Arizona republican., 1911-06-30
BALL FANS GALLERY
OF NOTADLES
DAN o'LEARY,
A jolly lrishman. Who Furnished an
Object Lesson in Confidence.
DAN O'LEARY,

Let US now pause by the way
while we render unto Daniel the
things that are O'Leary's. OLeary
flourished in the days when you
We're on a milk diet-and he had
flourish coming TO him He was
baseball player, and a good one; a
baseball manager and better one.
He ought really go in a chapter with
John w. Gates, Richard Garfield.
Phil Daily and John MOrrissey, but
it's baseball We're out 10 clear up,
50 Dan properly belongs to the One
Hundred Notable-F Figures series.
II Dan thought he had a chance
he would bet his equivalent Of
million If he thought he hadn't a
chance-but he never thought that
way, for that wasn't the O'Leary ma
ture. Why, one time, after he had
gone along for something like a
score of games with the old Indian
apolis team, and got himself no more
base hit than rabbit. I'll bet you.
gents" says Dan1; "FH bet you
crack out a homer" This was con-
sidered rare jest in those days. and
the good Master O'Leary didn't lack
for takers. SO when along comes
likelylOOking ball, Friend Dan meets
it on the nose. jumps il away out
yOnder, over the hills and far away.
and proceeds to prance around all
the bases. until he had covered no
fewer than four. Now. Mister Pho
tOgrapher,' says this amusing
O'Leary. you may take my picture"
But for that there was a laugh all
around. and after this had subsidized
some one calls attention To the fact
that Dan had skirted the diamond
from home 10 third, from third to
second and thence to first and home
again. running. indeed, as we say in
racing circles, the wrong way of the
track.
Did this cure our Daniel of his bat
ting proclivities? The answer is no.
In course of time he drifted to Scran-
ton, Pa. and there gathered together
as choice a collection Of mixed ale
geniuses as ever put the crimson
color on a Saturday night Dan
trained them on lager seasoned with
cayenne pepper, and promised them
if they made a win they should swim
in the amber fluid, which is the
poetic name for beer. This they did.
and after they had once beaten the
Wilkesbarre team they wallOwed in
prosperity. for WilkesbaTre had long
been bad medicine for Scranton.
Dan and his braves annexed a COM
Portable bundle of the circulating me-
dunn, and after a while somebody
saws: We'll. there's the Williams
port team" looking hard at Dan the
while Now. the WilliamspOrt team
was considerable team. IL had made
the crack Athletics of Philadelphia
look like a sOiled twO-spOt. and there
was WilliamspOrt money TO bet to
fare--ye- we'll When the odds length
ened TO ten TO seven, with Dams boys
at the seven end. this O'Leary steps
out. unbuckles his money bag and
sets in a stack of $500. which was
a swell bet any way you look at it.
Suppose this $1,000 did represent
the pay roll which Dan was due To
ease in to his players next day.
What Of il? Dan calls a meeting
and says he:
Boys. | bet the works on you to
win. If YOU don't like il. get another
manager. If YOU do like it, go in and
win. or Wen all be understanding
Panhandle Pete for the next GEN.
tury'
Dams boys didn't lynch him. In
stead. they told him he was the sort
of manager they'd swear by. and they
played baseball next day like so many
wildcats. and YOU know how Wild
cat PLAYS. Score: Scrantan 20, VIII
Transport 8. That's all
TomOrrow-Old Boy Dockney,
whose Spartan endurance stands I'M