Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Continued from page s

kinds of chances to cut upcapers on thelines.
A fan kept saving a lot of unkind things to
him. One of them was that if he could pitch
as well as he could coach he might win a
game every now and then. AS Hall walked
by the fan on his way to the bench at the
close of an inning in which Boston had scored
several runs, he remarked:
Guess haven't got a lot of pepper for a
fellow who has to earn his salary through his
voice!"
mo wonder you have pepper, when you
spend every evening serving that chile con
carne down in that Mexican chophouse
You're even a better waiter than coacher.
ayes, and if you ever come in that place
Ill do the country great service by putting
some poison in whatever you order"
The fan had been doing SO much talking
that he had become more or less obnoxious
to his neighbors, and they gave him the
laugh when Hall slipped that to him.
THE fans will put up with mostly any
thing, once player has become favor
tie with the crowd near where he plays
Also it is most incredible how quickly the
fans can ruin player if they happen to take
a dislike to him. | know third baseman
who was actually driven out of the big
leagues because the home team fans got
after him. They even assailed him IN prac-
tice before the game began.
How Jack McAleese got by for couple
of months in ST. Louis is an interesting in
cident in this connection.
He was playing right field for the Browns
and was in a slump, both at the bat and in
the field. One afternoon, after he had
muffed fly ball and booted grounder, the
right field bleachers crowd started to roast
him numerically. As the side was retired
Jack walked up to the fence that separated
the stands from the field and INDUCED in 9
little heart to heart talk with the fans. The
next inning, when he came to bat, the fans
who an inning before had been roasting hin
gave him the glad hand. When he hit safely
they let out cheer that made George Stone
who was then the idol of the fans, mighty
envious | was working on the bases that
afternoon, and at the first opportunity asked
lack what he had said to his friends
"Well," said he with a laugh, "things were
breaking so badly for me that | realized the
next two months would be very unhappy
ones if the fans in my section of the flelC
kept after me; so | decided to resort tc
other methods When walked over to the
bleachers | said, Boys, give me a chance
l can play better ball than | have been.
want to be big Lacquer, and | need the
money. My father, who fought in the Civil
War, is dead, and am the sole support OF
my mother and couple of brothers. Surely
you wouldn't try to run me out of this job
Encourage instead of roasting me, and Ill
do better. l know all you boys admire
Rube Waddell, and if you will come around
to the dressing room this evening I'll in
troduce you in body and have Waddell
make little speech.
That evening about hundred of the right
field fans came to the dressing room. Man
ager McAleer at first thought the clubhouse
was to be stormed because of the poor show
ing his team had made. He was much re-
ieved, and even forced to smile, when Nc
Aleese explained. Waddell was introduced
to the boys, and made little speech, and
when he was not talking about himself said
a lot of nice things about McAleese. During
the rest of the season the boys in right field
were very good to Jack, and as he did not
come back the following spring he quit St
Louis in good standing.
ONE day last summer Manager Griffith
- started a young southpaw by the name
o. obaoo A number of fanc did NOT o,,ite