The Washington herald., 1911-02-23

dropped until three years ago, when the
Chicago Americans were the only big
league club wearing them. Two years
ago however, Cincinnati came out
decked in dark blue, with red trim
mings.
Charley Dryden, the Chicago Examiner
historian. has discovered the coming
phenom" of the season in the person of
Pitcher Baker, of the Sox. He lives In
the northeastern part of Washington and
will be a week coming" to Chicago
If you are further interested in his case.
here are a few more details artfully
gathered by the Chicago scribe:
According to the vital statistics at
hand, Mr.. Baker is twenty-three years
of age, nearly six feet tan; displacement.
les pounds: bats, eats, and throws left
handed; married and the father of one
child: stole one base in 1910; can slceo
in an upper berLn il necessary; player
last year with SpI Sauc and battcd is;
is sober, industrious. devoted to mis-
family and credit to any league.
Mr.. Bakers best fooler is the fog
ball, developed early in life along the
shores of Puget Sound. This masterpiece
comes up softly and stealthily like the
fog at early dawn. dsso!ves before the
a given point somewhere between his
nose and belt. The said batsman never
sees it at all, any more than the mariner
can observe a fog where it is not. This
fog ball certainly should bring home the
kale to Mr.. Baker. Nothing to it."
THE most peculiar play that ever saw
in all my baseball experience I think
was made in a game between the old
Providence and Cleveland teams when
was manager of the Providence club.
says Business Manager Frank Bancroft
now of the Reds. ''Old HoSs' RadbOurne
was pitching for US this day, Giligan
was behind the bat and the score at the
end of the eighth inning. as ! remember
it, was . TO 1 in Cleveland's favor.
Rad you know, hated like the mis-
chief to lose a game. He would so on
day after day, pitching in every game on
peep about being Overworked.
In thIs game man on the Cleveland
team got down to second, and then there
was a play in which Rad had to cover
second. AS he started back for the plate
Jack Glasscock. who was up at bat.
swung his stick around viciOusly and
shouted: Pitch il! Pitch it,
Rad was sore and he did pitch it.
Pitched the ball while he was on his way
thirty feet away from his pitching posi-
ton.
Now. by all the rules of the game 1t
was an illegal pitch and should have
been declare no ball but the umpire
was in a testy mood and decided to let
the play go through.
"Glasscock. completely surprised by the
great pitchers audacity, swung hard at
the ball served up TO him from away
down near second base and lifted up
pop fly TO the third baSeman.
you're out" yelled the umpire, and,
of course, there was no appeal and
wrangie, but I'll wager a little money
that this was the only case on record
where a ball was delivered to the batter
from a point ten yards beyond the box.
"Radbourne was the greatest pitcher of
his day or of any other day. Unlike the
pitchers of to-day, he was mad if he was
not asked to work-absolutely insisting
that he was a stranger to WEAKNESS. and
that he would rather be in the box tax
ing his medicine than sitting on the
bench watching some other twirler get
his waIloping."