Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
KeiSter and the Adhesive.

90 | HE FUNNIEST Dug 1 ever knew III
my ufc" says Joe Bean, ex-
Giant and eN manager OF the Jersey
City team" was none other than Bill
keister. He pulled It faster than a
magician pulls eggs out Of a borrowed
hat-and just az bad
bill was hit with "a stone i'm the
head when lac was a boy and had to
be operated on and have "a silver plate
set In his skull. Maybe that has some
thing 10 do with the story.
when BIZ Murray was managing
him once. let's gee, II was back IN
1904, Neister was going pretty good,
but his batting average wasn't as
high as some the other fellows had.
But he had been In more games than
they had. EIe figured that was the
trouble and schemed around Tor some
way to improve conditions.
One day I was coming out 20 the
park In car and / saw BIN limping
along toward the park, all bent over
IN knot. lie crtwled into the club
house and dropped on the bench like
sack OF potatoes, ! gave one look
at him and then / beat it out for Bill
Murray
"Bill' / said, Keister is in there all
doubled up and looking bad
Il guess Murray had some kind OF
bunch, for he started in the club
house on the run and all he said was
Say, you big stiff. If you don't go
out and play bail I'll rattle that tin
can in your head
"Keister went out and played, and
darned II he didn't get four hits and
steal five bases
when he came IN we found what
had happened. He had fifty strips
OF adhesive plaster strapped, check
sr-board fashion, across his back. He
had put them there to keep himself
out Of the game
When 5urkett Booted Keister.
THE funniest thing ever pulled on
keIster was when he and Nc
Graw and some OF the others were
sold from Baltimore TO St. Louis.
In the flrst game Keister slid into
second. touched the bag and writhed
around on the ground. The players
all ran out. carting water buckets and
sympathy-all but McGraw
When Keister got up the players
came back and McGraw gave EN- a
laugh
why. YOU big stiffs. said McGraw
10 them, The just pulls that for SYM
pathy."
Then they all got sore but they
didn't say anything. Pretty soon az
ter Kcister pulled 10 again. He went
down i'm cloud OF aust and lay there.
wrigglinc and howling.
Just one man got up and that was
Jess BurNett-and he was the awful
lest crab in the world. Why. he used
TO bite AZ the other lelders when he
80 al
Jess went over on the dead run and
he Didn't say a word. but he pulled
his foot back as though he was going
to make a punt and Die kicked keister
once In the ribs.
Get up, you sneakiEg snake, said
Jess.
In a second Kesster was up, rubbing
his ribs and forgetting 70 stall about
his legs.
i'm Ills eyes, Jess, III never do It
And he never did.
The Day Dummy" Taylor Coached
Il IL GIVE you two yarns" chirped
Whitley Alperman. when tackled
for the funniest thing he ever saw"
zone os them is the funniest I ever
saw ana one the funniest ever
heard.
Il suess ! laughed the most at a
game with New NotA- The game was
Interrupted hr rain. with the Giants
.os.-E- Dt course My.iraw wanted 81
ga Jed HH for 70 had gone o-.v aNout
three co., f.u- innings. Tie yelled and
hee-eF when the umpire showed taaf
ra WAS -Hluz fn NEsa them N.aE
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