The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
DOC WHITE AMONG
FANS this WEEK
White Sox's Star Twirler
Appears in Vaudeville.
IS SIGNED UP BY cHAsE's
other Three Players Who Started
with Him Get Stage Fright and
Coaching the High School Pitchers
Before Time to Practice.

Doc White, the White Sox pitching
star, at Chase's this week, is back on
his old stamping ground. This young
and puzzling juggler of highs lows. u
''bunts." drops" curves and the
like, is Washington bred if not Washing.
ton born. The Doc completed his edu.
cation at Georgetown University, and
then was initiated into the mysteries OF
molar pulling. He won the degree of
d. d. S., but history does not record
that he ever practiced the painless" art
except after sundown. At any rate he
could if he would. There's a store on a
prominent street here in town that bears
his name across its front. but the boss
early developed a thrifty streak. and if
he SuStains no break in his run of luck
he will. in a few years, be able to retire
from base running and counter jumping.
What with his store, his ball playing, his
'sun-down" dental practice, and his
vaudeville stunt, Doc" is in receipt of
almost as much a week as most molar
pullers and ball twirlers can earn in a
month. But Docs" initiation into
vaudeville was not u pathway bestrewn
with roses. Indeed, it was the survival
of the fittest among four ambitious Amer
ican League players. All of them wanted
vaudeville fame as well as fortune, and
all Of them saw exemption from labor
on hot stove winter circuits. They
had a sketch written to fit all four, in
cluding Doc and the rehearsals went
through with a rush. They were big
5000 a week for four. $500 per head. Then
bo
never had stage fright and therefor e
were not immune. They got it all right
Three of them were faxed" completely
1t was painful. Only the Doc survived
the ordeal. The other three quit then
and there. Wise old Doc tore down
the Stats of the four-room sketch and
built himself a one-room shack so to
speak, in the form of a monologue. and
they say you'd never believe to see him
that he is a husky stick-smashing big
league player. Doc" has acquired that
air of ..savoir faire'' which is an indis-
pensable adjunct of the real actor man.
By the way. there's another stunt
which DOC" does as a part of his con-
tinuous performance in imitation of the
u. S. mint in grinding out money. When
baseball is over and vaudeville is gone
and when he is not extracting teeth by
the bushel. or busy watching the show
cases in his store, the Doc puts in
few hours daily coaching" amateur ball
teams. Last years Central High School
nine here reflected his glory in number
of Snappy games for which they paid
Doc prices equaling those for instruc-
tion in operate singing by the Italian
maestros in the land of garlic and stilet-
tos. Truly, the Doc is an early bird.
Nothing that contains in its inner parts
the coin of the realm can pass unde-
tected through his hands. Everything
coming his way is his n. and consequently
there's a bankroll swelling at d rapid
rate in $3.50 per year safety deposit
box whose key is never out of the pocket
of the hero of this truthful narrative
of how to get rich in spite of the octo-
puses on every hand in this memorable
year of 1911.