The Washington herald., 1912-01-28

ElED the IAN DelOE anu NAAhAAE Ab
always beer his managers main dePen
Street frs saw the light down in
little hamIe called Huntsville, Ala, and
his boyhod days were spent in this
Lace Arklnd Huntsville the natives
were cockiIre Street was going to be-
come one tappy lit just as soon as the
Hopkinsvie CE. l. T. League) club
signed min and brought him North. That
was in ue winter OF 1862.
NeedIas 20 say. Gabby made good with
HopkinA ile in I9G. The bush league
uanagr was a bit tardy in sticking
Cabby in as a regular. but once the
taIkarve one got into the game there
Was 10 further need for other back
stong Street finished out the season be-
hind the bat as a regular All told, he
uouied in scyenty-three games, and the
spajon was quite advanced before he was
nrsSed into service. Terre Haute grabbed
Sreet The Central League is a shade
Tiger than the old Kitty League Hence
Cabby was on his way up the line.
gStreel took part In 1S0~ games for Terre
Haute in the summer OF 1904. He became
q prime favorite with the Hoosier root
srs right from the start, and the cam
uaiSn had but begun in earnest when
The happy appelation of the King OF
Terre Haute was saddled on him. Only
Mordecai Brown, who comes under the
head OF regular citizen, interests TeTre
Hautentots more than Gabby. BY all
odds, the crack catcher is the biggest pet
that town ever had on its team. He
came by his popularity honestly, as he
caught in practically every game for
the Huts in 1904. and hustled hard from
the lines, although allied with losing
team.
Gabby might have hung up a world :
record for continuous service behind the
hat n Joe Kelly had net yanked him to
Cincinnati before the Central League sea
son was over. Kelly utilized him in
twelve games. Hence Gabby's total for
that season was l42. Street started the
campaign CT 1865 with the Reds, but was
switched to Boston in midseason. This
was the one year he was able TO loaf,
his performances totaIing but 80 BY the
by. m his collection Of bunged-up fingers
the particularly damaged one was slipped
him by old Vic Willis. Gabby is a great
admirer OF the lanky ones. In his opin-
ion, Vic, when right, had the candy
curve hall of them all, and Gabby's tes-
firnony will be seconded by a big batch
uf big leaguers.
Street went to work for the San Fran
cisco Pacific Coast Lesgue) team in
1896 EerpIunk, Bow-wow, o . X X d x
= k-hcIl-lup. hel-lUp! Zh-h-h,, That is
meant to be a seismographical description
Of the earthquake. big fire, etc.
that hit San Francisco early in the sum
mer of that year. Gabby had caught
in ten straight games when the league
was blown OF the map.
He joined the williamsport CTri-State
LeagucD Club early in June: caught day
in and day out for il. and eventually
was listed in ninety-se~5u games The
San Francisco Club pulled him back TO
California the following spring. There
was no earthquake that year. So the
baseball season went on to a finish.
Gabby was on deck as a receiver in l54
scraps, and it is doubtful If that pudgy
total was ever eclipsed by a big mitt
man. -
Jack Gleason, famous as Tex Ricksrd' 5
PARTNER, was one OF the organizers OF
the San Francisco Club. He has always
been one OF its chief lookouts, and Gabby'
whose release originally cost San Fran
cisco $500, was sold to the washington
Club. Street has had four years with
the Nationals For Joe Cantillon ne
caught in l2S and Isl games, respectively.
In 1910 McAleer gave Gabby vaca-
ton during the wind up of the season:
TO try out Ainsworth and Henry, out
at that streets total number of scraps
was 50.
Last year Gabby only caught Il
games. as it will be remembered that he
was laid Up with badly split thumb for
nearly a month, and while he did not
show as high up in the official averages
as other receivers in the American
League. yet he is acknowledged one OF
the top-notchers.
Nobody in the world can handle Waiter
Iohnson's terrific shoots as easily as
Gabbv. who will report in Charlottesville
This spring ready to start his tenth year
in organized baseball
streets total OF 9l games IN nine
wears is a great one, particularly as in
one Of them. 1905, he caught in but 30
shows. Even with this campaign in
cluded, he has averaged almost 1el games
per season, and it is doubtful IL any
other receiver can show such massive
mark
Rv seasons and clubs. here is exactly
what street has done in his nine years
as a professional:
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Iao4-Terre Ha1rte.-..-.- -.-.--.- u
ID4-Cncnnati L
Cincinnat %
lqs-San Fancisco-. 10
-WiiamsTurt. 81
IUT-San Flancsco-- Isl
IalS-Wa WashiuEton- u
Iqn-Wa aehiurfon.