The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-20

Given Another Oppor-
tunity to Make Good
BROOKLYN, n. T.. Feb. 20.-One of
tho bright bits OF gossip sprung last
week for the benefit Of the hard
pressed winter baseball dopsters is
that Jacg Chesbro has bohbcd up with
a request. which has been granted.
that he be taken south with the New
York Highlanders for an attempt T."
come back. This is interesting hut
not exciting. nor do we believe that
the course Of the championship sea-
son OF 1912 will be ruffled vastly by
the achievements Of the once mighty
Jack.
+. chesbro a enormously popular.
both on account of his personality
and usefulness. when he was a men,
Dor Of the New York Americans. but
there is a mighty slim prospect that
he will ever be himself again.
Pitchers who are forced out OF the
game. by their arms going back on
them, as was the case with Cheshire
when he retired in 1909. seldom or
never rome hack. Some twirlers slide
lltO LltC IItlIAOIS OGSdISS uuS SOuA
enough for fast company. and remain
there 81 long that their origin is OBJ
scured in the inists of antiquity. Such
was the ease with Theodore Breiten-
stein, who has been in the Southern
league yer 'sinve the big wind in Ire
land. Others have gone to the minors
because they were thought to be too
slow after years of major league ball.
and have been recalled to resume
h1Soina0o at tho N1A cfnn1 iYNot no ONnA
as ever. The most notable instances
of this kind are Tom Hughes Of
Warrington and Earl Moore of the
Philadelphia Nationals.
But these shining anti Oslerites
have always been pitching and. ap-
parently. always will be. They have
not retired from the field entirely. as
odds and ends Of heaving. has done
little. as far as can be learned, to
keep himself actively in the game. His
great specially was the splitter. and
when his wing failed to deliver the
moist ball with effect he appeared
to be completely through.
Callahan Beyond Comparison.
ChesbrO seems to have taken great
heart from the new lease of life grab
he'd by Jimmy Callahan. present AN
ager Of the Chicago Americans, and
" IL IIiStl SoCut1ClcIs IIISI DdSeIIldl
for Washington: but these are no. to
the point. Callahan "a a pitcher.
and a mighty good one. but he had
other assets and still retains them.
He is to this day one of the best base
stealers and n Of the best hitters
in the American league. to say moth
Ing of his unsurpassed knowledge Of
inside baseball. his quick thinking
and his general usefulness. AS an out
6o1dn he {o ct{11 hoftor Than tho nc
jority of major league suburbanites.
Schaefer4 has Ia of the qualities
which mark Callahan. and those. with
his wonderful squirt in hitting after he
was shifted to first base last year. have
saved him for an Indefinite period.
Another man who will probably
drift into the Callahan class OF field
pitching days are over is DR.. Harry
White. also of the Chicago Ameri-
cans. The doctor is exceedingly MINI
bic of foot. as BELTS a man who was
9 star runner at college. is a relia BILE
batter and has a splendid baseball
noodle. Chesbro. on the other hand,
was ever a pitcher, and If no cannot
come across in that specially he has
little or no other reliance.
Charley Murphy has broken GU
again in a new spot. This time he
wants the National league to pass q
rule forbidding any Of its players en-
gaging In the saloon business. Muir
ply Is a comical cuss and a big help
IN filling space with most of his full
limitations. but there are occasions
when he should kindly but firmly
chided with an axe. This is one Of
those occasions. His announcement
is probably actuated by two reasons.
First. to take a crack at Mordecai
Brown, who threatens t. quit the Chi
cago Cubs in order to open a saloon.
and is using the threat as a gouge
with which to get money out of
the club. and. secondly. to keep the
name of Murphy in the public prints.
Murphy's suggestion is bunk. on Its
ments that put weapons in the hands
OF the enemies Of organized baseball.
The consistent agitators against the
present conduct of the national game
make a speciality of proclaiming that
the unfortunate. well-paid, well-fed
players are Slaves etc, ETC., etc.,
ad nauseam. add Boston. Every time
q rule fs passed restricting the players
IN the oR-season 1t is taken ADVANTAGE
OF to start a fresh commotion. These
chatterings produce few real and
noticeable results. but they give the
players and their misguided COUNSEL
Tors reasons for believing that a o
horrid slavery and persecution is talk.
Ing place right before the eyes Of the
courts in this land Of the free and
home Of the a mark. Hence, dis.
content and willingness to listen to
every wind TANNER who comes along
with a chimerical scheme for estab.
fishing a new order Of things.
The limit was nearly reached when
h major and minor leagues entered
into an agreement to the effect that
no mar brought UP to the majors for
q trial shall be signed for an increase
OF salary Of more than twenty-five per
event until he has demonstrated that
he 10 going to stick. That read like
a pretty. hard knock and sounded like
q "trusty" method Of keeping down
salaries. 1t was really founded on
considerations for the hest interest
Of the game, but many of the minor
stars do not see the point yet. MUIR
phys yelp about the saloon business
is all h more poor Judgment under
these circumstances.
AS q matter Of fact the National
agu has no more right to say that a
player has not the right to wi 4
saloon than It has to say that he shall
not become q temperance lecturer. a
Hard Shell Baptist. an evangelist, IN
undertaken. a millionaire. q husband
OF a prima donna or a member Of the
Alimony club.
Murphy's proposed rule would be
an utterly .unwarrantable stretch AT
authority and would lead to trouble
sooner or later. The only statute of