Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-11
by GEORGE T. srALLINGS.

2 regular system of working pitchers
| that | always stick Ia I pick tWu
! pitchers for every game and call them
Lnumher one and number two one
| day Early last season | pic kei James
| for the first pitcher anu pcrdn" Tor
! the second. As soon as the contest
starts No. > pitcher is supposed To
| hike out 10 the Warlnup pen and take
! Just enough To he ready to 30 into the
| box in case the man working cracks.
In this way | am not caught without
i a warm pitcher. and many ball game
| Is SAVED. Its purpose is expressed in
| our club slogan always get the per
| Ccntag".
! You're No / pitcher today. Bill, |
| said to James, and Hub. you're No.
?"
sawIed Out Hub Perdue.
We were playing on the road and
SO. being the visitors. We went to the
| hat first. We tore in and made four
| or FIVE runs I'M the first inning. which
was All unusual thing for the team in
| those days. James went to work ana
got away bad He could not throw Il
ball near enough to the plate for the
batter to reach it with pole, and they
| filed up the bases on him. / was get
| ting pretty anxious when happened
to look around and saw Hub" COM
| fOrtaby sl0uChed down on the other
side of the bench. My temper cracked
| under the strain.
Why, you big, numbering lazy dub,
] said, and then | went on from there
and called him lot of naRes. Didn't
you hear me tell you that you were
No. pitcher today? DO you think
that assignment entities you to a ring
side seat here on the bench? Get out
there and warm up or get out of the
park and never come back"
The lacing gave Hub was a pref
ty strong one even for me, and 1t
curled him up like salt on a snail.
James steadied up right afterward and
Perdue did not need to pitch. The in
cident slipped out of mind until after
the game when found Hub sitting
in the club house looking very sore.
What's the matter, HUB | asked
him.
Il was just trying to make up my
mind whether to try to lick you for
what you said this afternoon and then
blow the club or whether to take it.
| can't afford to blow the club, |
guess
Listen, HUB" / told him. You
ought to have seen enough of me by
this time to, know that what | say in
the heat of a. game don't go. Now
forget it. / didn't mean anything eX-
cept | wanted to impress on you that
when | tell you that you are No. Z
pitcher you are to be in shape to step
into that box at a seconds motive.
Many a ball game has been lost be-
cause the manager was caught with
all his pitchers cold
Club Gets in Condition.
Until June / there was nothing to
do but grit our teeth and wait. The
return of the club to condition came
all at once in the latter part Of June
and the team began to improve and
play real good ball from that date.
The players held up their heads and
the pitchers got right. From July u,
when we started our big squirt which
took us to the worlds championship
and which made all the baseball world
gasp, the club improved every day
that the players put on their uniforms.
The Evers deal was the big thing for
the club. He helped the team mate
rally all the way. AS we continued
to win the players gained confidence,
and the club went ahead day after
day.
Deal was still playing on one LEI,
however, on account of his "sharley-
horse and | began to search for a fit
man to fill that hole. The Brooklyn
club was having trouble with Red
Smith and he was making threats
about jumping to the Federals. ! ar
ranged a deal that would bring him
to Boston.
Don't do it," warned pretty wise
baseball man and a friend of mine.
You will never be able to do anything
with him. That fellow is a baseball
anarchist"
But notwithstanding this tip wired
Smith to come to Boston, after com
pleting the deal with Brooklyn, and
we agreed to terms in one talk. Mr..
Gaffney was at the conference and as
Red was leaving the Offices he re-
marked to Mr.. Gaffney:
We'll, III see you at the park to-
morrow afternoon"
Tomorrow morning" corrected the
boss.
What for?'' asked Smith, surprised.
Morning practise" was the answer.
What? Do you fellows still hold
morning practise up here? We haven't
had any in Brooklyn for month
We all like it," | told Smith.
Morning Practise Regular.
He went away wondering whether
he would or not and not quite sure. I
guess he thought it would cut into his
mornings, but he showed up the next
day and it wasn't long before he was
enjoying, it or, at least, he said he
was. Let me point out right here that
the club engaged in morning practise
every day We were at home or when
we had the opportunity for it right
up to the end of the season and even
during the worlds series under cir
that will relate in sub |
sequent article. This morning prac-
tise was not a stall, either, as some |