The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

aging the Fremontvle team in very bush league on
grin Smith had object in paying little as pos,
sble. for he the owner well as the manager Of
attention to his billiard paror and bowling alley and
when perfectly sober was regarded keen business
man. His players had to respect him. for be knew more
baseball than any man in the Tillamook league had any
s ar 9t thy G d Man o o0 baa bm for he
man on his team and his motto was: DO as say,
and not as | do. -
After BigeIow was wo in his stride as manager,
the fat subscribed TO several papers aud
watched the progress of the Cosars with interest
which was almost painful Several times he tempt
ed TO write that letter but always stuck after the first
paragraph. The fat man had buried past, and was
not anxious to dig it up.
Three years later Billy Bigelow was pounding away
m The Fst and for s one good
efthander Of the period but guton Like Truck
could not pitch enough winning games to cinch PEN
formers.
The Corsar outfeld was as fast and hard hitting
trio as might have been found in months march
The infeld stone wall at defense and a wasp
nest at attack. The catching department was un.
needed them badly.
Get me one more cracking good pitcher said
year Get who can win twenty games and
back up old Truck and it be shame the way we
So the Corsair scouts went questing cast west north
and south Gomoipg the tall grass of many states for
ers, too There has never been time when good pitch
ers were plentiful, and there never will be-
is no telling where the next great pitching stars may
come from, They rise out Of the mist. You look up
know this and that is why Hank Sladdin dropping into
Tacoma on his western trip did not scorn the private
Illlamook league, had timber wolf who setting
the forest ahre.
ellis name is Bud Marsh, said sladdin 8 inform.
ant; 'and Smith has had him three years He's rip
roarerl"
saddn went up to Fremontville on the first train,
and presented himself at Smith IS billiard parlor.
"From Bigeow, eh7'' asked Smith. stLemme see
the credentials
Saddn wondered at this but produced his cardcase,
81 guess it all right said the fat man shortly.
We got pitcher here. want you to see him work.
II send him in this afternoon -
That afternoon the big league scout sat in the tiny
the timber wolf shut out nine HUSKY mem Iom
South Yakima Sladdin had seen hundreds of bush
pitchers at work. and he believed that he knew the
breed; but the first move Marsh made in the boz
nailed the scouts attention, and held it throughout
the game,
every move picture, - thought sladdin ssMost
but this fellow just floats them up there as il there
WASH thing to it, Lordy But that g swell change
OF pacel BE amt very old Now, where did he learn
After the game Sladdin walked back to the town
with with Smith, Smith, expressing himself guardcdy, do
, When they prepare to buy Praise might have sent
:, He's fair, Just fair, said sladdin 'sof course,
. Lay off Of that stuff gEowled Smith .You can
raised7 In the woods herel Now, m going to tell
you something I've all the great pitchers Of the
Harris, Potter, Kinkaid-aH that bunch. Lemme tell
you that here S boy that good today Mayberry
ever vas. Yes, better You saw the way he handled
ball Is there any man in the big league today who
can whip return strike back like thatf Is therei
NO. guess not Yon on re whstling there ain t. know
Saddin. "There only one man ever had that
down line and that was fellow named Solomon Lee
greatest pitcher in the world [ him once in