El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21

! club. Frank. WHO didn't make our Tepu-
I tations this season
Get this description Of the slide that
I McGraw has been teaching the Giants
1t is a head-first plunge. with the
hand Outstretched. accompanied by a
contorti0n that carries the torso and
lower limbs well outside the base line.
1 leaving only the head and arm exposed
I 70 the stab Of the base tender
II may never be our fortune. hut we
hope some day to see John Bannerman
Mclean plunginE head-first with hand
ourstretched, accompanied by a contor-
ton that carries the torso and lower
limbs wei outside the base line. leav-
ing only the head and arm exposed to
the stab Of the baseman. We maintain
tfhar when thar occurs il should be ad-
Tertlsed extensively.
Where Are. the CeItss
walter Trumbul in the New York
World observes the passing OF many
celebrated names from the great na-
uonal pastime in the following Ian
guage-
The Harp that once through chasing balls
Attained much diamond fame
In these sad days no longer falls
For what was once his game
The Caseys, Corners. Burkes OF old,
The kellys, Dunns. and such
II seems have quit the pastime cold
And left II TO the Dutch.
Larry Schlafly, now a Federal league
manager. was playing third base for
the Cubs against Pittsburg some years
ago About that time Hans Wagner
was hitting 'em a mile-a-minUte. 1t
was like getting IN front Of a rifle ball
20 stop one of Hans's drives. Joe Tinker
now tells the story
Il play deep at short. but always
played very deep for Wagner I looked
around in the third inning OF this par
icular game and there / saw Schlafly as
fa- back as I was.
Get i'm there. Larry / said. This
fellow VIII bunt on you
Larry moved in toward third Just
then Wagner caught hold Of an out
curve and hooked the ball down toward
Schlally- To was going like a bullet
Larry stuck cut his right hand, the bah
hit his fingers and bounced into the
bleachers. The bail almost smashed
Schlafly's hand Il began TO swell and
u was sore looking mitt when we
walked toward the bench.
Call that a buntT asked Larry as
we LEFT the field ] said nothing. I knew
how his hand panied him
IN the sixth inning Wagner vas at
bat again looked around for Larry
and he was playing deeper than myself {
Come on there Larry. play in close 10 .
the bag This fellow will Outguess YOU Z
this time and bunL'
is he going TO bunt again. asked I
Larry.
sure. he'll bunt.' 7 replied.
Me for the fence shouted Larry"
Here is a little story OF the craft OF /
Jimmy Sheckard, who managed the
Cleveland A. A. team last year The
Cleveland team was playing the Kansas 1
City Blues and Jimmy was tanning with !
a bunch Of Blues near the visitors
bench.
What are YOU out Of the game for
Iim-' MOrry Rath asked him.
oh, I m getting so can't hit curve
ball, and I thought a rest would do me
good" replied Sheck
Mack Allison was standing near by
and heard the remark And Mack was Z
selected TO pitch that day.
The game went along until the ninth Z
inning and the Blues were leading BY .
1ne run The Spiders got men on sec
md and third. and it was Kahler's turn (
% bat for kahler was pitching. But
immy inserted himself as pinch hat
er.
Allison bethought himself OF the re-
mark he had overheard and dOped up a I
'ery handsome curve ball for Sheck. ]
and Jimmy just picked il to right for
B brace Of sacks and won that ball
game then and there.