The Washington times., 1915-07-20
Love and Baseball
Is Bad Combination
Late Hours and Strayng Mind Have Wrecked Many
Promising Recruits Cupid Is Common Nui-
sance to Big League Manager
By FRANK L. CHANCE.

y Cupid 10 generally painted as pink
toed little god with smiling. inno-
cent face. Also there 10 An old saying.
"An the world loves . lover
These facts being plainly stated. 1t
may be we'll to proceed with the why
and wherefore of all this in relation to
baseball. The plain facts Of the matter
are that Cupid. to q big league man
ager, is nothing moro or less than
common nuisance. and II the little god
were to be painted according to the
aforesaid big league managers ideas he
would have horns instead Of wings. and
would otherwise resemble a small
demon of the lower regions.
When Cupid shoots q big league ball
player the managers troubles begin.
1t is dollars to doughnuts that the
love-sick ball player will not be worth
his hotel and travelling expenses unless
he Is uncommonly level-headed or is
rudely jolted out Of his pursuit OF
loves sweet dream"
Now all of this has to do with the
plight found myself in one season
WREN had q young pitcher with mil
lion. dollar arm and a 10 cent heart
one of the sort that Is extremely sus-
ceptible to the alluring glances Of fem.
inine eyes. 1t would not have been sc
bad II the SIT en- who ensnared my pitch
er had not been several years on the
other side of thirty. while the pitcher
was in his teens.
To make matters worse. sthe elderly
damsel cared nothing for the young.
! ster except to add him to her list OF
victims. And the list was a fairly lonG
| one I was informed.
The first indication I had Of the love.
lorn youths condition was the fact that
work. He had no pep" as ball play
! ers say. When he came out To- morn
ing practice he worked In a desultor!
| fashion. When he pitched In a game he
to be to get out of his uniform and inte
his street clothes with all sreed and dis
patch.
OF course. I set about trying to dis
cover what allied led, him; had srea, .s,
league during the coming season. aft
so far as I could see he was not due tt
do any burning unless he changed con
1t was several weeks before I coul'
get at the bottom of the pitchers trou
BILE ! Investigated and found he wa
not dissipating any and ! was NOR
than puzzled. By accident l discovered
his, secret. l overheard two ball player
| talking:
Jimmy (that isn't within a mile o.
the young pitchers name) is badly gon'
on that dark haired little girl who sing
| in So and Sos restaurant" said one o
them.
Head over heels. Stays there ever,
night till the place closes and simpl,
moons at her." replied the other
That was my tip. l found out whert
Jimmy" was taking his meals. WheI
was sure he would not be there ! pait
the place visit Just to look the lady II
question over. OF course, we all marvel
at times, why a man falls in love will
a certain woman and why a woman will
surrender her heart to a certain man
We can't see what she or he sees Il
the person they have fallen in love with
l looked the cabaret singer over care
fully and In my poor Judgment she wa
nothing extra" 20 look at and her vote,
was-well a regular cabaret voice.
The next day I went to the youn
pitcher and l said something Ike thi
to him:
Jim, you are running your work b
lfooling around this singer. You ough
TO bs one of the rising stars of tn
same. and by the way things lock no.