The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-11

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Evils.
Chicago. jan: 1l.-Who is Boneset-
ter Reese Of Youngstown? 80
The name appears more often han
my other Of the professions on the
sporting pages, and yet few people
are aware of "'who." where" and
"whyfore'' of the same. :
Bonsetter Reese Is an institution.
He ia the las ,poise in his line. and
his line is contributing first aid. to the
peeved arms n ~exaSperated Joints
that befall the pitchers and batsmen
NJ. D., is his entire monickef, and for
ten years The. has been the balm Of
Gilead to the mound demons whose
wings have become afflicted with SYM
toms Of anything from neurasthenia
to common everyday soreness.
He has removed the lurking ills
from the wing of almost every big
league star, and he has helped win
more than one pennant for more than
n team. Among the distinguished
visitors who have made haste to the
bonesetter for assistance are Chance,
Ruelbach, and Branstield of the Cubs.
A majority of the Pirates have storm
ed his doors-O'Toole.; Wilson. Cam
nitz, Gibson, each, Clarke, and the
mighty Hans Wagner.
Looks After the Giants.
The rayaging Giants. Marquard.
Drucke. Wiltse and Ames. have beat
1t thither for dry dock attendance.
Magee and Moore, of the Phillies;
Scanlon and Bergen of Brooklyn and
Cy Young and Flaherty of the Bos-
ton .Rustlers complete the roll call
of the National league diamond past
timers who have at n time or an
other called upon the subtle wisdom
Of the celebrated honesetter to mend
their shattered wings n paws, fins,
and kicks.
The American league players who
have been treated by Reese include
LANCE. Sullivan. Walsh and Dougherty
Of the White Sox; Wallace and Petty
Of the Browns. Hemphill of the
Yanks. Lajoie and Turner of the Maps.
Mcbride. Elberfield. -Gessler and
troit and Lord of the omnipotent Ath-
letics.
From this extended list it may be
seen at one slant that Bonesetter
Reese is not a jest of the irresponsi-
BILE sport scribe. but a real and some
times very, very vital element in the
game. The bonesetter. has in his
decade Of practice made his name one
synonymous with hope and more hope
among the managers of the leagues.
The owner who squanders buckets of
gold on some %precocious pitching ex-
pert and then discovers hat his tin
sel-lined bargain has been using a
family skeleton. smile for sore arm.
does not surround himself with a blue
funk until he has dispatched his gold
brick to DR.. John D. Reese for a YER
OToole's Arm Repaired.
This liz exemplif1ed in the recent
ailing of Marty O'Toole. Barney
Dreyfuss, after detaching himself
from the well-known vast quantity of
money. must have been happy man
a disturbance among the tendons Of
his (Mart's) diamond studded Twill
ing arm. Dreyfuss lost no time in
sending the new. pitcher to the bone
setter and the bonesetter swept Mar
tvs splendid wing with one sweep and
pronounced 1t o. K.-bill to follow.
Sometimes the bonesetter has been
beset with "A clamoring manager just
before a world series was going to be
pulled off. The manager had n pitch
er in tow and the pitchers arm was
on the blink. and the manager ex-
planned that if the pitchers arm
wasn't revived and absolutely mended
III tnTee lose the
pennant. WhZreat Bonesetter Reese
summoned his trusty hands and
presto the pitcher was sound again
and the manager won the pennant.
This Is a sort of synopsis Of the agitat-
, ed life the Youngstown bone repairer
has lived since he became q last re-
sort and final straw in the eyes of the
big leaPue. magnates.
1t might be supposed, with all these
statements. h a DIR. Reese attended
a college of medicine and graduated
with honors, later went to Deutch-
land and gathered more learning. No.
Twenty year ago the bonesetter
worked in a mill, and earned enough
by the discharge of such duties as be-
fell him. in this capacity. to scantily
clothe and feed a wife and five chill
dren.
Reese was born in Wales sc years
ago. When 20 years old he migrated
to Youngstown. and followed the vo-
cation Of a mill hand. In those days
safety appliances were not very nu-
nervous. The result was that acct
pecially in such a place as the ono
in which the bonesetter labored.
Reese. the mill hand, became interest
&c In anatomy, and studied the art
on the sly. He was allowed to wit
ness onerations. and soon became
Vi cAp6Il d. q surgeon.
Watches Doctors at Work.
He was made understudy to many
physicians hastily summoned ii times
of. stress. and he burned midnight oil
trying to acquire enough wisdom to
become a real doctor. Later he did.
The bonesetter af1rms that from the
beginning he had a sort Of q knack
for placing his expert %forefnger on
the ailing spot of his client or locating
his patients trouble at the first poke.
People began calling on Reese to
straighten out kinks and unite knots
in their system. IN It length the
doctor. focused his attention on the
baseball end of his profession.
Gradually his reputation burst the
borders Of Youngstown. and citizens
with all n Of dislocated joints
applied for the wizards touch. In
jured people Of every description call
ed and were treated.
Just as the honesetter wal getting
for himself a great name the medical
profession made n of Its dictatorial
moves and pronounced Reese an inn
postor because he couldn't produce a
college diploma, as an, alibi. The bone.
setter said sticks and stones may dis.
locate my bones. but allegations and
i%nnuendos. AZ showered upon me by
the medical profesh will never dis
commode me, and continued his prac-