Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-25
coMIskEY REMEMBERS FRIEN9 Won Der Ahe Gave Him Job and Favet
 is Now Returned.

Charles A. Conaiskey, the old Rolnar became reminiscent the other day ar ] recalled the transaction that sent hIl from St-zIouis to Cincinnati in the l.; of 1S91 In view of the fact ths Comiskey Is the only man who ey brought q baseball pennant and
 worlds championship to St Louis, |
 passing of the old Roman from r
 famous stamping ground at Grand 9.
 Sullivan avenues is one historical fes
 ture of baseball that will always be r called with intense regret by St. Lou
 patrons or the national game.
 Financial considerations had noth
 ing to do with my final determinatlc
 to quit St. Louis for Cincinnati T
 1884," said Comiskey- No profession
 al ball player was more attached to z
 city and it's people than l was to St
 Louis. Although g. Chicagoan, bor1
 and bred, I loved St Louis, and when
 l returned there in 1891, after the dis
 astrous brotherhood war. did so witt
 the expectation of settling down fcI
 good. St Louis appreciated me and !
 was attached to the city and it's citi-
 zens. AdoIphus Busch, William Med
 art and many leading residents were my personal friends. The solid, sub stantial business men said had given St Louis the greatest advertising me-
 diu1n, and the kids from the public schools followed me around like a con- Quering hero.
 But Chris Won der Ahe, owner of the St Louis club. had never forgive IT me for jumping to the brotherhood Tn 1880. The players made me go. , didn't care te Ieave%St. Louis then, but the ball players put 1t up tome in such a manner that I couldn't resist. They said the success of the venture de- pended on my acceptance Of the Chr cago job. Johnny Ward, Buck Ewing, Pat Tebeau, Al Johnson and other brotherhood leaders coaxed me away from St. Louis. I told them at the time that I was making greater sac rifice for the brotherhood than any man in the movement. The brother. hood is a great thing for the ball players said I, but none of you fel- lows is giving up good thing for 1t. I've got good job. getting big money and I don't see why should change berths, unless 1t is to help you fellows out The tail end Of your remarks tells the whole story, said Pat Tebeau, who was slated to head the Cleveland brotherhood team. The ball players You're a ball player first and a manager afterward. Even if it does entail sacrifice on your part, think of what you owe the men who have helped make you a manager That argument got me and I took charge of the Chi cago brotherhood team. had won four pennants and two worlds cham pionships for St. Louis. and the city went into mourning when l packed up and established myself in Chicago. The brotherhood was a failure and when Won der Ahe said my old job Tn ot. Louis was open. I came back"
 When Coniskey heard that his old St. Louis chief was dying of an in curab1e maIady in the town which the old Roman had put on the baseball map, he hurried down there. Von der Ahe's face lit up wonderfully when he heard who his visitor was- The two men were closeted for a brief period Of time holding a conversation of which no man knew the purport. But when the White Sox owner left the little home where his former leader lay with hours numbered, Chris was clutching tightly to his breast a check whose figures were more than substantial