The Daily Missoulian., 1912-04-09
"NiG" TELLS STORIES TO RAsE.
BALL TEAM THAT HAS NO
BARBER. SHOP CHORDS.
ELSEY IS A BEAR tanner
Former Diamond Star Is Pictured as
a Daring Fighter Of Animal in Boise
How Charlie Said Good. Bye 10
Baseball Career.

| All that the Highlanders now need
Is a male quartet That most impor-
tant adjunct to a first class bah team,
Is lacking. All OF the squad are wlI-
ing. nay anxious, to warble second
| tenor all of them have lyric voices
Yet, there IL not a man brave enough
to sing first tenor nor IL there a
barytone or a bass with sufficient
temerity to come out into the open
So. lacking barber shop harmony. the
team sits around and listens to Mig"
Perrinc. The Highlanders are as
fluent as listeners as Grover is as a
raconteur. Every evening the High
landers gather on the broad veranda
of the Ravalli hotel and listen to q
cross fire OF old-time stuff between
Eddie Hammond and Mig" with IN
occasional and illuminating remark by
Eddie Quick. Porrine tells lot OF
stories and he never changes his ex-
preston. He says that last fall. when
the season was within two weeks of
dying and Mccloskey hung a tin tail
on Charlie Elsey. who had started the
season with Missoula. had been let 20
and been taken up hy Butte, he star
tied all of Helena with tho manner
W IT'S IbiAAIhBt sNtNViuliis III GPTIlnp,
Elsey. whose right name Is Elson-
heimer. after receiving his Official
congo borrowed two old balls from Nc
Closkey. Always viii IL he n mystery
how he made Honest John" Jar loose.
Elsey had two bats. old and nicked.
He carried two raggedly gloves. He
marched to the middle of the street
before the old Helena hotel burned
down since then. He gave n whoop
that curdled milk in Marysvile and
the poplace came a-running. Elsey
howled again the throng thickened.
Then. he tossed his baseball para
phernalia up over his head and walked
our from .pInder ''Haw. haw." ho
PEELED. I'm done. but nearly lasted
the season out. Haw haw. haw!"
Such AYERS Perrinc. was the swan
song of Charlie Elsey
The big old boy had been n grand
player I'm the early 90's he was
working in big-loague style behind TIE
dish and on first Also. he was the
hero Of many muss In the roped
arena and packed kick like a three
year-old mule. Perrine has another
tale about him.
once upon time. like all fairy
stories. Elsey was In Boise and mixed
mp In n wine-opening contest. coupled
with menu that was IA" In class
| Before tho tavern stood bear cage
within II n bear The natives CHANGED
TO mention To Elsey that the bear was
a crouch. "F' quoth the big 'un "am
| the original bear tanner. | amt afaid
Of no bear"
| Into the cage he marched Come
mere. bear" he said. grabbing hruin by
the throw ana sammlng him one on
the Jaw. The bear spilled himself In
| the back of the cage and E,lsey
wolloped him another After he had
knocked tho furry fellow down half n
dozen times. Elsev grabbed Mr.. Bears
ear and mgged him out Down tho
street went the pair the big man ana
| inc big bear. Ever and anon Elsey
slngged the bear. just to make him
ieel ike coming along Into a saloon
Elsey dragged the bear and the stews
along the bar ran dead heat for the
pack door, while the bartender picked
me front window for his Grogshop
after grosshop the bear and Elsey
empticd. Finally. Charlie kicked the
bear down into cellar and crawled
In after him. Poor hear did hurt
you?' he'd say and then. bing. he'd
catch brnin on the point of the jaw.
Three hours afterward Elsey re-
turned to the hotel alone. where's
the bear?' was the eager question.
on" said the nonchalant animal
trainer ''he wouldn't come along good
any more and J kicked him into tho
river"
Take "Nie's" word for this. folks.