The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-07
Baseball Player Well Known
in Missoula and Former
Resident of Billings Is
Praised by Sport Writers
While Gothamites Hiss the
Mention of kraft's Name.

Charley Mullen, well known in Mis-
Souia and Il former baseball player
and resident of Billings, continues to
do we'll with the New York Yankees
to which club he went from the Lin
coin club in the Western league. The
following is contained in news let
ter from New York:
New York, Aug. 6.--The New York
Yankees, who have been playing to big
crowds all season in spite of their
poor position in the American league
race, came within an ace of getting
lin bad with the Gotham fans, who
cut loose with the big kick the very
moment the plan was announced to
place Kraft at first base and put Char
ley Mullen on the bench The patrons
of the Yankees have taken a liking to
Mullen, while they took exceptions to
the apparent purpose of the manage
ment to exploit Kraft merely because
the latter had secured a cheap reupta-
ton by breaking into the newspaper
headlines in connection with the
threatened strike of the players fra
ternity, on which account it was as
sEmed he would be a drawing card at
the gate. On the day the Kraft deal
Was published, Mullen. who knew he
was about to be supplanted. was the
main cog in a smashing attack that
Won both ends of Il doubleheader. the
Western league graduate hammcring
three hits in seven times up and driv-
ing in five runs in the two games. The
fans, who admired Mullen's fighting
spirit, applauded the Seattle boy all
afternoon and hooted the very men,
ton of kraft's name. And the writer's
in the press box virtually lead the ap-
plarse for Mullen and in their ac-
counts of the games the following day
they gave unstinted praise to the
former leader of the Lincoln club.
Credit is Due.
Charley Mullen deserves much credit
for the fighting spirit he showed when
he coGld hear nothing but that his
job WAS to be taken by a fellow who
got his name in the papers in bigger
type than he ever hoped to have his.
Mullen comes from a fighting stock
Rumors did not deter him from doing
the best he could. He fought for his
y
| that could not be overlooked. As good
as he was playing previous to the
mention of kraft's candidacy for his
| position, twice as good did he play
| when he was on the verge of another
session in the bushes" One statisti-
clan declared that previous to Null
| lens reported departure from the
| Western league he was hitting frac-
/ ton under 200. When the bad news
came he just made up his mind to
| fight to the last ditch and he did, and
his batting average went up Il bit. Not
only did that happen but the clouts
he made were more timely and put the
New Yorks in the winning list a couple
of times.
Fighter Counts.
It's the fighter who counts in base
ball as in everything else. There arc
not SO many of the Mullen type in
baseball or in any other line of en-
deavor. It's very easy to discourage
some people. A canard is as good as
fact with many of them. Just as
soon as they hear a disparaging re-
mark, they are ready to cry quits
Mullen didn't, and it's to his credit
and he has set an example that woul6
be well for many who are too read.
to cave In at first sight of hard luck
Mullen has sohWn in the game up OF
the Polo grounds that, while he is no
a Ha. Chase when it comes to making
Spectacular plays, he is endowed witt
something that kther ball players can