The Washington times., 1914-04-05
NEVER FORGET GAME
AS FIGHT IS CLOSE
"putch" Schaefer Was Useful
to Tigers in Pennant-Win-
ming Days for His Jokes.
By TY COBB.
Worlds Greatest AIl-around player)

FnOSC I&nS SeeIn 10 DclieSc Iudl
ball player has nothing to spend ex-
cept time. It is very generally fig
ured that a Big Leaguer's period of
labor covers about two hours every
day, with no work on rainy days and
layoff on about half of the Sun
days.
81 wish ] had hours like yours,
says the outsider. "It's an easy life
to take a little exercise in the after
noon and have the rest of the time
to yourself"
To correct this impression, ! am
going to show how ball players
spend their time off the field and
thereby try to convince those fol-
lowers of the game who believe that
the life of a Big Lacquer is prac-
tically the same as loafing that the
playing of baseball entails some
work besides that done on the dia-
mond, and that style of careful liv-
ing which does not fit in well with
Just plain loafing.
II a fan thinks that a ball player
is through with his days work as soon
as he takes of his uniform after a
game, he should travel with club for
a time that is up in the battling Tor
the pennant- The players never Tor
get the game when the fight gets
close, and many of a nervous tempera-
ment are unable to sleep.
on the field, Jennings, ou- manager
does not keep q very close watch on
the Detroit players to see that they
conllne their habits OF life to the
straight and narrow path. He believes
that this should be left to the ball
player himself, and that man shoulo Io
have enough natural common sense
to behave II he intends to make base
ball his business, since this is the only
way in which he can derive any
profit from his enterprise 1t is
not until Jennings discovers a man
clamps, and then look out for him He
knows how to treat a bad actor" as
well as any one when he encounters
one, since he played on the old Bal
timore club, where the irresponsible
players were plentiful.
The big Lacquer spends much OF his
time on the trains, and though ball
clubs travel in great luxury. this con
slant travelling, nevertheless, Is work.
There are many methods Of killing the
time spent in travel in which is not IN
cluded the observation Of the passing
scenery. Few of the men, after they
have made one swing around the cir
cult, pay any attention to the scenery
that is, the scenery of nature
Schaefer Was Useful.
On every ball team I ever saw, there
is always a man who is either come
dian or thinks he is. We had Win the
Detroit club for several years Ger
many Schaefer, one of the FUNNIEST
men ever to enter the big league, l De-
live We missed him when the went 10
vyashinston. for Dutch" passed many
wearv hours for US on the trains with
his laugh producers. Rossman' tne ois
Detroit first baseman, useo 10 DC
another funny fellow.
recall an incident which occurred III
. same against the Athletics some
,,sars sgo when both Rossman anu
ScSaefer were on the Detroit cup, ana
which has nothing to do wlth the 49, =,
of a ball club off the neid. out ESh n1
a eamnle of the Schaefer brand OF
ady Rip Rossman, who had Ter
-shie waIIop with the bat. won sSv s,n,',
tnr ns in the ninth inning with oio"
over the fence. a,d "c,er-
AZ soon as the ball was MT, ano al
many got a glance a. aassibiIities. lss he
.sizeS a towel out the hand Oh .ne
sI",I trainer. ran from where ne "as W.
GU hsncb and followed the big n@Lse @
haseman from the time ne turheu Lac
first bag around TO tne to,reI n ss they
annrnssed' lanGrns It was only necessary ,or
1890 to log TO reach home In saIets.
..weII We made it," puffed schaeletI t,tI
,,,sr tbey arrived Then he put UP NE
hand 20 the umpire for slen o.. the
run oon :.hrIt we don't need It
Ma WanT bali players indulge In caras, ho
"a az newsDaper correspondents VIZ
traveI with the club join IN "e
Sancs They are for small states &c
a rule. and poker Is tpe onev al
dunn for the exchange OF nione! sue
tbo,,yb there are usually four or nv
hridge nlayers on every team VINO sIt
sf-snflv lingering their cards. Jenmnss
has no objection to the men on ms team
nIaying poker il they do not stai 49,, q
game late at night a.o no sit !ust dP ope more
bed hour in ORDER 10 So 'o'' ''~
The only manager l ever heard OF
barring poker entirely was McSIsm Ms;'
.ybep his team won inc CtldIIloioiio.'P
y, the National League in a whirlwino
Pnish on It's final tour through tne
Vest in 1911 AS ] hear the story tne
-aenbers OF the Giants had been play.
inI a pretty stiff game that summer
an6 some of the boys were inclined |"
brond over their losses when they were
~, osnecisllv hard. This served to take
th.,r minds of of baseball. and so NC,
Grsw stopped the cards for the nnai
,,iT cards were tabooed only on that
important trip.
Has Few bad Actors"
But you take bascpail as a whole
row. and you'll find practically no
..h.d actors in il as ttS term was
applied. Managers do not
have to keep as clote watch on their
rl.vers as they did once. because the
men themselves are smart enough TO
a,,neciate the fact that they cannot
Zen up with the speed Of the Big
League and bat around all night. There
L. "nly one recent rumor Of lack Of
training which has hurt team very
extensively, and / am not sure that
this lie true. My information comes
frcm the American Lea9Yers In the
same city where this National League
cIu,, lis located. and they have told Inc
thnt the loose habits of some OF the
men on the club In the rival league
,y,. larpelv resDopsihle for the team