The chronicle=news., 1913-01-08
WINTER TALK
ON BASEBALL
BY AN EXPERT

81. Louis, Jan. sheer luck
land nothing else" says Mr.. ll.llcrich
LOT tn. famous but making factory,
.s what decides the fate Of nearly
every bat that may he bought by the
big l"aru"rs. I'VE seen thousands oi
; .ny bats come and go. aud seen hun
dTcls OF players come and 20 m well.
TN" process is always th" same, Mr..
Llldycr goes and buys u bat He
steps up to the platter for the first
ItrNuui OF the new stick. II he hap
pens 10 hit Fai-. or Ia crack out hot
shot that iS only captured by u iluk".
II. AT ono" declares that he has uc-
IuIr.d tue finest bat he ever han
ldI"d No such stick was ever turn
ed ont OF the factory: the firm knew
II was fur him and took special palms
with II: that stick is 20 be his pet
and mascot forever. ana he Is going
To Keep II till he dies.
i ''Bui. II. on his first two OF three
Iattcmpts, hc strikes out. or hits u
couple of weak eroundcrs, It's all the
fault OF the bat. lie filings II fur
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been trlcked and robbed. tina, some.
body sold him tn" bummcst bat Ia
North America. and that the bat boy
can hHv" II TO play with on III. sand
lots Probably It's extremely lucky
for tn" makers OF bats that PLAYERS
don't ay'rIg" many clean hits their
first tim" up-thcy never wouli dis
card their bats til they wrr" shat
tered
Not long ago. Il certain star who
had been In u streak OF hard luck.
and hadn't hit anything but pop fl!cs
sent his ba, To the factory with an
ANGRY note. explaining how useless
the stick was, aud limiting iha, ""
really ought to max" good an II.
saw II rhanC" for som" diversion. ".
at one. grabbed the stick, plan.d |, u
|triiir. polished II. stlln.d II II darker
color. and sent It back with u polite
statement that her" was now bat :,
Guaranteed to XIII tn" leather Tho
star was lucky enough to lam u
lthr"c-baggcr the first time III. and
thereafter he sworc 10y that same
bat, which II" claimed WIS III. grand
~ 'N'h NlhhNAA'AhtfHs
\ local ian who was visiting on
the north shore OF Chicago u da, or
~ ago says that he encountered u
row OF magnificent residences. look
ing right into tn. lake. and ouiShin-
Ing the average palace nj u Russian
car. Much impressed hy the gran
,i-ur OF the hou,"s. he asked u citizen
o' tn. ncighborhood for some intor-
mat ton. This house. with the grc.n
stone ruofinEs and the Carrnra mar.
bic ropins." asked hc-''to " HON does
this PERTAIN
Why explained the citizen.
that is the home OF James a. Hart.
who used Ia run tn" Chicago club
Hos now No,uging around tho
world"
"Tm-m.h. said the visitor. And
this superb mansion. with the gray
slate things, the hlh.mhra effect.
tn" Oriental J""or.t tons"
That house replied III, citizen.
tx III" rcsid-nc" nj Charles Comirk-
cy. tn" master of I'll. Waite S,x. Mr..
''omiSkcy is very much respected nnh
locked M 10 al, over this ncighb"r-
noud.'
Well. we'll. w.ll'" cried the ris-
itur. And 10 whom does thi. house
belong this stately pile Of cleaning
granite and rocco finishinIs'"
This towering cdificc." explain.
ed the citizen. lis the house OF
'hnr'cs ". Murphy. il, owner Of
the Cubs. Mr. Murphy has u splcn-
i'!i home. yes. indeed one OF the
'shCw-plac"s of the n.ighborhood.'
An. yes. ass.nt"d the visitor.
And now ow"--pausing before u mann
moth structure. that bulkcd over all
the palaces of the viciniiy-"who
towns this enormous building. this gi-
gantic Coliseum. with i's FloFcntinc
Windows. It's Spanish courts. its Ro-
man balconies" hay. often heard
Iof such tremendous houses. bus new
Ter expected to see one in America -
This house. said the citizcG
belongs TO Mr.. George Tebcau. u
lgentlcman who has some minor base
ball connections. but lives in Chi
caso now and erected this home quit"
lreccntly."
Wow. wow They do say that
Brother George lives like the Great
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