Evening star., 1915-01-04
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Walter Johnson's temporary jump to
the Feds undoubtedly made possible
the sale of Eddie Collins to the White
Sox. But for the fact that Comiskey
and the American League in general
considered the acquisition of Johnson
by the Feds hard blow to organized
base ball. Comiskey would not have
been in a position where he had to get
star to offset Johnson's jump to his
rival club.
If Johnson had not jumped to the
Chifeds. Collins undoubtedly would
have been put in charge of the New
York club. Those were the plans last
winter, but the jumping of Johnson
changed everything and probably gave
Comiskey a great player whom he
never could have obtained otherwise.
Hughey Jennings is to pay Washing
ton a short visit. He will arrive here
late this afternoon for the purpose of
putting in a boost for a friend who is
seeking the appointment of postmaster
of Scranton, Pa, Hughey's home.
If there is one person in base ball
whom Roger Bresnahan greets with
/,
it is Jim Mcclure of Albion. Mich,
now bush sleuth for the Detroit Tigers
When Roger broke into the big league
as pitcher here in Washington in 1900
his makeup was an inspiration to the
musical comedy rubeS according to his
own version. He was a big, freckled
face, bashful, unsophisticated farmer
boy and his long ride from Ohio to the
capital had robbed him of all the con-
fidence he ever had. After his arrival
IN Washington it took nearly two days
for Bresnahan to find the Washington
club offices.
There he was received with courtesy.
but was overawed by his surroundings.
He was wishing he had stayed at home
when Jim Mcguire discovered hinl, and
Roger tells the rest of the story
Jim seemed to take liking to me
right away, and Mrs. Mcclure also
Guleted my fears for the time being.
But 1 was frightened half stiff with my
new surroundings and you can bet that
| didn't let Jim Mcclure get out of
my sight for the next three or four days.
Well, they took me to the ball yard
IN the morning and MCGUIRE. with real
satherly interest. took me in hand and
started to warm me up. l showed him
everything l had in stock and he kept
saying:
right
Il was too green to imagine he was
merely jollying me along.
ne OtneT players trleO 10 nave run
with me. but Jim shooed them away
and kept working on me, showing me a
better way to wind up than 1 had; tod
me how to keep an eye on the bases
when there were runners on the paths
and gave me a dozen little hints of
things that never had entered my mind
when I was in the old Horse and Buggy.
Gee, but l sure did stick to Jim Nc
Guire after that. / never let him
get out of my sight and to me he was
a bigger man right then than the
President of the United States.
Jim must have told the manager
some nice things about me, because all
of a sudden. the fifth day l was with
the team and ten minutes before the
game began. l was told to get ready, as
j was selected to pitch that day"
Bresnahan had stormy day, but he
succeeded in overcoming his stage
fright and shut out ST. Louis, to o,
with the timely aid of Mcguire, who
caught him. Roger went through the
season with great success after that,
winning nineteen out of twenty games.
and thereafter was one of the big men
of the game. long before he was
catcher. Now he is nnown as a great
catcher and capable manager, but he
attributes much of his success to the