Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-18
KELLY HELP TO TwlRLERs.
Famous Catcher Had Peculiar Way of
 Deceiving Empires.

Speaking about catchers, old Mike Kelly was pretty fair, according to ale related by Tim Murnane, the vet eran baseball scribe. In 'S9 the New York Giants and the Boston club left on their last western trip, tied up Tor first place. No two ball teams were ever more evenly matched. On the way west Boston stopped off at Wash ington to play a game and was forced to go ten innings, Umpire Phil Pow CTS calling the game on account or darkness, with the score a tie. With the score a tie, Washington went in for the tenth and soon had the bases full, with no one out Tom Daly was at the bat, with three balls and no strikes and was ordered to hold his bat on his shoulder, as the next ball would give him his base and force the winning run over the plate.
 John Clarkson, man usually with perfect command, was in sore distress Kelly, who was playing right field, had time called and came running in to the home plate and ordered Catcher Charley Ganzel to the outfeld while Kelly put on his mask and pad and was allowed to catch a few balls from Clarkson. It looked like 8 1000 to l that Clarkson would never get out of the hole, but Kelly remarked Come on, old sport, put it right over," and with his big Tnitt for target Clark son took deliberate aim and shot the ball for the plate. It was shade wide
 
 Iy, saying at the same time That's the boy,'' and had the ball on the way back to C1arkson before the umpire called "One strike
 Daily smiled and made no attempt to get in position for the next ball. Clarkson took his time and started the next ball for the center of the plate, but it worked wide several inches, and once more Kelly handled the ball in his own way and handed 1t back to C1arI<son, renaarking Perfect strike," and MT. Powers called Two strikes Daly threw his bat on the ground and protested. Kelly was keeping up running line of comment, advising the batsman to stop abusing the umpire and play ball. By this time Daily de- cided to take shot at the next ball, and Kelly brushed off the plate, turned to the Washington bench and remark ed Say, this is easy" Then, turning to CIarkson, he said '"Take your time, John; Daly is bluf1ng.' Then he placed his big nitt over the center of the plate waist high, so that the bats1nan could plainly see it, and called for the ball. Kelly's signal, however, was for a different ball. and Clarlzson cut a fast one, just at Daly's shoulder, over the inside corner, to see Kelly take it before it had fully passed over the plate, remarlzing Great work, John, old boy" Daly dropped his bat and was about to run to first, but Umpire Powers sang out The batter is out" and there was a wrangle.
 While Kelly kicked up the dust and conferred with Garrison about the next man up, C1aI1Sson took a chance on a slow ball, to see if go up to the short stop, Clarl1son worked the next man for the limit and finally got in a hole and was forced to groove the ball He tried a change of pace and the ball was sent high in the air toward left field, where Hardie Richardson pulled 1t in, close to the fence. and the game was called. Charley Ganze1 had way of holding the ball without moving his body, giving the umpire a perfect view, while Kelly worked his body with the ball in such a way that uInpires were often deceived. It was a clear case of genius saving the day. and that night, as the train left for the west, Mike Kelly was the happiest player on the team. He said: "A game is never lost with one chance 1eft.'' It was the finest piece of generalshfp that I ever wit messed on a ball field, says Murnane