The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17
BY BILLY MURPHY.

~ Billy eitgkHHY.
James John Callahan, the, de-
posed manager 81 the schicaso
White soS Is the best story teiler
OF all the ban players Here are q
few OF his fayofites you WIN hear
told In the Hot Stove League during
these winter IA onths: Z : Z z & x e 3
From CAR himself we have Il
that there was as much harmony
ON the liite Sox SQUAD when Ping
Bedie ana jacques Fournier were
around as there was down in<Afex-
1eoE when q rebel and Ia federal met.
I'm an American, < says Four.
nier. 4, ~ ~ r +.
Yon,re4 nothing OF the kind, = re-.
torts Bodie. You're a French
Canuck. & n S ~ \,
I'm nothing Of. the sort I'm an
American. You area Dago, !" howls
Fourier. y, ~ \, z = -
There is no such thing as a
p4go. retorts Bodie.
I'm an American, lust the same"
IS Fotirnier's scome-back. n.
You're moi, = insists Bodie.
Well I've got my papers just
the same. shoots back Fourier.
The only kind OF papers you
nave are cigarette papers bowls
& Bodie. Z i
Then the two would lock horns. 4,
said Callahan, recently. "and every
body gets q laugh. Talk about rfv-
9 airy Say. it's a. scream. And the
way they go after one. another Is
- caution. Bodies says things about
the French which would have him
drawn and quartered II hes made
such utterances in France. And
Bonrnier? Z What he says about the
Italians would land him in a tank
Of boiling OIL If he even whispered
one-tenth of 1T where. q body Of
Italians could hear him ~ e (.
According to Callahan, kid,
Gleason. the assistant manager 81
the White Sox, who. viii. probably
be retained by Rowland. pulled one
of the funniest bits of irepartee ever
heard on the baseball diamond at
the expense OF Amos Strunk Of the
ttleties lin Chicago one day last
summer. ~ 2
Yea Walsh was pitching one Of iiis
usual ;air-ttght games. and when
strunk hit an easy grounded to
snort Gleason started to slsid; the
play ers said Callahan. .sstrunk
retgrned, the compliment ana COM
pared Gleason to q BIT of old funk.
.sD90 OR KNOB. GETS 4 !, !.
STRpSK,Si GOasr,',s =
The KID gave q short laugh, ana
them turning to Billy Evans, who
Was umpir ing, exclaimed:
Billy look at the original. door
Al he spoke. Gleason pointed at
strdnk's Head. tss,sa = IS
s mos flushed to the roots of
his hair; tried to answer. couldn't.
and then fetreated to the PhfIa.
delphia7 bench. During the re-.
Z niaindef Of the season All a PLAYER
had TO say to get stfunk's .eoatS
was door knob, Amos would
fight at the mention Of. that., 4
RoflieS zeider.. formerly OF the
White S9S. was presented with q
little wishBone carved OH Of. IVORY :,
BY Kesey Rosenbanu, one of tho
oters who accom- panied the Com
isisey party TO California one year.
zeider showed the gift To- tier boys
at the hotel and one OF them asked:
3 bere,d 1t come from, Rollie y,
why. it's the wishbone of q
y turtle. grinned Zeider.
Aud the recruit believed Il.
One of the most laughable incl
dents connected with the trip. OF
g the White Sox special to California.
according TO Cal" was at a Ger
tain station. where speeches and
presentations were made. Comis-
Key Callahan, Ed Walsh, and sfea.
old Ted Sullivan and several ladies
Of the party, were standing on the
observation platform ana the crowd
was yelling wildly, not to say en-
Enthusiastically. A prominent orator
Of the town-reeled ffyards of red-
hot chatter and became 80 excited
he mixed his Language up a tritie.
and fnally, he shouted, 81 Will
say one thing for your sbenefit, Mr..
Cohiskey. Tie citizens of this
place will sympathize with The
White Scx at the end Of this sea-
z
Certainly some thoughti
Several years ago, Dave AItlzer.
then With the White fSox. made q
trip to the coast. Dave had ID his
possession q wallet that contained
over 500 OF his salary. On the
train he struck up an acquaintance
with q young lady who left the
train II salt Lake City. A few
hours After her departure. Aitizef
ctscoSefed that bis wallet was miss
ing and he nov e. recovered Ii. Tte
st3fy rot 10 MIN burst ana served
~ = saesns 70 TOP lts-sr from
kicking one day. 4 n y. I. I. Z. & II
Ilnyd ed Altizef out on q very
close plR ~ at second Dave fairly
Yelled: tIs didh't touch inelr Ths