El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-28
The Great Coup OF the
Detroits Back In IS
DetroitS
By Hardie Richardson.

TO rain in from every quarter Rogers
and Beach, of Philadelphia; Boston and
Pittsburg were all heard from in Jig
time The league officials tried to get
hold Of us to learn whether we had
received money from Detroit So we
were told to separate and beat
it before we were questioned. We
were instructed to keep communica-
ton with the office in case we were
needed.
Letter Proves a Bomb.
had no sooner doubled back to
Utica, N Y, than I received word TO
report in Detroit al once On my way
TO the train I met a letter carrier who
handed me a well filled envelope 1t
was from J. J. Rogers, of Philadelphia,
and it made me sit up and take notice.
It contained an offer. When 1 reached
Detroit I found that the Detroit Of
ficials were attending a hastily called
league meeting in New York. 1 gave
the letter from Rogers to those left
in control at the Detroit office and 1t
was wired to the Detroit magnates in
New York That letter saved the day
for Detroit. For Mr.. Rogers, who was
chairman Of the meeting had declared
he had neither approached nor nego-
tiated with or for players after April
80. The letter was a sumner to Rogers.
II h4AACu HIS OcSO- A4C fe1S 81 AA0SNAOslOA
that he accused Mr.. Maloney, who rep
resented Detroit Of having robbed the
United States mails.
Meanwhile the Detroit people were
looking after the entertainment Of the
big Four" all of whom had gotten
back to the city of the Straits some
how. Judge Durfee supplied US with
guns, ammunition, rubber boots and
fishing tackle Trueman ,Ndwburk
~
posal. The yacht was well stocked and
well. manned and we set out upon an
extended duck shooting and fishing
trip. We let the cook do most of the
fishing. But he caught Particular
Ned" if the meals were not ready when
the clock struck. It was on this trip
that the party danced on the brink
Of eternity. Also 1t was one Of the few
occasions upon which Dan Brouthers
waxed eloquent and to the point. Eight
of US were to cross the st. Clair Flats
in a catboat in blow. There was not
room for ell to be seated, but standing
or sitting everyone had. to work like
a Trojan to bail out water to prevent
US from being swamped. Those who
couldn't find tin cans or buckets took
their hats. The waves were breaking in
on and over US. But we made It.
Was Some Team.
Detroit nad some DaIl team AFTER
the standing of the big Four" was es-
tablished- In the spring of SO we took
q training trip to Savannah, Ga. W. H
Watkins was manager and one Of the
best under whom I ever played. We
had Charlie Bennett and Hall, catchers;
LADY Baldwin, Larry Twitchen and
Getzein.N pitchers; Brouthers, first base;
Same Crane, second base; White. third
base; Rowe. shortstop; Ned Hanlon,
center field; Sam Thompson, right
field, and myself left field. We went
from Savannah TO Atlanta to play three
games. We won the first two without
trouble. In the sixth inning OF the
final game the score stood to /
against US. Purcell was managing At
lanta and about this stage of the game
he came to me and said: We'll, we
have you today all right"
You can't tell" I replied 'If this
bunch ever gets started there IS no
telling when It will stop"
And In the seventh it did start A
base on balls was followed by three
home runs, five triples and any number
of singles and doubles scattered in.
On my third time at bat in that inning,
Kelly, who was pitching for Atlanta.
said: Don't you fellows want anyone
to make living but yourselves"