Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
THE BULL MOOSE OF THE BLEACHERS
Andy Anderson's Discovery - Some Remarks About
Copenhagen-A Voice to Stampede Con-
vention-A New Thing in Roofing
BY CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
Famous Writer of Baseball Fiction

himself. Andy heard a preliminary rum
bic in the crowd behind him, as it might
have been a pipe organ warming up, and
then a roaring blast of sound beat down
all lesser disturbances-a blast of vocal
dynamite, deep pitched, resonant and fill
ing the air with tremendous vibrations
1t was truly a remarkable voice-one
that might have moved d regiment of
cavalry or stampeded a national conven-
tion. 1t halted the ball players in their
tracks, and it caused Andy Anderson to
cock both sunburned ears in the direc-
ton whence 1t came And this was the
message it conveyed, each syllable rever-
berating across the field:
Bean headl Bean-head Andersofl
Take him back to Copenhagen
The bleacherites greeted this brilliant
sally with laughter and cheers. The
humor of the baseball fan is crude and
elemental in the extreme, consisting for
the most part of ear-worn phrases and
jests as old as the game itself. It is
very seldom that originality finds its way
into the bleacher seats, and the crowd,
at first startled by the booming tones so
near at hand, recognized the reference to
Copenhagen as "new stuff." and ap-
plauded accordingly. Andy. stung by the
insinuaton, choked down desire to- prof.
claim that he was born in Sioux Falls.
Andy was young-not quite two seasons
III lHb iGdBuS-duQ DleaCneT COnOem-
nation was a new thing to him.
The commotion died away when the
next batter smote weakly and was thrown
out at first, and Andy trotted back to
the bench, meekly presenting himself to
the grilling which he expected to receive
from his teammates He was not disap-
pointed. They told him exactly what
they thought of a man who would lose
a bali in the sun with two on and two
out.
Andy made a feeble excuse out Of the
far corner of his mouth and busted him
self at the bat pile. It seldom fails that
when a player has distinguished himself
in one way or another he comes to bat
Immediately afterward. George Kehoe
third baseman, was also ralxing over the
bats To him Andy put a question.
Did I hear himw exclaimed Kehoe.
You don't see any cotton in my ears
do you? Everybody heard him! What's
the use of a telephone when a man like
that can stick his head out Of the win
dow and talk with people in the next
town? If / had pipes like that, I'd lay
for an umpire's job! Why, Silk o'Lough-
lin would sound like croupy baby be-
side mel"
Il wonder where he got that Copen-
hagen stuffT' said Andy. First thing
you know he'll have these people think
that"
Then, armed with the short black
bludgeon already famous in the big
league, Andy advanced to the plate
Handsome Harry McCarter was pitching
for the Ponies that day. He was a mas
ter OF sarcasm, as well as of three meth
ods OF delivering the spitball. and ne
grinned at Andy in friendly fashion, for
Handsome believed in talking to his VIC
tins.
Il see you've got your press agent here
today" said Mccarter genially. ''How
much are you paying him to boost YOU.
kid?" 'N~'
Aw' shut upP' growled Anderson.
CONTINUED TOMORROW.