The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

So Fletcher. who had been decorating the bench
and chafng under enforced ideness, told to get
in at short and make good
"I'l try" said Fletcher. 81 don't want to sit
that bench until l stiffen with age"
And he did make good He revived the waning
speed of the Giants The ineld was losing steam.
1t might not have been noticeable to the rank and
fe. but to the trained eye it evident that slow
ness was hampering the work of other players who
were fast.
What would the Giants have done without him?
The trade of Brdwell for Herzog would have ayailed
them little 1t the combination of Fletcher and
Herzog which fired the energy of the players.
Fletcher IS wonder. Some think that he is destined
be the greatest nieder in the history Of baseball
Fletcher has that which falls to few ball players
what is known a perfect pair of hands Not SYM
metrically perfect but "baseballicaly perfect The
palms are NONRESIDENT That is quality which
means great deal. Some built that the
ball bounces out of their palms when it hits the flesh
1t seems to sink into Fetcher's hands. His fingers
are long and pliable, and he has throwing arm
which bends and returns like a steel 6Shing rod.
Best Of all, he is full of life. There pepper
enough in that man." said Latham ito season i o.
the turkeys that will be roasted in New York
Thanksgiving Day"
In Philadelphia there is a squatty little in
fielder who goes of the name of "Stufy" McInnis.
He plays for the Athletics. He doesn't look any
more like the ideal first baseman than thorough
bred looks like Percheron and ret he has been play
ing first base well that the longer he plays the
more folks look upon him with astonishment.
Mack got him up in New England One of he
smooth moving scouts of the Philadelphia manager
saw McInnis play one afternoon. He wasn't play
ing at first. That never his regular position
when youngster He infieder however,
and he seemed to be active enough to make good
infelder for club better and stronger than that
with which he playing.
Il guess I'll ask him if he would like join big
club" said the scout
1t took little persuasion to turn him into the
camp of Mack. He went to Philadelphia o act as
utility infelder. He sat around some and played
little. One day Davis was Ineligible for nrst base.
Suppose you try it out there" said Mack You can
bat pretty we'll and all you have to do is to hang
to the ball when they throw it to you
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Not only has he batted well, but he has feded WELL
md he reminds more than one of the type of first
baseman like Sid" Farrar, who did not depend upon
his great height to catch throws, but upon his fine
all around ability.
They've got a find" in Pittsburg His name
is Carey. His parents sent him to a theological
seminary to become a minister Carey found that he
had pair of legs which were strong enough to win
sprnting events and he took great pride in winning
them for his college.
From Seminary - iamond.
One day he discovered thu: aid play bali pretty
we'll So he took to playing LIh Then he Joined
semi-professiOnal team.
stop this ball playing and think of nothing but
your Studies" said the senior Carey.
Il play ball and study tOO' the reply, "and
I can make enough money TO make my study easier.
Let me stick to the baseball for awhile"
So the father consented and Carey continued to play
ball. He did well that the big leagues began to
hear of him. PttSburg found" him. Carey, senior,
stormed at professional baseball but Carey, junior,
explained to him that he could accumulate enough to
help him nightly when his ball playing days were
over and Carey, senior, was convinced again. Now
the Carey family reads the baseball columns Of all
the newspapers, and for Carey, of Pittsburg, he
contents himself by taking away home runs and three
Daggers from opposing players While managers sit on
the bench and grit their teeth in rage.
There's Luderus, in Philadelphia. He dis
covered before this season began, but he, too Is in
the class of the 'all found" He batted the ball so
often the right field fence at Philadelphia that
opposing pitchers began to be suspicious of his bat
and examined it to see where the mystic power
concealed. Philadelphia would have ten or ff-
teen games less during the had it been for
the good work of Luderus and it's his first real year.
In Boston, in the meek and Iowly tail enders,
they have two big and powerful chaps little clumsy
in things, but who have made trouble for many
pitcher this year. They are Ingerton and Jackson.
The latter is not quite good the former because
he began the season later. That's about all between
them.
Brooklyn picked up a find" when 1t got Smith from
down in the Southern League. He had but fort
night, speak, to show his worth, but he proved
that he is find" Brooklyn will wait for the return
Of spring to shout itself hoarse Smith.
There's Cuban in the big leagues now. His name
is MarsanS. He plays with Cincinnati He Is as nim-
BILE on his feet small boy making his exit from
peach orchard with the faithful house dog in hot pur
suit.
When he became member Of the Cincinnati team
two newspapers Of Havana sent special correspon-
dents from Cuba write about the games Of the Gin
cinnat club Daily they filed hundreds of words and
telegraphed them to Havana. They were the proud
est Of all of the travelling correspondents Invariably
they sent word to their editors that Marsans was
find" Possibly they were right. There was no one
who offered serious objection.
Away back, years ago-why be too particular and
say how many years?-there ball player in the
Chicago club who was one of the most popular and
of the best Of all of the ball players travelled
from one city to another in the major leagues.
There came time when he decided that he would
prefer to remain in Chicago anG enjoy himself He
had little money Some of 1t he invested in a semi
professional club and and then he gave the big
league folks as much trouble he could in a way
Some of 1t he spent In pleasure not always the ad-
vantage Of his physical condition.
He became stout and fitted the part of Alderman
we'll His friends laughed at the idea that he ever
had been a ball player.
"No would ever think, to look at you, that you
had worn the hannelS," said an old comrade Of the
field.
II guess you're right" he remarked as he looked
down upon his big girth.
Last February Charley Comiskey said that Jimmy"
Callahan going with the "Sox" to train In the
West. Callahan went. The fat waist line dsap-
peared. The muscles in his legs which had not been
used in hard work for seasons, began to respond to
training The 'Sox' came home. Callahan was In
left geld. He has played the outed all Of the year.
'Cal" Is the greatest find" of 1911 for he is the
original dyed in the wool come back man" Of base
ball. There's none other like him.