Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
BALL MEN WORLDS TYRANTS
No Other Glass of People So Hide
bound in Their Talk.
ALL FOR THE SAKE OF WOMAN
Exchange OF Bulletins Among Play
ers Leads Manager to Find Out
Why Catcher Was in Hos
pitaI So Much.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Of all the pro-
fessions in the world hone perhaps is such
a tyrant as base ball Not even actors
are so shop" bound in their talk as the
knights of the diamond.
Whenever one or more players, OF for
mer players, for that matter, are gathered
together base ball is certain to form the
staple of their talk. Such group met
yesterday in a local cafe and refought
countless battles of the past and trl-
umphed in scores Of diamond contests yet
unborn. ~
The talk ran on great catches, timely
hits and bad decisions.
They spoke Of pitchers who had been
the pride Of big cities who we're now toll
ing in leagues so small that even the
scouts never disturbed them at their
work. When the fund OF truthful hap
penings was well-night exhausted one of
the men told the story of Kit Kane.
Exit Kane" he said, was kid out
fielder down in little league where they
took hay crop every year from the out
field. Gosh how he coul wallop the pitch
ers! Gosh, how he could wallop the pitch
but that league was pie for him.
HIT by a BALL. -.
Ten days along in the season one OF
those big, crazy left-handers plunked a
ball on the side of his head! Down went
Kit First We sent for the doctor and
then for a priest. We shipped the kid to
the hospital in a hurry. but the doctors
found his skull was thicker than We
thought and they said he'd get well, all
right.
Kit came along fast for a week and
then he had relapse. II looked as II he
never would get out. yet the doctor down
at the hospital said, as far as he could
see, there wasn't anything wrong.
by and by the manager went and just
hauled Kit out. He figured one kid was
plumb scared TO get back and have the
balls go whizzing by his head, but there
wasn't anything in that, because the first
game Kit broke into he hammered out
two doubles and home run. He was
stepping right into 'em all the time. too
But before n week was over. bang! he
got another smash on the head, and away
they took him to the hospital. II wasn't
such fast shoot toppled him this time,
but Kit took even longer to get we'll, He
came back and played only three days
before he got another wallop which sent
him down and out and back to his cot.
The veteran that roomed with Kit
tipped the manager off.
Say. he said. I think the kid is TAX
ing those on purpose
Why, he stands a fine chance to get
killed. What should he do It for7'
"'You go down and see the nurse he's
got at the hospital, said the old player,
4 Woman in the Case.
He'd been outguessing pitchers for
twelve years, and Kits secret was a
cinch to figure out. The manager didn't
take much stock in the story first off,
but when he went TO the hospital he saw
Harriet. The town may have been deep
in the sticks but Harriet was major
Lacquer.
Exit watched her round the room like
she was a curve ball, and It didn't take
the boss more than a few minutes to
find out that the kid VAS Just dotty about
her. The manager accused him of stick
ing his head out and getting besned on
purpose. Kit looked as sheepish as II
he'd been. caught mapping on the bases.
4 Just got to see her, he confessed.
"'F1no and dandy says the boss, but
cut out this getting smashed on the head.
You might get one biz too fast. and
that would be the end Of a natural hitter.
Have a little sense Ask her where she
lives and tell her you want to come
around calling when she's not working"