Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
DUKE FARRELL REFRESHES
MEMORY OF OLD-TIME FAN
Draws the Long Bow About Veteran Players
in kidding" Match With
Traveller.

a fitch OF bacon to a string and pro-
ceeded half mile into the forest. Then
they proceeded to lay trails, dragging the
bacon along the ground from various
the side Of OveralTs tent. To finish the
joke they hid the fitch of bacon under
ONeralFs mattress.
The party retired early. being weary.
and scarcely had the lights gone out
when bears began to sniff along the bacon
trails. Overall was sweetly sleeping when
Two huge grizzlies arrived at the junction
or their trails and simultaneously showed
their noses under the flap of his tent and
began roofing for bacon. Overall was
rolled over and his mattress turned on
top of him. The iokers. meantime We're
doubling up with laughter. There was an
unneaVal and from the opposite side of
the tent burst Overall. Instead of flee
ing, however, he seized the pole of the
overturned tent and sailed into those two
bears, making singles. doubles and triples
every time he swung. For moment the
bears threatened to fight, but the hitting
or overall was too hard and they re-
treated at top speed, ore carrying off the
bacon. and the iokers and the women.
who had been aroused by the roars of the
grizzlies and Overall saw the big Cub
pitcher chasing two grown grizzlies at
top speed. belaboring them with the tent
pole and Va1nly trying to recover the lost
bacon.
Had Seen Connie" Mack Play.
Fame has its limitat tons Connie Mack
discovered this during the Philadelphia
celebration of the Athletics victory in
the worlds championship series. The en-
tire city was given over TO the celebra-
ton. and honors were being heaped upon
the leaders of the White Elephants. He
was the biggest man in Philadelphia. and
mr. of nn1t ~, ~r,I
line counted it an honor to sit with him
He was at one of the most exclusive
clubs in the Quaker city as the guest Of
some prominent citizens when stranger
who also was a visitor at the club was
led forward and introduced.
I'm pleased said the stranger, shak-
ing the extended hand i've seen you
play. and enjoyed it immensely.''
Indeed" replied Mack. politely. You
must be an od-time fan.
Il am. answered the stranger. Il es-
pecially enjoy the romantic Irish melo-
dramas; but, Nh. Mack. it seems TO me
that ON the stage you seem much heay-
Ter
Jake Stahl. the big first baseman. who.
after career of twelve years at the
University of Illinois and in the major
leagues, has announced his intention of
retiring from base ball to go into the
banking business. has IA peculiar story OF
freak play that happened last season
The play illustrates the uncertainties of
the game.
We We're playing the Athletics" says
Stahl. and Danny Murphy was at bat.
with Ray Collins pitching. 1t was along
late in the game, and for a wonder we
had them beaten, although during the last
season we seemed to be the easiest club
In the country for them, not even barring
the Cubs.
Murphy Smashes Ball.
1.-The thing that happened just goes
to show how club that is playing in
luck has all the luck. We had a couple
Of runs the lead. the game was near an
end and they had two men on bases with
two out and two strikes On Murphy. who
is a cracking hitter toward right field
if he gets good grip on the ball He
took swing at his third strike and hit
the ball a terrible crack. l think l sell
dom have seen a ball hit harder than that
one was. 1t came down the first base
line so far foul that thought it would
go three feet or more outside the base,
and about ten feet high. I made a wild
running jump at that ball. showed up
my mitt. hoping to stab the ball as it
went past.
You may imagine my surprise when
the ball darted down and, inshooting at
least twelve feet grazed my right knee
and went to right field on fair ground.
And when the ball hit the ground it
struck. twisted toward the foul line, rolled
perhaps thirty feet and stopped. Two
runs scored, the batter reached second
and scored later, beating us out of the
game. The odd part of it was that when
| ran back and picked up the ball 1t was
split almost in halves, and had to be
thrown out of play. We examined the
ball afterward. 1t seems that the rubber
which surrounds the cork core had been
overvulcaniZed and Murphy hit it so
hard that the rubber actually exploded,
tore the yarn, the cord and the leather
from the center out, and the air, CATCH
ing the ball. made it dart onto fair
ground. and beat us out OF the ball
game