The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-20
The Sporting World

Governor Harmon. in an interview uu uuli'ig- iu th. New York World tells he following interesting and true s-ory uf the extreme resource uiu,ss of Mike Kelly The report -r Ha> trying to interview him ,n G.If. with the following result.
 Yes, | p'ay some golf" he admit led. and smiled. but it was a wry smil" And then
 "Bu, baseball is my game" he declared with emphasis and the en- 'husiasm of the typical American fan shone in his face. T played base ball myself until a few years ago gave it up reluctantly and only for 'hc sake of appearances. My chums had dropped out one by one. and mv whi'c hair flying around the bases began r look inconEruous among 'ho voung heads of the other fellows Put f there is nobody left .o play with ms can still 20 to he park and see the greatest of all svor's l cn as often as I can"
 Do you #sc the Schenectady put 'e- vernon? They say President Taft uSeS"--
 Sc here young man. if you'll drop this golf investigation I'll tell you a good ha-ehall s'ory-one of the hcs' cucs. think"
 Naturally. I closed the bargain.
 "I- is about play of Mike kel Tvs" the govern r said. "in close exciting game on he Cincinnati grounds The Reds Tod by one in the las' hal' of the ninth. Their oppo- n"uts a' ha'. of course. had two out. but two men on bases and a slugGer a' bat
 Kelly was on the bench that dav. but -he rules then permitted tho substitution of enc player for another n any time
 The slusger at tho bat connected with the second ball pitched The crack of his stick against tho ball stopped the breath in every CinCin- na'i rooter But it was a foul not hi' a high, vicious. sniral thing. out f reach of all the Red hands apparently. though several ran for "'Flanri~en. vou're ont of the game. and Tna p1aving' We heard. and that we'll of Mike Kol'v's reached the ton row cf the h1eachers We saw him standing richr under the ball He caught it. and fl was CincinnaNs game.
 "Thara was presence of mind It has ro'uod me many times tO remem- her Mike Ke11y's play You can loo~n good many things from base ball"
 NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Harry VI. S,cven~ has just returned from trin to Iuare7. Nevico. and San An'onio. Tevqs. Stevens has the ca 'orirg privileoeS al inc Juarez race rr0ok and when asked about the meeting +hcro he said vest erday:
 "Thc revolution in Mevico. or ra.rc~ in -he neiehhorhOOd of Juarnz is a hur1osnuo + hasn't affected the racing 10 any rercentible degree The daily attendance al the track is about '5on. and ion ho~kmakers are doing hTsincss. The track. which is one of the finest in the world. is lioh'rinc fast and only the other day saw 2 mile rln in better than 1 '2S "Fl PasO has grown into a flourish ing cirv in the last two or three years, and racing folks have come to regard ii as q fine winter resort Tho weather is simply great and the hotel accommodations are well tavcf There's a good theater in town and plenty of money. You can ride out t0 the track in II min u-es from Fl PaeO in trolley cars. and ono can get there twice as quick lv in an automOhle Colonel Matt Vim and his associates have work cd hard to make racing a success and revt winter, with no sport in California and Florida Juarez will be the whole thing
 "Navbe Juaroz isn't wide ODen C,1. are wide 0nen there on Sundays as well as week days and the hull fiohts attract immense crowds Fvervthinp goes there without the srehtest in torferencc from tho Mexican au- thOritipS. As a result the citizens of JuareZ have money in every poe kot and naturally want to see the revolution fail. as the insurreCtOs are mostly refOrmerS who want 10 close uD the whole sh"oting match. The rebels are half starved and half clad They're a poor lot and don't know how to fight. The federal troops, on the other hand are well equipped and can shoot to kill But if you could sec some of the faded horses flat are ridden bv the numerous federal generals you would laugh yourself sick. I saw general ride into Juarez recently all decked out in gold lace and medals He rode a shaggy old plug. which fell down in the main street from exhaustion and weak underpinning. The general promptly shot him and then jumped on the back Cf an old mule. pro- ceeding on his way in majestic style.
 The term "bonohead" which is now so common in baseball Darlance. was originated by Ed Ashenback king Of the minors. several years ago. as were a good many other forc"ful eyDressi"ns which have gain ed high favor among the athletes. In his new book. "Humor Among the Minors" which will he out within a week or two, Ed tells how he came to usn the eynression for the first time. It was when he was managing the Shreveport team. of the South ern leaoue. quite a number of years ago. He had a catcher who could hit some but who had very seri- OuS weakness of not being able to catch a foul ball of any kind. no mat ter how easy. He would wobble around under high flies like a drunken man reaching for a lamp