The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

I "Are there any more at home Like you p
There are four more ball players, If
that's what you mean," came with a
hearty laugh
Five O'Tooles playing ball?"
Five little O'Tooles," said Marty.
mike with the Boston Nationals, Frank
with Dorchester, Jack with a college team,
Pat with q semi-professional team and
me with the Pirates. Mike and Frank
are pitchers, Jack is frst baseman and
Pat is an outielder."
DO you know you are violating ths
Sherman lawT
; I'VE get that on every side over home.
They say We are trying to monopolize the
game"
/ And all five are getting regular money
for playing?"
That's the time you hit it on the nose.
When It comes to getting the money the
O'Tooles hit around the 500 mark. The
first and fifteenth of every month finds
envelopes headed for the old homestead
from FIVE parts of the country. My
father has 10 do his fielding with a wheel
barrow on those dates"
Was your father a ball player?'
Il should say not" said Marty. HE
was born in Ireland, but jumped to the
Yankee league when he was a youngster
He knows the game backward, because
that's all he hears for seven or eight
months of the year. 1t drives my mother
and two sisters crazy when we're all at
the table fielding bunts, knocking out
home runs and making running catches
You ought to drop in on US when father
and the boys are playing the indoor game.
Occasionally one of my younger brothers
hurls q potato to Illustrate a play, and
then my mother orders him out of the
game"
Has Pittsburg any hopes of winning
the pennant?'
Every man on the team thinks the
club has a chance. The Giants have been
going great but We all figure on the
uncertainty of the game. Any one Of a
dozen things can happen to slow the
Giants up, and then we would bs able
to give them a battle to the wire. Most
of the men on our club will play better
ball from now on because, with few ex-
ceptions, they are all at their best in mid
summer. Sizzling weather Is our long
suit"
When did you start pitching?"
About five years ago. 1t was largely
by accident that reached the centre of
the diamond. Like my brothers, got my
first professional start with a team that
was supported by a manufacturing con-
Germ in South Framingham. The players
were on the pay roll and did little Office
or factory work to keep the record straight,
but in reality We were there for the pur-
pose of playing ball
Il played shortstop on the team One
day when We were shy a pitcher went in
and made an effort to fool the opposing
batsmen with a puny out curve. I got
away with the bluff, and right then and
there made up my mind to devote more
attention to the pitching game. For the
rest of that season I pitched against op-
posing teams with considerable success"
Where did you break into stylish com.
pany"
AT Providence. I went there In 1907.
I won three straight games, the first one
being a shut-out in a snowstorm- That
was one of the funniest games ever took |
part in. The players came near freezing !,
to death. couldn't come to terms with
Providence, and after a few weeks
Joined the Brockton team, in the New Eng
land league. remained with Brockton
for two seasons and won the majority of
my games. Jack Chesbro was in his prime
at that time, and one Of the New York
papers printed pictures illustrating the
manner in hich he held his spit ball.