New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

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wished that some dav should be able to fill his shoes
All of the regulars and the newspaper men as
stoned 10 the lower berthS. There were four left and
we had to draw for those by putting slips into derby
hat; the winning men getting to sleep down stars
they call it, The rest of the recruits were made to sleep
in ilppcrs 1t is an ancient custom IN baseball that
regular must always have a lower while The busher
must ALWAYS take the upper. One Of the way o wound
ing the pride of a regular player-and the manager
sometimes does it as punShment-lS to make him sleep
in an upper That hurts his dignity more than trkng
ont four times in succession in a close game. But a
bushcr must never think Of taking lower under any
consideration until he is sure that all the regulars have
been cared for.
WHEN we had finished the drawing for The four
w extra lowers and | had lost were a a little
better ACQUAINTED For fear that should be- considered
fresh took a seat by myself and began t" read maya
zine
was formerly catcher on a championship team He had
now grown fat: but he full Of fun, an. without
knowing anvbodys name began to make u. laugh with
his witty savings Iicis carried along every spung tram
tho o,ng itchcrS and to keep the club IN good
one Of the pccuiaritcs of this old catcher that he
never gets 4 man name right For instance Of the
Young pitchers whose name was Fullcn~c'dor was i'm
rediatcly called Woolwindcr, and it stuck Another
Iavcr named Croh was called Crow and the Old catch
"Sav. Young fellow he said to me, you don't seem
f. he having a good time III introduce YOU TO the
bows He didn't know them himself; but that made
no difference to him He was privileged 10 introduce
anybody. He reached out his arm ana stopped red
headed Young fellow who was walking down The aisle
and brought him over to where was sitting.
Red, he said to the other man by way Of in,roduc-
tion want YOU to meet Mr. Dash. He II our
new pitchers, and he pointed to me
81 am very glad TO meet you, sad as extended my
hand which he gave a vigorous shake
same to YOU, replied Red with peculiar smile;
but think YOU are a liar. I'm a pitcher myself
At first this Stung me a little, and then laughed II
took me sometime to see the point; but a newspaper
man sitting back Of me laughed heartily, ana week
later | saw the incident in print You see Rpa meant
that IS he and were both working to get the same job,
he had doubts about whether We were glad To- meet each
her or 10 see each other around. He was hg rough
uncouth fellow Of about my age. He told me- that he
was town-lot ball player and had never been o. cnoo
much He was a natural w.t. and his trst remark IS
good sample Of it, Reds bluntneSs hurt me for awhile
but when | got TO understand him we became great
friends His philosophy often worth more ~ oo,h
Of Us than my education.
Red was what the ball players call "strnger @nd
for awhile he told me some Of the most impossible
l,orcs. which | believed and this always turn he'd
great amusement to the oldtmcrS For instance D, o.d
me that he WAS raised in place where the chi 'en
were not allowed % eat At the table until they "ere
twcntv-onc years DID, and that they did not wear aoes
until thirty.
Youngsters ca, out Of long trough until they - "n
and can take trial "a, the table. ! knew one ...."
once he said who always looked forward 10 ID, me
when ne could eat at the table. The occasion .....y
arrived bu, at the first crack he stuck fork IN | e
and the Old man sent nm o"IH Z" inc N""S" .. ."o
OF course couldn't fall for that one; bu, !, .le
u an laugh lust the same.
ION, ii them Rah-Rah boys he asked o., m. nat