The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-04
Peerless Hitter Proves That
Rocket Shoes Beat Movable
Bases All Hollow.
by BOHEMIAN BULGER.


A FTER a long and earnest confer |
~ ence between Swat Milligan. the
= Peerless Hitter OF the Poison
Oaks. who is hero TO cover the Series.
and Manager McGraw. It can be author
itatively stated that during the World's
Series tho Giants will wear shoes four
inches longer than their feet.
This decision was reached after SWAT
had read . report from his secret ser
vice men showing that eight out OF ten
base runners In tho big leagues are
thrown out by less than six inches.
by wearing tho extra four inch OF
shoe" Mr.. Miiligan explained to Nc
Draw. "the base runners will win sew
erai decisions by a close margin"
us that tho only reason for the
changer" McGraw 10 said to have
asked.
mot exactly" replied the noted hit
ter. "lo see It will mako the mem-
bers OF tho team redouble their efforts
at speed so as to keep up with their
shoes. That ought TO make them 20
per cent. faster and give them q toes
handicap besides.
with this weishty problem disposed
OF the Giants persuaded the great Mil
iigan 10 visit them at their clubhouse.
and he went there closely guarded.
Having been told OF the change In shoe
| lengths tho players suddenly conceived
an idea OF playing n trick on the man
who was never known to strike out or
be thrown out on the base lines
PLAN TO FOOL THE PEERLESS
HITTER, SWAT.
I There was hurried conference be-
/ tween Doyle, Fletcher. Ames. Wiltse
and Dr. Crandall. They stealthily went
| out OF tho clubhouse and fixed II with
Groundkeeper Murphy so that the
bases could be made movable. BY the
| pulling OF an invisible wire the padded
sacks could be made to move forward
| at great speed. The idea was to get
Swat Milligan at tho bat and when ne
hit the ball jerk the string. In this way
| they figured that they would have him
running all over tho park before he
discovered that the base was moving
ahead OF him.
Having completed their fraudulen,
plan. tho players left Harry Sparrow t
guard the string and strolled back &c
the clubhouse. As tho crafty plotter'
entered Mathewson and Tesreau wer,
urging the mighty hitter to give tn,
boys n demonstration In scientific base
running.
In the mean time II was noticed tina
two OF the secret service men had dis
appeared. Nothing was thought OF THU
at the time, but a peep under the grand
J stand would have given tho oonsphator
quito surprise.
The evcr-ready old sleuths of tn
! willow Swamp League had not beef
ida. They had secured the details o
the entire plot ALillisan finally consent
| ed 20 give the demonstration and tn
| whole team lined up to stop him. BE
fore beginning Swat excused himself 70
a moment and ran under the stand. III,
had been warned by the mentograph
his new signal-tipping machine inventeC
especially for tho worlds series. I'm
der the grand stand his secret servic
men handed him a package. ana tn,
great hitter changed his shoes In
my. lie had donned his recently In
vented rocket SHOES for base stealing
These shoes are so constructed that. b!
pressing a small wire concealed in IN,
kneefolds of his un.,orn, the toe of IN,
shoe darts out Ike the head OF snake
1t can stretch ninety feet with case. an(
pull weight OF 60 pounds behind II
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