. Fred
Ntt,u,u WaiR,r. th, Chi,t-u uuiNcr-
sits student who had such a Nogue
h,r, last season ns o. man of mysiorN,
but vino later was turned udrItt by
emo suu Francisco club ts au exploded
ph,urm. furnished cougfct. proof OF
this For time Mitchell had th"
town los thu cars. aud his fame was
horaldvd iar and Nid,. lIr played his
mandolin 100 the srclusiuu of his room,
dyui,d admittauc, tu newspaper men.
rod, Co. aud from "a, ball park iu taN-
! igtas and came and went from inc
hotel whenever h, pleased. Nuud'-
,lu. mpT,~arlns. realizing his Nuiu'
laos AN attraction. hurried Go his sid,
with handsome. contracts ana ph"-
/ tugraph,rs .aWpcd on hi- unil tor a
4 glimpse cot hls face Du the dal'
. shuu be- WAS scheduled tp pitch e
bowling mob u.cd the bah PARKS, and
Once. just Co. show his superiority over
BOD. follow players "Mlstrtriuu. Mitch
II go" made % speech From that day
forth his star began Go vau,. and ere
Ions he blew up ana ~om,uu, tied o.
can Co htm TIA, young ,ullol, pitcher
with $50 excellent sens, of the ara
matte huns around for several DAYS
u the hop, that ho might MAX, "a
fresh start but DC was uo usr and hr
| finally disappeared, som, thought ipr-
ever
But lu' % vas not e. bc From the
north come. On u,Ns that Mitchell
has turned up again, and has com
irssod lu uu Interview the "Mysteri-
Gus one has uuuurdvuDd his soul col
an ~, went into tHr "details nf the
episode IA "a Nru York hotel. when
bee thrash,d uu italian Who said he
insultcd a woman, and of his disap-
pcawucy from 90, Sow York Giants
" hen warrant was issued tor his
arrest After ruuicssiug that bis rcai
uamc was Nuik,r aud chat D., hailed
lrum IA, University ul chicago. Mitch
ca told of his short vnr.,r with san
Francisco aud subsequent lease.
Yes. ! signed with san Francisco
under Hn assumed numD rode 20
some cot the gaines in a taNioab, ]
made speech tu the crowd whom
called urun, on ono occasion, re-
fused to be- photographed. iut hHd
nay reasons good ana sufficient rca-
sons land mad the san Francisco
sporting writors treated mo squaroly
would not uow 20, u tho Discard.
ashamed Go go back to my countless
friends ana mN folks tu Chicago.
For the nr,t time since my re-
lcas" by the san Francisco club last
Iali month before the close Of the
Coast league season { viii go yer my
entire trail ana let The people Judge
IS neither uu not { ana tho eccentric
bug thu papers have mado me out
20 ho, declared the former University
of Chicago football star with frcliug
TO summarize my athletic career
Ia 1904. 1905 aud 1906 attended
thc University of Chicago aud played
iu the varsity football eleven In 1907
and 1905 Coach stays secured mo a
position as athletic director and foot
ball coach al the Utah Agricultural
college az Logan. Ia 1909 wen; back
tu the University OF Chicago ~ as
sistaul coach of football attended
the law school there until March,
1919, when ! accepted q position as
coach of the University ct Missulr
baseball team, which ( developed into
tho championship nine or the south,
go tar docs 1t appear as though
were tho crazy quilt kind 81 mnVcr-
irN tho san Francisco papers would
have the people believe ntcrrogat'
ed the mild-munncrcd pitching star.
This brings me down 20 June, On,
year ugu When / returned TO mN
home in Chicago from the south Ia
june Muggsy MrGmw sent Cap An
son out 10 see me one afternoon, viii
the result that | signed with thu Sew
YORK Giants us pitcher
| Mitchell was stopping ut New
| York hotel when hc was charged by
"A house detective with insulting on
| OF the women attaches of the place
i lie licked his nccusrr, ana when