The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-21
NORTHERN NEWSPAPER
Tells ABOUT SMITH
A FORMER CITIZEN OF AN.
DERSON
AID MISFORTUNE
'Red" Smith Yves More. Con-
cerned About Who Would
Win, Than About Injury.

When the. news reached Anderson
that "Red" Smith, at one time a
member Of the Anderson baseball
team when this city was in the Caro-
lima league. had broken his right leg,
just on the eve OF the world,s series.
ali tho baseball fans I'm town sympa-
thized with RED" and felt sorry for
him. Evidently this sympathy was
misplaced, judging by the following
article which appeared In the New
York Sun: 80.
u. Carlisle Smith. otherwise Red.
or the Boston Braves, got the word
OF victory yesterday afternoon I'm his
own apartment at $50 Montgomery
street, Brooklyn. overlooking Ebbets
Field. where just one week. beoOre.
almost to the minute he broke Ibis
right leg and spoiled his chance to
tnke part in the world series with the
Athletics. - il,rl.- d,
Just at that time it appeared etoha
great many persons that he had t,lso
spoiled Boston's chances OF getting
away with the championship. Onet
OF those to whom the accident did
not appeal in that light was Smith
himself. He said right away that
Deal would play the game and play
1t well and 1t was q source of huge
satisfaction to Red yesterday to learn
that his prediction had bee. s:is...ied.
He was an enthusiastic as IL he had
been right there himself.
Smith got out of st. Mary's Hes
p!tai about two hours before the
game began yesterday. He hasn't
suffered a bit OF physical pain since
he was hurt, but his mental agonies
have been intense. The inning by In
ling reports of the firxl three games
were brought to him as he iay An
his cot at the hospital. His attend
ants found these reports more effica-
ctous in keeping the third baseman
quiet than all the, admonltfons ia
the world. Yesterday morning he
told everybody he could stand it no
longer and was going home. So home
afie was taken with q new ,uair inf
cruscha5 and great iiuneh THAT his
discharge from the hospital was
good omen for the Braves. ). go
. AN accommodating young man
across the street worked the teie.
phone to Manhattan during the game
yesterday and kept Red sfnfofgneti or
every move hiB teummatest i masiA.
When tho word came that It was ail
over Rcd informed Mrs. Smith that
he was going out for n walk and ina
few minutes he en-. III. III. ifa anu tnfss ti;j
yeaF-oldt daughter were making slow
but steady progress to the nearest
drug store. From there ne. teiepnun-
cd two teIegrams, one to Manager
Stailings and another to president
James e. Gaffney. telling theni how
3iad he was. ',3f . G.. I, & 7,iis IL
Arrived back home Smith taxed
to the Sun man.
"'You know he saids this leg sof
mine hasn't panied me a bit. Never
did. When they took me away In
the automobile they gave me Just a
taste or whisitey and 1 felt myself
getting hot up around the collar. hut
there wasn't any feeling fii nvaiee.
I've been feeling this last week a. if
Come one had tied rope around mo
and held me In that bed. 3iIt looked
sort Of foolish to he there when The
thing didn't hurt at ALL ~ lt;s<S; 4
- I'm going tomnrrolss 10 hare sit
X-rayed again just TO inske sure that
In putting On the cast they :, didn't
disturbth setting OF the bones. They
tell me that It was a good setting
and Ie1uppose, along In january III
be out running around again. I
suppose Ill favor that side or ma Tor
a long time. There Is going To TO
hunch on the front OF my ankle,
but they say It won't inteffete With
my running. That is wlierestiie asikie
bone was splintered. I'm lucky that
didn't get anything worseS ~. 4. (, &. :;
Smith paid his ) compliments i 20
Stallingss and Gaffney.. He said he
didA4 want to work for two hettar
.aen and he didn't think. there were
two better men. The Smith family
including Reds. crutches, will start
for his home In Georgia tomorrow"
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CARD OF THANKS