The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
JACKSON LONGS
TO Be FARMER
This and to Outshine Cobb 4.
Only Ambitions Of ois;-
land outfieider.
BY G. a. Noiqht

Wasnlngion, ID. g.. Jan. 3.-Te
j ust as soon as I get my farm paid H..
Well stocked I am going i, or;
nasehall. i, was Joe jackson ,,tl,
ing. Yes, tho famous .;na jackson az
s.oeiess note. the terror and bngai,n"
vi pltchers. and the riNal nf Ty f'obn.
is tired OF travnl:EZ around and want
10 SETTLE down N peace and n,,ia,u,ie
u have bee:t Of iii" GO over sim.
! was 10 Years old. md although I a.,
travelling with :, crowd ff hal,
prayers such As tine Cleveland .~iiow:
are, Yet | detes: city l:fu and will OIL,
ne too glad when thu time does COM.
When ms wifi" and can cvad. thu
nustie ana hnis;i" NJ it all. Yes, sir.
II ! a my rauri> wow would u,Ii:
the am tomorrow"
Wants to Br Farmer.
NOW. don't think tina; Joe is of tli"
narroW-minaed sort. with a srudge
against the world. for he is nor. lack
son is as kind and thoughtful "A fellow
as o would ever meet. possessing ~.
abundance of good atu and AN
ever-rehdy. lending hand. and Well do.
serves the popularity that is coming
ms way yes. Joe is all risht--what
appeals 10 one may nn; appeal TO o,h-
is Vim" :"; one may H..
vinegar for ON one cls..
GU see. lac Was raised in the co,ir-
Try. His home is in South Carolina.
,ireenvill" Is the place. it Nas y I'LL.
growing UP there that the tf.np-se
love Of the "ounrry grew up with 'mm.
and the outdoor e~n"hantment still
myers as strong as ever. ST. ,"'' ral,
w1irly-twirly city life.
How tie Got Ills start.
II was in Greenvilis that Joe learn-
ed to play hall. Joe's father Was IN,
the butcher business-and yoln.. .j,,t
mad TO drive he wagon at times. Y;,,;
Aho" no" 1t was Yourself when ynli
We're Eouns-tnere is nothing like .
game Of nall To soothe labor's achir-
.pains-so Young Joey took no chance.
with the pains If toll.
His first a Of any importanc,
was The Greenville Changers. Il mem
ner of the South Carolina State leagu,
IT was while PLAYING in this leayn
That the famous rognomen of she"
less became attached TO his person.
i was playing in Anderson. s. g..
n day" exclaimed Joe. and il hap
pened that | played the day before i"
a new pair of baseball shoes. You
know how ill-fitting shoes will act a:
times. Well. this pair simply raised
the biggest blister you can inla-!nc
on each heel.
Becomes Shoclcss Wonder.
SO when ] put on the shoes tor
the Anderson game I found I could
hardly walk with them on. much less
play ball. So the only thing for me
standing up--so I just naturally tool,
EN- off and played ball in my stock
ing feet.
Some fan in the ~hleachers with a
mesaphone voice spicd my twinklinr
toes and shouted With all his might:
Oh. o shoeless wonder" | guess
every baseball fan in the country
heard him. for 1 have been called that
ever since"
In 1910 Connie Mack's scout report
a find" in South Carolina. The
find" was Joe jackson. 1t kept Con-
ME Mack busy finding" him ever aft
er. jackson did not like Philadelphia.
Emphatirally he did not. SO he SIM
ply left the place-also the Athletics
and Went home. Mack sent a man
down TO Greenvillc after him. The
persuaded Joe to return TO Philly
again.
Keeps Connie Mack Busy.
Joe left again within a week. Again
he Was brought back. This little act
was performed six times--twiee in one
week. Whenever Joe felt dissatisfied
he just left for home. At such times
ne Wouid fatier De a butcher than a
ball PLAYER.
At last Connie Mack gave up and
traded Jackson to New Orleans.
My. hu ] do hate that town yet
Joe gritted out DO YOU know. when
We play there that I never leave nn,
except TO go &c the ball grounds
and l hate 10 do that. It's just the
town. that's a~li--Connie Mack was
splendid to me. | was treated al!
right-it wasn't any fault of the man
agement OF players-I like them"
Cleveland obtained Joe from New
Orleans in 1910. and VIC arc all aware
Of what followed.
Jackson has Just one ambition h.
like to fulfill before he quits
the game. That is to excel Ty Cobb's
Il guess one ambition is plenty
you have one like that.)
II am young yet" argues Joseph.
only "a, and should improve for
quite some time yet. 1 am just hop.
ing that I improve enough to excel
Ty. anyway" laughed Joe. II ough,
to equal his records-they tell me that
look enough like him to he his twin"
Hard luck V gets off the trail
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