Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-12

only two games on earth? Evers. pinned
down TO the question by his interviewer,
said.
Base Ball Is Work.
The base ball player typifies the, ma
tiona! game. He is out there working for
the entertainment and enjoyment of thou
sands Of people. If his heart and his
head are on the game he is getting a lot
of enjoyment out of it himself. but pri-
marty he is getting a living out Of it. Ii
is his work, the day of la Dor. if he is
wise, which will make him comfortable
in days to come
There are scores of ways that base
ball player finds diversion when he is
off the ball field You see, that although
he gets pleasure out of his work, he re-
quires play aside from that, just as any
worker in any field of endeavor.
About 25 per cent of the ma or
for diversion. The number is grow
ing every season. | used to look upon
golf as an old woman's game, but |
get more satisfaction sending away a
good tee shot than hitting the horse
hide where they amt"
Umpire Likes Gold.
After ALL few there are who will at
tempt to dispute the sayings of Johnny
Evers. There is an umpire. who has
been heard of in base bali ere this, who
bears the name OF William j. KLEIN
Bill Klein of the base ball diamond.
Klein lives at Lakewood, y. j., par
ticularly in the winter. He is ardent in
his devotion to golf, and, as it happens,
the links of the Country Club of Lake
wood are quite playable most of the
winter. The result is that the base
ball arbiter often has his thoughts far
away from the ball field. He took part
in the recent tournament there, and,
although eliminated from the second
sixteen, declared that all blazeS would
not prevent him from trying his luck
in the future
Apropos of Klein, it is interesting to
note the manner in which the real
petitors was Donald Brian. the actor.
who plays little better than the base
ball umpire They were introduced by
one who knew both OF them we'll
There's many time I've wanted to
throw a pop bottle at you for some Of
your decisions" remarked Brian, but
I'm mighty glad to meet you as a
golfer and a man."
And there's many time I've seen
You dance, came the rejoinder, and
wished l could do likewise. I've often
regarded the Merry Widow and the Girl
from Utah as sisters but-have You
anything on this afternoon" And the
end of this golf story is not yet.
Everybody Plays the Game.
Another incident of the last tourna-
ment at Lakewood has to do with Billy
Klein. THAT chap is a husky fellow.
Who is he?" asked the base ball man.
Did you ever hear of John Brede- !
mus, former all-round amateur cham
pion athlete of America? He won in
l90S, and again in 1912, when Jim
Thorpe was declared professional" |
came the answer.
well, of all things He is playing |
golf, too What is this game, anyway, |
that it should get such men in it,"
asked Klein, wonderingly.
A little later Bredemus and Klein |
were introduced The handshake was
such that they might have been MEM 7
bers of the same lodge, or even long
lost relatives; it was so cordial At any |
rate, Klein has found new golf friends
who knew of him otherwise than as a
budding golfer. 1t is not difficult to I
imagine KLEIN, Bredemus and Brian as I
three of many foursome this winter
down there in the pines of central New
Jersey.