The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-27

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These other fellows think you're
| yellow. | told him. They think
you'll quit cold if they get one or
two hits off you early in the game.
Now you go in and show them that
you aren't yellow. See
They think I'm yellow. hey. he
snapped. Well, I'll show EMIL
show EN-.
And he did That kid went in
and pitched like a veteran-pitched
his heart out almost. And We won.
After the game he rushed up to me.
and grinning like child, said;
Well, | guess l showed EN- was
not yellow. hey?'
Had [ tried that same trick on
some other fellow, with a different
nature, the chances are that he'd
have brooded over the idea that the
other follows thought him a gutter
and would have gone to pieces in
consequence"
king Cole. the pitcher. who was
rescued from the minors by the Yam
KEGS, who jumped to the Federals
and then back to the Yankees. is
the type Of player who thrives on
flattery To charge Cole with being
70 h., hno rt Of hi,,,.
to make him believe you think he is
a wonderful pitcher is to transform
him into a real wonder.
When Cole joined the Cubs some
years ago Frank Chance, then mana
ger of the team, soon learned that
Cole was susceptible to flattery
Chance quickly tipped Off the vet
Grams on the team to his finding
with excellent results. Whenever it
was Coles turn to pitch some of the
Cub regulars would manage to get
within earshot of Cole and then edge
in a few remarks about:
Say, isn't that Cole wonder?"
He's a pitcher-a real pitcher,
one of the best since Rusie's time"
THAT fellow who nicknamed him
King knew what he was about.
pitchers"
Cole would hear this and it made
him bulge with pride. 1t made him
pitch himself in the leadership Of
the league in that year 1910, and
his 33 victories materially aided
in landing the Cubs at the top of
the National league heap
In some of the games Cole at
times would show signs of weakening.
This always was signal for his
teammates while sitting on the
bench between innings to carry on
conversation among themselves
but for Coles Notwithstanding
on this order.
Those other guys think the King
is webbing. but the joke is on
them"
81 should say it is another would
chime in. They don't know the
King Why that boy simply let's
EN- get a few hits and runs that
last inning so they wouldn't be
altogether ashamed to show their
faces tomorrow"
Right you are would be the re-
mark from another. Watch the
King next inning. He'll stand 'em
on their heads"
All this would reach Coles ears
and all this would cause an instant
stiffening of Coles backbone. 1t
would stop the oozing of Coles cour-
age and send him back into the box
a new man and an unbeatable pitch
err.
Cole had good curves and speeds
when he landed with the Cubs, but
it was the flattery OF his team
subtle. indirect flattery
that caused him to make the Won
derful showing he did. He figured
that his teammates thought him one
of the greatest pitchers of the age
and he determined to show them that
lie was.
Many persons are OF the opinion
that If Marouard's conceit had been
humored in his first few years as a
Giant he would have bloomed much
sooner as one OF the rare flowers
in the twirling garden. Marquard al
ways had very nice opinion OF
back in his sandlot
DAYS in Cleveland The opinion was
STRENGTHENED as he advanced from
one rank to another in baseball. and
it reached the crest when he was
sold by Indianapolis to the New
York Giants for $4,000. At the
time that was the record price for a
ballplayer, and Marquard connected
with the idea that he was tine great
est pitcher In the world.
With this idea embedded in his
system he went to New York-and
in a very short time that idea made