The evening world., 1912-06-15
Aneinie" Zimmerman Quit the
tumbing Business for Base
kaII, Was Satisfied With $500
h His First Real Diamond Job
uhtiI Johnny Evers Discovered
Him for the Chicago Cubs.
~ BOZEAAN BULGER.

to-day are those who can look
up from the baseball extras
an1 regale their young hopefuls
Vlth tales Of the time when
Homie Zimmerman was carrying
D,Nnbers' tools and earning - q day.
0very citizen Of that seQuestered
section Of New York who can family
ye4ember the occasion when Heinie
pQ0aired leak in his bathtub to-day
rsfQrs to the sensational hitter Of the
oWns - one Of his boyhood friends.
'well do Z remember" says old
nan Adolphus Baumgardner. the
mt time he ever came to my house.
~ orawlsd under the bathtub. and
vtsn I saw hin draw back his arm
q deliver . blow with that hammer
knew by his motion that he was o
I'm hitter. ! went and told his
SalAer about II, and l guess I am the
uen that discovered him - Q ball
playsr."
yhsrs are one hundred other good Ger
Qpn citizens up there who will tell you
OhD same thing. II the discoverers Of
HGonie were to organize they would
have . membership OF regimental size.
n New York ball player may get
~ in the shuttle. but not 20 In the
Bronx. When the Cubs are In town
Yovng America waits In droves for the
asytval OF Zimmerman At his home
after the game. and not to know where
NSans HIVES is not merely looked upon
20 tgnorance-it Is a crime.
Nap TO DODGE HIS FRIENDS ON
THIS TRIP.
During the recent series with the
Cuts. in which Zimmerman banged the
ball into the stands for three home
suas. excitement In the Bronx ran riot.
Iielpie was counting on a few quiet
days at home. but such pleasure was de-
MED him. Friends came 80 thick and
fast ne couldn't get a minute to himself.
ana finally. In desperation. sneaked
doWntown in New York and Joined the
team to escape the demonstrations. Sew
erl young men have gone into profess
sionsl baseball from the Bronx. but
Heinie Is the only one to reach the ex-
aited station Of a hero.
IN ne only played on the New York
team" said ono of his enthusiastic root
era at the Polo Grounds. "how we could
rub It into them swell-headed fans from
Manhattan! You don't see anybody
from New York hittin home runs. do
yovr'
The old theory that all sturdy men
come from the country Is knocked into
q cooked hat in the case OF Heinie Ztm-
norman. He never lived in the country
in his lie; doesn't know the difference
between a plough horse and q saddler.
and never had to bring In wood for the
winter fires. He was born and brought
IND In q New York fiat. lived like any
other city boy. and to-day has the
strongest pair of arms and shoulders In
the National League!
Zimmerman Is six feet tall In his
stocking rect, weighs $50 pounds. and
lever had a days illness In his life.
.'What was your idea In going into
bssSball?' asked Heinie in the Cub
clubhouse. He looked at me as II
smayed at such question.
80 get the coin. Of course" he re-
plsd.
Did you ever have any other job?"
',eurev' he replied. II was q plumbers
assistant and made q a day"
mi
reason for having selected the plumbers
trade a. . starter.
You sss." he explained. my father
wes q travelling man. and had to work
all the time to mako . living for our
SAsnliy-you know he had some family,
too"
wv manyr'
well, there's seven OF us boys" he
ssea
IT.. :A1V Oirlsf'
'>oh, YES; there's nvs or six Of them.
AAlh tAsss's either astssa OF sixteen In