The Washington times., 1911-11-07
Washinqton Chamber of Commerce Plans Big Athletic Meet

Play-acting Is all the rage for ball
players now. It's the vogue. rs Marie
GAYS. Ty Cobb, greatest of them all, Is
walking through THE College widow"
rewritten TO suit his own pec'Iliaritiss,
and divers other heroes Of the diamond
are following his example.
Poor, old Trenton. N. j., had Tho
College Widow" tried on It the other
night. The fire companies, the high
school cadets, the postmaster, and even
the town constable was there, drinking
In, IN hero -worshipcr fashion, the mel
lihuous arcents of that great actor.
+. r. Cobb. Fireman, save me
che-iid." never had anything on Cobb,
actor.
TN, yes: the shows been rewritten.
Fourteen hackwriters worked by can
die light to prepare the lines for the
diamond hero. 1t used to be \ football
play. bu. football gives away before the
| conqueifnR Tyrus. Now the herc--thats
Cobb--wins a game with home run,
| la Frank BAKER. In the principal
scene with the widow" Mrs. Tyrus
hovers about III the wings to prevent
her own hero being smittsn too much
| with the play-actjrg widow"
G. Erminie Is There.
Then, there's G. Erminie Schaefer.
Yes. he's on the stage. too. Hes funny
as can Re on the field. and means to
coin the dollars during the winter
| squeezing nunor out OF that dialect of
bis. plus the rolling "r." schaefer pos
sesses most amazing dialect. 1t travels
with him all the time. sneaking into
his suitcase on the road and hiding I'm
his glove on the field. It's very oash-
fuy though, and never shows up in Chi
cago or Washington, where his friends
are numerous. When .. Dfminie
shows Up here. he will send his dia alect
along ahead of him under police guard
and Major Sylvester will detail two uni.
formed men to watch 1t during tn. week
he Is at Chases. Dutch doesn't coun;
pthout MS gargle, YOU know, aud
I Well you can't blame hin; much
gan. and Chief Bender are with a
troupe, too, this winter. Morgan shakes
his feet a little, Bender looks at him
and Coombs applauds them both. oh
It's sure to be great show.
Buck" O'Bnen. Hugh Bradley, ant
Marty McHale. three of the Red Sox
are In quartet with one regular singer
Ihey have already started out through
They'll hardly get down here. gents, Sc
keep your seats. An officer has JUS
been called, anyway.
Joe Tinker, the really good shortstoI
OF the Chicago Cubs, is braving the godi
with monologue In the Middle West
, Tinker sings q little bit, dances a little
bit, and talks q little bit. That's tht
KIND Of an audience he is drawing. too
They tried to catole Rube Marauart
into doing a stage stunt this winter
He fell for II, too, and hired thirty
seven managers. He had SO many man
ayers and assistant managers and prop
erty men and press agents before tn,
world's series started that II frightened
him. He quit cold. Yes, he said h
wouldn't be able to see that they all go
their salaries every week. Funny hov
> Marquard got that name Of his
''Rube.'
Joe Jackson. known in these parts a
, "sockless joe" the great outfielder Q
. the Naplanders. was going with T. Cob
In the widow show. His wife heard o
It Just in time. however, and made hin
: a lot OF corn pones, you know. the kim
r you get way down in Dixie. She sen
4 him a few samples and-well, Joe fel
the call of Dixie. He hiked. Poor 7
. Cobb had to go 1t alone.
Marty O'Toole, the so. 800 pitchin
beauty of the Pittsburgh Pirates. hear
1 the tempter. He was to tell how
!. feels to cost a lot of money. Mart
= decided that II wouldn't make much o
ia hit with poor sinfs without an
! money, so ne failed to fall.
0 Jimmy Callahan, a raconteur. what
ever that may be, Is now manager