The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-01
Bush Leaguers Have No Corner
on Skull Play" Quotes Emil.
nent Boston Authority.

Dick Cooley, one of the greatest Of
the great not 50 many years ago and
hailed as one Of the best outhelders
Boston ever had, took a run up from
San Diego, where he managed the town
club last year, yesterday and was a
spectator at the battle between the
Seals and the Angels, says the San
Francisco Bulletin of April is.
Dick is the same ardent fan as ever
and enjoyed the uncertainty of the
session immensely. During the dull
spells he spilled considerable CONVEX.
sation, in which he took occasion r.
discuss the case Of young Flanagan,
whom he sent TO St. Louis last year,
and regarding whom Cooley was said
to have engineered deal which
brought him $4,000 for Just 50 much
flesh and blood, without an ounce OF
hallplaying ability.
=" Hedges didn { give Flannigan half
a chance" said Cooley, ''and then he
had the nerve to say my only pur.
pose in sending him the lad was for
the money ] got out Of it. That Is
not true. Flanagan was young
fellow who came TO me off one Of tbs
government ships Rnd he was the gen.
uine sensation of our league.
81 am firmly convinced that with
half a chance at all Flanagan would
have proved wondef in the big
league, but as usual Hedges gives him
two starts and then goes of half cock.
ed and publicly questions my object in
securing him for st. Louis. He even
went further and practically accused
me of fleeing him out Of $3500.1
And one is inclined TO accept Coo
ley's version of the affair. The for,
mer bean eater has always been p~-
ognized as a pretty fair Judge OF nail
players, two of his principal discov.
cries being Pitcher Cheney, with ths
Chicago Cubs, and Catcher Boles, with
the Los Angeles Club, and unless Elan.
nigan had some sterling qualities to
recommend him it is hardly probable
his case would have been espoused by
Cooley. t
Cooley picked Boles up in Texas. At
the time of his t'discovery the An.
geleno was pitcher, and good one,
at that. His size was against him,
however, and he vacated the pitchers
box to acquire familiarity with other
departments Of the club, finally be.
coming so proficient behind the bat no
settled into the backstop position per.
manently. He is regarded at present
as one Of the best eatchefs-in-thelC Coast
League. N N.
Asked for his opinion on the article
Of ball being played in the Coast league
today, Cooley stated it as his Opinioh
that the Coast league is easily the fast
est minor league in the country and
but degree or two removed from big
league standards. "High-class base
lall Is played out here now, = said Coo
ley, 9although once in a while a couple
of boners crop out, but what league Is
entirely free from themf
~ remember a boner pulled BY
couple of so-called big leaguers when
was in the game, the like of which
have never seen since. 1t was about
hfteen years ago, when a bunch of
American and National Leaguers were
coming out to California. The National
League season ended few days be-
fore the American schedule and we
were hanging around Chicago waiting
for the Americans.
"Some one of the bunch, included
In which were Joe Corbett, Jake Beck
ley, Bill LANCE, Sam Crawford and
Lajoie, arranged a game over in Indl-
annapolis to grab up little easy money
for the trip. 1t was in this. game
that the play came up, and believe me
IL was a bird. - ar '.tH
Irwin was on first and Beekley on
third, when Crawford grabbed one that
went for mile. Irwin went to second
and Beckley to third, and Crawford
raced past first and started for see.
ond, when he saw Irwin set out for
third and Beckley for home. Half way
down Irwin became frightened and
turned around and ran back to second,
reaching the bag the same instant as
Crawford. ha ~" ,...... - 3.
Miller Higgins, who was playing
second for the opposition, promptly
tagged both runners and then turned
his attention TO third. Beckley had
stopped half way between third aud
home to watch the other play and Hug.
gins shot the ball to the plate. The
third out was completed.
HTalk about bone, said Cooley,
"ean you heat thati''
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.--(Asso,