Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-06

and finally the whole Shooting
match was sold to satisfy his cred
itors. Then he retired from baseball,
poor man, and went back into the
saloon business after more riches.
But they never come back" was ap-
plicable in Chris's case and his saloon
didn't do the trade of the old days.
In the last few years old friends
have contributed to his support.
o
Yarns by the thousand have been
told and written about Won der Abe.
Every new trick that came up was
played on Chris and everybody was
told about it, He always took every
thing in such good part that some
times the boys agreed that st was a
shame to do it," He had among his
players such ways and testers as Ar
lie Latham, Charlie Comiskey, Tommy
Dowd, Bill Gleason, Bobby Carruth-
ers, Yank Robinson, etc, who never
We're so happy as when they were re-
falling "a new one on the Dutch
man" The players always were play
ing practical jokes son their employer
and always laying some pitfall for his
entertaining tongue. Thus won der
Abe Stories became so famous that
book of them was compiled at the
time and had a large sale in base
ball circles. One of the funniest was
the umbrella telephone tale which has
in one form or another been used by
generations of German dialectitions.
A friend 'phoned to Chris saying:
II left an umbrella at your park
today Have you seen it?"
Chris lat phone and holding up UNI
brella): "Vos dis idt ?"
C
Van der Ahe's great success came
when he got Charles Comiskey to join
his club in 1882. He paid Connie $50
a month for the first year. In 1884
Comiskey managed the team and in
1885 began his cycle of Four Time
Winners, which made Won der Abe
rich and famous.
He paid Comiskey from $4,000 to
$1,000 a season for making him $4,000
year. This $50 a month always
stuck in Won der Ahe's mind. He
dislil<ed to pay large salaries to play
ers I'D when an aspiring young man
asked for a salary larger than Won der
Abe wished to pay Chris always told
him:
IVY, who do you dink you ar? I
got Connie for $50 mont
The angles of success are peculiar.
Won der Ahe's was a question in
point. His sunshine days were
scorching hot, but he burned his
money up. He was known as a
Lucky Dutchman"-never a Smart
Dutchman"-yet If he had been really
lucky this story of his last days in
almost want would never have been
written. He died a poor man, but
we'll liked by all who had ever known
him or known of him. The tributes
will be many and the tears not a few,
for Chris was big man and good
man in his own peculiar way.
c.
Charles H. Kohler. who died in
Paris Wednesday, was a thorough
sportsman. His biggest interests
were In the turf, but he liked yacht
ing and other pastimes and devoted
much time to his own comforts. His
stable of horses, which were trained
by Sam Hildreth, will be sold. Born
in Newark and educated in Prince
ton, Mr.. Kohler created quite a stir
when he purchased the racing stable
of Hildreth and shipped the horses
to Europe to be raced there. His
racers were all high class and his
success abroad has been satisfactory.
From a rather inauspicious start in
life he became we'll known and well
liked as a sportsman
C
j. P. NJ:
Please inform me If Catholic is
eligible for Office in Parliament, also
If there are any in Office at the pres
emit time. E. POLITICIAN.
Just as eligible as one is for the
presidency of the United States.
You'll find that race and creed make
little difference in this age of en-
lightenment when a man seeks polit-
ical office In any of the great coun-
tries. There are a bakers dozen of
Catholics in Parliament
G
]. p. NJ:
Cans you tell me who was Governor
county and mayor of Newark in
1907? P. L. B.
J. Franklin Fort, Frank H. Som
mer and Jacob Haussling held the
offices you mention.
C
j. P. N:
Is cent dated 1857 worth more
| than face value? JOHN M.
Yes. 1t is worth from three to ten
cents.
j. P. N:
What is the value of half dollar
dated 1854, with arrowheads at date,
and d half-dollar dated 1858 without
arrow heads at date? L. K. G.
The first coin Is worth from $3.50
to 81, the other from SIS to $50.
| @
| j. p. NJ:
Where is Cy Seymour? PAUL
Cy is with the Boston Nationals
and the Boston Nationals are in
Chicago, so we guess Cy is in tn,
| Windy CITY too leastMise he Wal