Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-11

so-called 100000 infield,' sal,
Thomas. "A BAH player is apt to &c,
off by himself aud brood when he.
kicked away some important game
and Mr.. Mack Is always on the look
out for that and makes a point oil
getting to a man aud making him fee
that he's a pretty good player after
ALL"
: Asked what he thought of the Eddie
Collins sale, Thomas said:
IAN know is what I've seen in the
papers, but that had Associated Press
over II, and that means that it's So
! certainly hate to see the Athletic in
field broken tip. for the men who com
pose II are still on the upgrade, and
there is only one way | can figure II
out. Eddie Collins has big ambitions
to be manager and. Of course, he has
no chance Of being one with the Atf-
letics as long as Connie Mack is on
the job, and that's likely to be for
some time. II may be that Mack has
taken this into consideration in part
ing with Collins. and wouldn't be
surprised 10 hear of him as manager
OF the White Sox.' a,.szssss. i. Ill !.
Tell US something about Bender's
going, asked someone in the audience.
Thomas considered moment.
& hate to say this" he replied, but
II must be admitted that Bender, while
a grand pitcher, was very disturb
ing element In the club. He did Just
as he pleased. When he wanted to he
showed up at the Ball park, and when
IL didn't suit him. he just didn't re.
port This was bad example to
young players, and the break had to
come. wasn't surprised to learn
that he's gone, for before left Phila-
delphta Mr.. Mack said to me: Ben
der will never pitch another game for
this club .e... III ..
Touching on the recent worlds Sc
ries, Thomas said that without de-
tracting In any way from George Stall.
iAgS work with The Braves, 1T must
be admitted that Johnny Eyers, one
OF The brainiest men in baseball. had
q great deal to do with the success
or the club.
He places the nen on the field to
suit himself" said Thomas, "and then
everything works smoothly like n
chine. Too much can't be said for.
the pitchers. They are the only ones
SO far that have stopped the Athletics
from hitting. Before the series we
heard lot about the Braves being d
lucky bunch OF misfits, but any team
that can start at the bottom Of the
National League in July and then win
the pennant, is q pretty good ball club
TO play against. When they can take
four straight from Philadelphia on top
of that, | think lis enough to prove
their real worth" - 49, ~
In connection with a remark OF
Thomas that in the big leagues ball
player must have regular habits, or
lose out, the question was asked,
Gould Connie hack keep RUDE Wad-
dell on the water wagon"
tRube Waddell was probably the
greatest pitcher that ever lived" said
Thomas Hes dead now, and he's
left behind him lot of stories of his
wild doings, but want to say that
there was lot Of good to his makeup
to counterbalance his eccentricities.
He was a real gentleman; one that
you could take into your own home
any time, and there are ball players
in the game today who are far more
dissipated than he was. But he pulled
so many queer stunts that he was al
ways in the public eye and got a repu-
tation of being wild Indian"
Thomas then reeled off half a DOZEN
anecdotes of Waddell's do
ings that were good enough to go in al
book
Tells Own Story.
Ray Chapman said that Thomas had
covered the ground so thoroughly in
his talk and questions that all that
was left for him was to talk about
so he would tell how he broke
into baseball. And a mighty interest
ing story Chapman made of it, telling
of the steps that took him to the
Springfield. Davenport and Toledo
clubs, and finally to Cleveland.
Chapman emphasized the necessity
for clean living and quick thinking in
il player has ambitions to
get to the top. Like all ball players
who have been in the big leagues he