Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-20

was crazy to 20 in and pitch. but
Ike kept me on the bench for 10 days.
and then sent me In to finish a game
against Titusville-when they had us
licked by a score of II to 4. thought
that was a pretty mean trick, but l
pitched my head off for three innings.
and they didn't score That night Ike
tied the can to pitcher he'd been hang
ing onto. and knew was elected. Two
days afterward he turned me loose on
the same club and l made 'em look like
cripples and orphans. had 'em breaking
their backs on my outdrop, and chop
ping at my fast one after 1t was in the
catcher's mitt; and I'd have beat 'em
too. If 1t hadn't been for Harrigan shut
ting his eyes and hitting one a mile with
two men on the bases.
We only had four pitchers on the Bell
ingham club, and 1t seems to me four
ought to be enough for any team.
never could figure why these big league
outfits carry such a raft of pitchers.
There must be lot of loafing done
back there.
1t was about three weeks after the
season opened that I Joined the team.
1t was a four-club Observation-Disclosures
Titusville, Waverly and Mil City; and
right from the jump 1t was a battle be-
tween the FIRST two.
The other clubs didn't seem to amount
to much; Mill City didn't have no pitch
ers and couldn't support 'em II 1t had;
and WaVerly had gang of bad actors
that couldn't hit a thing In the world
but booze. or field anything but high
balls. The Distillers we called em, and
they had 1t coming. tell you, it's GO
ing pretty strong when ball players take
their TASKS with 'em to the bench, and
that's what those drunkards done reg
ular. OF course that wasn't generally
known, but It was so.
Well, II was up to us to trim Titus
Vile. On the face OF II, II looked easy.
Bellingnam had the best pitching staff-
after the first month 1t dld-the best
hitters. and the best-balaneed team any
way you figure 1t.
Ike Small. he played first base and
though don't like a bone in his head
I've got to say for him that he was some
first baseman aad field captain. He knew
baseball from A TO lizard, top sides, and
bottom; and it's my bet that he could set
right down with Frank Chance or Jim
McAleer, or any OF them wise heads,
and tell 'em stun they never heard Of
Then there was Pete BIaney, our
catcher. Pete could hold an infeld to-
gether as well as anybody and he
wasn't no slOuch when It came 10 neg
cling to the bases. Martin Dunn, Jack
Gavigan, and Heinie Krause made up
the infeld with Small. None Of 'em
Whal you coula can pad. We had Mill
ligan and Tucker and Anderson In the
outheld-two hitters and one slashing
good fielder. What more would you
want?
Then for pitehers-me, Kellerman
Murphy and Hartley; two OF US crack.
ajaeks, and two just steady, average
boys that you could depend on week
in and week out. Wouldn't you say that
a ball club like that ought TO have
breezed homo all alone?
you may think you've got a cineh hnt
some fellow might take four 10 an ace.
and draw out on you. On paper that
Titusyille team was awful weak. They
had only two fence busters, ana one Of
them was a pitcher. George Dana
ttnnigan. the centre helder. was the
olheF' Lhelr pitching stan wasn't any