Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-23
TESREAU HOPES
To WIN CROWN
NEXT SEASON
By Damon Runyon.

NJ sire to di6pel hafInIuI I'M
preston which has obtained
to.-hold in these parts concerning
one Of the largest pitching displays
;, the National league truck snow
70 wit: MIR. Charles Massive Tes-
yssu. the great bar glitter Of the
Ozark hilockt. This Mr.. Tesreau
NAV be recalled as the person WI"
Az or did not. lead the National
l.arue nitchers-tt depending upon
which act Of Mr. John HeydIe'
averages you pstroniEe.
ANYWAY there has been an I'M
r~assion hereabouts-a vague, Oh
eours impression, something similar
=. the impression that you can
-enyh get a cheap meal IN Ne"
York-there has been some such
ambiguous impression, we repeat
that Charles NJ TeEreau winters
,,,oh after the manner or those
Mr.. hr,rns that he used to pluck
free handilv from the cotes, Whlch
&, 70 say, in a remote cave asleep.
Such is not the case, M. res
ZEAL ts no hibernator, He rs speho-
trv the winter loosely and without
raxtreant. AT Perryville, town that
vou can see with the naked eye
from the railroad trains when
hustle through the state OF MIS-
souri,.
That is. you can see PerryViIie
,,,,e.s the rural mail delivery man
has left his wagon standing be-
tween the town and the railroad
tracks Then you can't see the city
10 any great extent, but you kho"
~ IA there. because you can hear
th. ritizeua chawin' their tobacco
Even the murmur of the moiaIs j.
audible above the moan Of the wind
IN the pines
There Mr.. Tesreau winters, ana
there also. he used to summer and
fall, and spring. Advices from the
celebrated bear snatcher are to the
effect that he Is doing that tnlhs
which all ball players do niue
better than anything els$-same
hetne wintering well The records
of so wears show but one ball play
er who failed to winter we'll ana
he came so close to It that his
svara Se Of 1896 "a WAS never held
against him.
Adds to Mammoth We'ght.
rsau are to the effect that he mas
n,cked up in Resh, and that he an
ticipates the best season OF ms ca
raer This IL most encouraging
Fear had been expressed In many
Quarters that Mr.. Tesreau might
come in with a doleful prophecy as
10 his future being backwoodsE
and eccentric. and all that, but IL
seems not.
The Ia st seen Of Mr. Tesreau aft
er the obsequies in Boston last tall'
he had purchased q buzz buggy and
w.s cutting A ho'e in the atmos-
nhrve between here and Missouri,
pulling the hole in after him as he
went. Reports from along the line
81 aperture indicated that there
vas widespread talk Of the revival
Of vtgiIsnte law. However. he got
70 Perrvville without being appre-
bsoded. and settled down to trying
to rro~s to the speople that he
wAa the same Tesreau mentioned
IN the box scores last season.
Mr.. Tesreau not only displayed
70 the citizens all that yellow
money he took away from hers,
but he let a committee composed
of the mayor two trustees and the
city marshal feel Of 1t, Since that
time has hung heavily upon his
hands. He does not KNOWN fact,
he deos not even suspect-that Mr..
]. J. McGraw, Of this city, is plan
ming to place round baseball in
his right hand early next season
and make him keep 1t there for
some months Were he possessed
Of this knowledge Mr.. Tesreau
might not be wlntering as we'll as
at present. He might be IN one OF
those caves with the bears.
II ARK, Borne on a chill breeze
from way off in Regina, Sas-
katchewau comes another low
murmur from Monseer ReeShard De
Marquis de Marquar', further an
nouncing that he is out OF baseball
with the hitherto unpublished ad-
dition Forever"
We can visualize the lean Reu-
ben LAYING the weight or his cole
brated left index finger upon the
coat lapel NJ trusting SaslIatche-
wan reporter and muttering that
Forever" only he'd likely say II
this way. Fo-o-o-o-r-r-e-v- go
Reeshard has the dramatic instinct
highly developed. and there's no
chance that he'd di>clsim the word
in cheap accents.
1T is given out from the New York
American league Offices that
Frank Chance will organize new
system Of discovering young ball
players by having secret agent in
each % the minor leagues. The
agent may be club owner. man
sger ~ umpire but his identify
VIII no. be disclosed. \ player
recommended by one of these Sc