The chronicle=news., 1913-05-15
WILD Man IN
THE NATIONAL
CAME 81.

The Wild man has made his mark
In more ways than one, says the DE.
troii News. and as a living fact. not
alone from memory. but by certain
marks and indications on ccyta!n
parts Of III. human anatomy. Can
the batsmen Of .onr national game
voarh for this statement that all
Wild men ar" not In Africa:
Many Wild men have cut u wide
.wath In baseball hiy,ory. and their
names VIII liv. as long as til. zane.
Hundreds of batsmcn have a spot In
their mcmory-and not "a fond spot
ci,h.r-for the chap that didn't Z
know how or what course the ball
would irnv.. In after leaving his
hand
That som" are running Wild to-
day In many hush leagues aud ne
small number have found their WAY
to the big leagues IL u recorded fact.
The widest kind Of Wild man flour
lshrd right within the charmed cir.
clc OF major lcaxucdom aud kept
battcrs and umpircs b0bbtuE nnd
,iodxinK his uniamcd and unf"tt-rrd
delivery. aud the chap that won un.
dy,n. fame Ia this role was none
oiher than the famous Beatty Scy-
mour.
With astonishing curves "Cy" was
no, = ds~lralalr proposiltsls to face.
Dick cnlcy OF shc Philadelphia Na.
uounls used TO remark ''thnt he
would surely meet hi. death some
day II he had To face Seymour right
along. Dick had genuine dread d.
lcy'n nnso,vrnabis. delivery. ...I ...
George Van Haitr-n. u, .i-fiha n,I.
cr. made his dcpui In the National I
league pitching for Chicago against
isoston in 1857: he made IA remark
able record In wildncs.. George
mad. onr Wild piich. gave 'iG men
bases ON balls and nailed three 9th
crs on the cocoanut. For the rc-t
OF his tarccr Van showed fairly good
control. evidently getting all the
wiidncss out of hi, system In on-
fell s~oop.
Foster. y famous huricr with ST.
Paul In 1851. made as many In u
regular contest. To complete this
fearful job and t" make II more i'm.
prcssivc he walked cixit men and hit
four more. :" pitching errors in ali.
u would take parcs to recount the
work q! destruction wrought by the
hutlcrs that knew naught what con.
,roi meant.
Mickey Jones. a wild freshman
with a wild eye and wilder dcliv.
cry. made some peculiar and funn,
records In his early attempts ~ u
pitcher. "Mickcy'.'' first xnmc in
the International league. pitching
for Hamilton sHainsi O.weEo. in
1886. was a fine exhibition OF how
not to pu, the ball near the plate. He
had no idea whcr the ball would
land after leaving his hand.
| The sphere in one Of IT,. crazy
Tights somewhere toward the plate.
pinned ioS that was crossing tho
right field behind the ear and laid II
out still. The dircful owner and a
half dozen of his friends made a mad
dash at poor Mickey and he In turn
made - mad dash down the field aud
twas only by his excellent sprintinR
powers tina, Mr.. Jones saved hi.
scalp.
Bcfor" Jones was very long In base
ball he BECAME famous for aood con.
troll: the dog episode evidently cured
him.
Las, season Ca.hson OF the Wash.
ins'on club made the record for
wilducss ia the big league. at Ica.,
for recent vars In his first appear
ance he issued nine passes and made
one wild pitch in five innings. a roe
ord In short circuit affair in tn,
majors.
On September IS Of last season he
gave ten men bases on halls. yet the
Boston Reds couldn't win. MIR. Cash.
ion coping his game. : to ?. lie is
the champion wild man. all right. at
'cas, Of the big show"
Edward Crane. the famous speed
merchant OF the New York Giants
away back in the early days Of base
ball. had an arm attached to the
right side OF his anatomy that pos.
sesscd the power to throw ball "out
of sight" as the small boy would
term II.
| During 1885. while outficldins for
the Washington club Of the Nation