The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-15
PLAYERS LOYAL TO CLUBS SAYS
 SHORTSTOP TINKER

A ball player is loyal to his. uni- form says Joe Tinker, 'and you can- not shake that loyalty with bribes or prayers Yet. when that same ball player changes his uniform, he trans fers that loyalty with the shift or c1othing-he is, from that moment, the faithful and devoted warrior of his new Aggregation, and there Is no trick Of the game that he won't work upon his former teammates. if he can. The sentiment of years, perhaps, may have bound him to the old club7Hand yet as soon as the new letters stand out up-
 on his shirt front all he thinks about is how he can use the Knowledge of the by-gone years to help his new team beat the old one. In all the only enc man who forgot that he was tr aded, and that one case was so fun- ny that it gave the best laugh of the ' season.
 several years ago, the Chicago team made a sudden, hurry-up trade with Boston. It was. beyond a doubt, the fast company. The men rode out to the ball park with their old teams, not even dreaming that "a deal was under way. got into uniform ana practceo ] Meanwhile, the. two managers got to-
 gether in the office, found that each was wholly agreeable to swap, and shook hands on a big transfer then assa
 field, told the athletes concerned of the exchange, and ordered them to hurry into their reversed apparel In
 
 been. under arms for Chicago strode forth in Boston uniforms, closely fol lowed by two Chicago-labeled gents who 10 minutes previous had worn Boston colors.
 The umpire stepped to the front of the stand, megaphoned with his large red hands, shouted, (we will use as- stunned names, please, for all four of the boys are sensitive) Ladies and gentlemen instead of Greeney playing third for Chicago. and Sandal right, Greeney will play third for Boston and Sandal will be in right for Bos- ton. Instead of Bowers playing right for Boston and Jibbons playing third, Jfbbons will play third for Chicago and Bowesr will play right for Chicago
 And the deadly fray began with each of the transp1anted beauties doing his best to trim his former pals.
 'sAlong in the second inning, I sin g1ed to left stole second, and advanc ped on third, I exchanged compliments with Greeney, and then watched my chance to scuttle home A grounder went to the ehortstop, and started.
 $ Nix, nix, Joe shouted Greeney. Come back-you can't score on that one.' Involuntarily accustomed tol to third, and then it flashed upon me that ne had fooled me. I turned ex- pecting to have him give me the ha, uick throw to Greeney. hoping to catch me eff the bag. Greeney never even reached for the baM. It whirred py nm, and Greeney peIIoWed at the top of his voice: Go on, Joe, go on; he threw it clean to the bleachers.' And in I went, a-flying.
 Two minutes later poor Greeney woke up to a realization of the break he had made In the mad excitement of the moment, he had utterly forgot ten tho transfer-he had forgotten that Boston letters now showed across his shirt-and, thinking himself still a I Chicago player and eager to watch | every point of coaching, he had let that hall and sent home
 'tGreeney played against us like al mad man. the balance of the game, | but to this day you can get an ele l gant fight by asking him about the | time when he let loyalty to the old 1 club make him forget that he had as the uniform of the neW.''