The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-15

q lON6 SlOt. lnSTc was JACK SuGdTOn,
Of Bradford. aff%ectionately known as
pitch on the town lots and was one of
the best in the league. He had a rec
ord of sixteen consecutive wins-not
far from RUDE Marquard's record.
This feat won him a berth on the
Cleveland National league team. He
hurt his back in the first spring train
ing at Hot Springs. and only pitched a
few games for Cleveland. Then he
Went into the International league.
land for a number of years starred as
Il batter and fielder for Erie and Buff
falo. He played right field for Erie
when that club won the pennant.
With Many Other Stars.
Cupid Childs. the fat second base
man. graduated from the Altoona
team to Cleveland, and later to Phila-
delphia. The famous Kid Gleason was
signed by Philadelphia after winning
his spurs with the Williamsport team.
Among the New York and Pennsyl-
,vania league pitchers drafted by the
big league were George Cuppy. from
Meadvillc to Cleveland: Alex Jones
from Bradford to Pittsburg. and
Brooklyn Jack" Menefee, from Erie
to Chicago. Beatin. one of Johns
towns pitchers. was accounted the
best in the league. He also went to
Cleveland. and his catcher, Kinslow,
went to Washington and became a
star of the first magnitude. Cleveland
picked up First Baseman Jake Virtue
from Altoona: Connie Mack also got
a battery from Bradford. Seward and
Roxburg. and the famous Lave Cross
from Altoona and Cob Milbec, a pitch
or now living in Mount Pleasant.
Tip" o'Neil. the president of the
Western league. was Il star catcher in
Bradford and went from there to be
manager of the Kalamazoo (Mich.)
team. Later he drifted to the Pacific
coast and played with Oakland in the
California league. Subsequently he
landed in his present berth as the big
wig in the Western baseball world.
Big Charley Dooley went from Pat
crson. y. j.. to pitch for Bradford.
He had more speed than Amos Rusie.
but lacked control. Every time he
pitched Il ball he endangered the life
of the batter, the catcher, or a spec
tator. After tho demise of the New
York and Pennsylvania he went to the
International. where he played first
base, and was manager of the Mon
trcal team for a long time.
Was Plenty Of Betting.
There was plenty of betting in this
league. but no scandal connected with
it. The sports and fans in any Of
the towns would rather pluck out an
eye than bet on any but the home
team. They backed the home team to
the limit, and found excuse for their
favoritc when they lost. and hoped
and schemed for the future.
The league was under the protection
of the national agreement. with a
salary limit. but on most of the teams
the salary limit ($600) would not be-
gin to pay the wages of one star on
any Of the teams in the circuit. This
ultimately killed the league, because
it could not stand the burden of al
most National league wages for play
ers with sccond-class minor league
patronage.
1t was in this league that the his
toric dog game" was played. The
game was between Olean and Brad
miles apart. and bitter rivals, and al
ways plenty of money bet. The team
had negotiated thirteen innings to a
tie. In the fifteenth inning Olean had
two out. a man on first and second.
There was a big crowd present, the
stands ovcrfowing. and the crowd
fringcd about the outfield. The bat
ter hit Il slow Texas Lacquer between
short and left field. Fielder Bryan
rushed for the hall. hut n cur dog beat
him to it. The dog pounccd upon the
ball and began playfully sidestepping
all efforts of the Bradford inficld and
outticld to get to him. The two base
runners. Of. course. scurricd home
with two runs. winning the game and
Il lot Of oil region cash.