The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-26

N L when pitched to German representative OF
N Pittsburg. Hans Wagner; not diating on the
Y intrinsic value of the fadeaway when handed
Sherwood Magee in a pinch, not discoursing
the Athletics winning of the worlds championship,
that all absorbing topic to outsiders, Fred Tenney,
John, alias Chief Meyers, and Leon, alias Red
Ames stood before a picture at exhibition short
time ago pointing out its strong and weak features.
The incident goes to show that baseball players
do not always talk shop" while off the field, habit
attributed to actors. They have other interests and
other thoughts besides the number of bases that
Eddie Collins stole last season or the exact cor
puIency of "Ty" Cobbs batting average. few OF the
big leagueTs very good artists and have practsed
their gift in a remunerative way side line\ The
most notable are Fred Tenney, manager of the Bos-
ton National League Club; Leon X. Ames, the pitcher
of the Giants Russell Ford, the spitban sensation
of the American League and affiliated with the Yam
KEGS The Indian, Meyers, is not an artist, but is
great student of art, and by reading copously has
made himself a really competent critic.
Tenney is a great home man and takes much
pleasure with his children. "The loyal rooter Lady
B." is learning and paint just ndw under her
fathers instruction. and he says that she is very
apt pupil.
Tenney as an Artist.
One spring. when Tenney had charge of the Bos-
ton club before he to the Giants as result OF
that big trade the winter of 1905 he went South as
the manager of the team the secretary of the club
artist for Boston newspaper and the travelling
correspondent for two Others All that Tenney had to
do on that trip to get up at seven O'Clock In the
morning and take his team out to the field on jog
right after breakfast where they would practice and
rehearse signs until noon. Then he would lead run
back to the hotel for dinner and while the other
players were resting for couple Of hours, Tenney,
the artist, would get out his daily sketch.
Next Tenney, the manager, would lead the club
on jog back to the park, where game would be
played. and he would arrange signals plan the clubs
general style, teach few of the youngsters the fine
points Of the game and generally supervise the play
After the game followed the run back to the hotel,
where the players would eat supper and afterward
hang about the lobby mancuring their diamond rings,
the inevitable mark of big Lacquer, with quill tooth
picks, and complaining because they had to work so
hard on the spring trip
Tenney, the author, would then hustle over to the
telegraph office and file couple of stories Next he
would return to the hotel and take OF the clubs
correspondence and arrange for playing dates and
catch up any other odds and ends of business Along
about twelve or one o'clock Tenney, the man. would
be ready for bed and he wouldn't have another thing
TO do until seven o'clock the next morning.
Tenuey was educated at Brown University and
was on the baseball team there when Il composed
OF men whose playing parayzed all other college teams
in the country. Among the cast Of characters con-
temporanecus with Tenney on the Brown team were