El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-21

York when it comes to the shooting
! cam 50 was the feeble protest.
Not an awful lot, but there's this
! difference" said Tinker. out there
/ tbev At least give a man q chance to
tbTou- nm his hands before making a
! swiss cheese out Of him. If Jesse James
! lived in New York right now his moth
! or would be afraid to let him out after
! 6 o'clock.
IT'S your own fault. You didn't play
You're strong for Chicago. aren't
you7"
'where did the stork muff you?"
''Muskado"
I didn't ask what hit you. I asked
where you were born. You misjudged
that one"
Z got it with one hand" insisted
Tinker. I was b9rn in Muskado."
Product Of Kansas City.
rs that an insect or a regular stop
ping placer"
It's a regular stopping place in Mis-
souri,, but ! didn't stop there long
few minutes after I arrived 1 learned
the name of the place and I put up
frightful roar I kicked and kicked,
until at the age of 5 the family moved
in to Kansas city to pacify me- KAN
sas City is eight miles from Muskado,
but doesn't bras about the close con-
nectiOn."
Go on. Go on. Your story interests
me strangely"
"Singularly enough, 1 started to grow
after reaching Kansas city continued
Tinker.
why did you stop short?"
ITO become a shortstop." said Tin
Aer- You hit into a double play that
time
hit
I've get everything today" SAID Joe
I'm e.lng to break up this game in a
minute. You figure me shorter Than l
am. Most fans do. I'm feet s, but
they generally guess me -wo or three
inches shorter I'm upright. nut the
uniform Sives me q square look. BISi-
ness of laughing. IA. hai'
Another break like that and You go
out Of the game
''AH ricnt: I'll behave I began as a
third baseman, playing that position
for teams in and around Kansas City.
John King and I we-s gra1Ia tcd from
the Kansas City los about the same
time. ] got my first Dig baseball Job
with Denver in 1900 I told the man
ager I vas the best third baseman in
the world, and he showed me he he
Heved ne by putting Tle on second
One morning I found that I made an
unusual racket when I walked 1
looked behind and found that I was
escorting a can I finished the season
with Helena. In 1901 7 helped Port
land. Ore. win the pennant, and in
1902 7 was invited to take tea with the
Cubs
Wanted Third Base.
What position were you playing
them
Third base I had gotten away with
it at Helena and Portland with room to
spare, so I handed Frank Selee, then
manager of the Cubs, my favorite third
base solo. I'm glad to hear it he
said. Go on out there and play short
today. I've been there II years"
Eleven years of continual warfars!
This old Cub machine has surely
been on the firing line" said Tinker,
and there's lot of speed in it yet.
when was it at its best?"
IN 1908, in my opinion. That's the
year we won the pennant by one game.
1 refer to the famous game with tie
Giants It may sound like boast, but
I don't think our work that year VIII
be duplicated in a hurry. The Sunday
before that game we beat PittsbuTg
before a bowling 10000. We had to
beat them or it was all off with US.
We laid in Pittsburg until Wednesday
night and then hit the trail for New
York We had to fight our way into
the Polo grounds that day and fight
every inch of the way through the
game. We won with 10000 rabid Giant
fans hooting US. We jumped back to
Chicago that night and jumped right
into the worlds series with Detroit.
We won the series. No team has ever
been called on to go at such heart
breaking pace.