Evening journal., 1911-03-14
SPINNING THE
BASEBALL YARN
Players Well Known in Ma
tionaI Game and Some
Of Their Tricks
BONE BEAD EXAMPLES ON
BIG LEAGUE CIRCUITS

K,owine baseball and being able tc
,lav i, wer does not make man
rood r hail nlaver. To be that he must
fnow these things and at the same
limo know his opponents. The same
thing applies TO the other great
American game. poker, as stranger
from a far land discovered during the
worlds series.
rho stranger was a New York
writer dispatched to travel with the
Cubs in those hysterical jumps to
and from philadelphia. He has play
cd nokcr from coast to coast, but,
though he knew the game and couid
,,lav il. he had never played with the
bunch of desperadoes that engages IN
The mterminable Cub game. In honor
ol ihc worlds series Chance permit
tod the rules governing the limit
which is a quarter during the season.
To be broken. and they were playing
that grand old suicidal game, OF each
ante quarter one dollar limit and
On lacks. aud raising two and three
lines before the draw The New
Yorker sat In to get his part of the
worlds championship spoil, and they
observed him approaching. Tho third
hand dealt he opened the pot for one
hono right under the gun, and he had
three nine spots. Tom Needham
.almly boosted IL a dollar. and, after
some study. Mordecai Brown gave II
another tilt The eastcrner with his
lhrees boosted again. Ncedham and
Brown hoisted him.
Tho easterner. a trine dizzy, only
remained and pushed two hesitating
aud reluctant beans into the POT.
Needham raised. Brown raised and
Needham stayed and drew two cards,
while Brown held his pat and the
stranger with a sigh showed his three
nincs into tho discard and swore
softly at the luck Brown raised
Needham -9ised. and Brown, after q
seconds study, called.
"Watche get Tom?' he demanded
Pair of five" laughed Needham
Just top you- Pair Of sevens." said
Brown. taking down the pot
For a moment the stranger stared
Then he remarked:
This is no place for a poker play.
sr.' and crawied out.
Malachi Kittredge. who worked be
hind the bat for several years and
did his work with such a degree %
excellence that he will be referred Z,
Tor years 10 come, won't hang aroun,
long 10 discuss tho virtues Of Froddi
Payne former Tiger bachstop AM
now member Of the White So
crow
a soup hone stands between MI
Payne and Mr.. Kittredge The sou
Al bone came between them years az
sFhilo MalachDwas catching for Wasl
ineton and IFederick was starting oil
with the fiEers.
Payne had the ability to hit Cas-
Patfcr. Washington portsidc heavc
I'm one GENE with Kittredgc catchin
and Pattep pitching. Payne hit 70
extra bases the first two times ur
That got on Malachi's nerves. Whel
Payne came 10 bat for the third time
Malachi boiling over, sailed int,
Freddie verbally.
IF you're not all yellow you'll pu
the ball over and let me show III
this bush-league backstop catcher yol
got in back Of the plate,' yelled
Payne.
~Ill have him put II over, IL
show you you've Just been hitting II
luck barked Kittredge.
Malachi signalled for Patterns bes
delivery, and Patten tore loose, Payn
swung. connected and made a three
base hit; Enraged. Kittredge tried [
get Payne on third base. threw vii
and Payne scored the winning run.
Malachi found life different prop,
sition for a few weeks after tina
Bill Coughlin, Bill Donovan and
few others. taking advantage of q
situation advised Payne to keep aft
kittredge. and here the soup boz
came into play. Kittridge was know
as a brainy catcher. and natural
Malachi was proud OF the fact. II
expression 'bone head" was ia
springing into popular favor in Il
east
Detroit was playing in Washingt
and Kittredge was catching PAY
was doing bench duty The dout
umpire system was not IN vogue III
~ and the lone arbiter was perched Z
hind the pitcher.
Payne picked up a package he h
brought to the ball park from {
hotel Hand behind his back
started for first base coaching III
To reach tho coacher's box he had
pass in back OF the catcher. AS
did so he dropped a huge soup bo
behind Kittredge. The umpire did I
see; neither did Kittredge. The IA
I'm grandstsnd and bleachers did. II
had been roaring for several minu
before Kittredge found out. He asl
no questions; he simply forgot d
Frederick Payne was listed with
census bureau.
NI ~