Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-11
II.-SWEENEY TO SAN
TO SCHULTZ
From 1.-The Ten Thousand Dollar Arm
Copyright. 1919. by Small. Maynard {, Company
@WEENEY to Sanguinetti to
- Schultz" Thus it used to APP
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mus 1t used to up
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mary of the games in which
the old Mudhens took part. Some
times. of course, it was 'Sanguinetti
to Sweeney to Schultz" which was Il
mere matter of inconsequential detail,
depending upon which side of the bag
the ball was hit. If anything of a
chain lightning nature was due to
happen in the infeld it was a certainty
that it would be started by the Irish
man, pushed along by the italian and
finished by the German. AS for the
third baseman, he was only a married
man, with three children and a touch
OF rheumatism in his right knee. He
did not count. The real stars Of the
Mudhen infeld were Sweeney, San.
guinetti and Schultz.
Whether it was the red headed. fight
ing Mick at short who first got his
hands on the ball or the ervou tenn
%peramental Italian at second. it was
always the mountain Of a Teuton at
first who closed the incident with a
sweep of his broad. fiat mitt. Swee-
ney and Sanguinetti were wonders at
starting things, but whenever they
started something which they could
not stop they yelled for Schultz. That
was where Schultz shone. He was a
noble inisher. that German first base
), man.
This was just as true off the dia-
mond as on, for the three were as
closely allied in their hours OF busy
leisure as when they were working at
their trade. That was what caused all
the trouble. Sweeney. Sanguinetti
and Schultz were too much together
too much together for their own good
and the good Of the club. When they
Were together they went hunting for
t%rouble-that is to say, Sweeney wish
ed to find trouble, and Sanguinetti told
him where to look for it. After they
had found it and amused themselves
with it for awhile they turned it over
to Schultz. He knew what to do with
trouble. that big German.
For three years the trio lasted. skat-
ing on the thin edge Of suspensions.
managerial fines and police court pro-
ceedings. For three years they whip
ped policemen, taxi mahouts, walters.
and cab drivers. They demoralized
towns and teams: they split the league
wide open, and then. just as they had
made up their minds to reform, the
ove%rstrained hair parted. the sword
flashed, and calamity fell upon them
as q JnUor6 fn, an oof re r,,uo I,auo:--.
pure, unadulterated heroism, mind
you. 1t doesn't seem right even to this
day.
From the beginning Of the alliance
Sweeney, Sanguinetti and Schultz
were Gin Dutch" with the management
of the club. After a time they grew
used to it. The worst thing about
johnny Moore, the manager of the
team, was that he had absolutely no
sense of humor. He could not see any
fun in a combination formed of an
Irishman, an Italian and a German.
Johnny should not be blamed for that.
He was born that way.
Sweeney. of course. was the foun-
tainhead Of nearly all the devilment
which flowed from the coalition. Swee-
ney had originality, initiative and in
ventiveness. He was a red headed,
square shouldered. freckIe listed young
man who came from the gas house dis
trict of a great city. He began his
career by playing ball upon the crowd
ed streets and lodging policemen who
wanted to arrest him for it. He has