Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-01

ALENANDEh that the'e - uine'
hotveen what We oal kioalns y, a
rsror and riding N'r, we N1u .,.1e,
nav say the most p con'pnnen..y .e ynnsrve'
apous ts 40 get his mind on the Jop
Inc hasors him, and many OF ihem
that su aown more quickly when you
VIII Asn ss.,, leugt than when you hui
manu- s',,,r;rs remarks at them ana get
them nghtine mao' s "r,a,no,,
A. q is generally understoou, i.
n,.,,sr consists n sailing uncomp1nent-
. ~. y. ,hlnes about him. Personally, never
~ ~ ,rduigpd in that kind OF pasepail,
nav nay aon,, believe Il is necessary 10 90
ana ~ fsllnv talks little rough to
So Tho her field, l try to overlook II
me ~ n.sr nv mind on my pitching. TFs
nv NY. ra, 10 shut rp the loud-moutheu
s,s.or Who calls vor names IL 10 make
~ ar hIa teammates look bad When
thev come up to tbs pat
~ the othe- hand, ] enjoy Kidding
..s,sh and n the spectators could near
.rns, "a heirg said on the held In the
.sSst AZ the Closest kind Of battle, they
,"o,,ld appreciate the game much more
than they nov DO
fat me illustrate Ther was big
league catcher who wa particularly
ia al the "klrdinR" game. / have
=, ,ha ieogue TO strike out or fail to de-
,,,.r NJ, wher Il was M eded. He knew
me, wfat 10 say and when to say 1t.
Il was quit amusing to hear~him.
HE rEIl FOR KIDDING
! one player, AMI ho was ora of the best
hti6-s in our enKuA seldom got hit
vkeh the catcher I speak of was behind
The bnt balieve trat II the bat boy
q N ham
tus, ,ke snne The backBtop had the bat
ter's "aont and kept II u up ell tht
tI,ne. To tell thlp storY more satisfac-
torily. III cali tie catcher Jim and the
batter Jack. which may or may not be
their first names.
Jack would come up to the plate in the
Fevtnth inning Of a tight game with
man Of. second and hit needed to tie
the scote. He would have determination
written on his face and it was not diff
cult 20 81, that he meant to pay no at
teitUl 10 anything Jim said to him.
"N-l., old boy. here's your chance to
max, good" the catcher would say.
"Yoa haven't been hitting 'em so good
lately, and I'm afraid you'll be heading
back to the bushes before long, unless
you start clouting the onion. Now I've
always liked you and I'm going to help
you all can. Tn going to sign for a
curve ball this time. so step into ii"
And Jim would give me the curve-ball
sign and l would bend one over the heart
Of the plate Jack would stand and look
At II. Naturally, he expected to get the
reverse OF what he had been told he
would get.
well, old fellow, see you won't
take my word for Il when do want to
help YOU" the backstop would say as
ne stopped to give me another sign.
Probably you don't want to hit curve,
% I'll sign for a fast one this time.
Guess you'll believe now
And Jim would give me the sign for
another curve. which would cut the tut-
side corner, while Jack almost broke his
back cutting loose at the supposed fast
one
The catcher would keep this up all sea-
son, and by the time the batter was up
two or three times in a series, he did not
know where he was. Jim would tell
him the truth couple of times, then
TOOL him a couple OF times, and mix up
MS Information and misinformation 20
such a degree that Jack couldn't even
guess what was coming 1t was worse
1or him than standing up there figuring