El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-26
CLAIMS T0BE ONLY MANAGER WHO
EVER FIRED 4 No HIT PITCHER
Bobby Quinn, Veteran Manager Of Columbus American
Association Team Believes He Established Record;
Stuffy McInnes Discuss es Playing of Athletics
During Season; Should Give Gilmore Chance

/ fun. When Collins and Baker and Muir
ply and Bender and Plank and Coombs
were with US. it wasn't any sport All
we could do was feel sorry for the other
team. Now I suppose 1 ought to feel
sorry for my own teaNI, but were so
bad that 7 can't do anything but laugh.
If You could have seen US day in and
day out this season, YOU would have
wondered why we happened TO pick
out baseball as a profession
7 was lucky in not having much to
do. The only people that got to first
base were the ones that walked. The
rest Of them never hesitated at my
statiOn.J
Give Gilmore Chance.
After perusing the labOrs of the in
Vulnerable player-scribes who have
been called upon TO write up the series,
we are impelled TO suggest that If anna
teur talent IS absolutely essential to
the adequate recording Of the October
campaign along the eastern front. one
Jim Gilmore. Of Federal fame, should
have been given a chance TO leap on a
typewriter. He is the one neutral who
could piCturesquely emDlaZOn that pOr-
ton of baseball history that viii deal
with the present crisis. Old Sid Mercer.
of Broadway, is so pleased with the
idea that ne has undertaken to write
GilmOre's first story in case 1t should
be called for by daring fans It starts
something like this:
-'The Phillies won because they were
not quite as bad as the Red Sox, who
could not hit Alexander with a handful
Of buckshOt- This Alexander looks like
a fair pitcher in that company, but he
would be a very ordinary performer in
the Federal league, 1 am sure. He is
not TO be compared TO Otis Crandau,
Claude Hendrix. Cy Falkenberg, and a
dozen others might name
Speaker surprised me He showed
up very we'll In view Of his perform
WnT1In NOT he G1rrrlr-igan IL
critics around our circuit next year re-
1erred TO Speaker as the Benny kauff
Of the American league"
How He Got Nickname.
Walter J. Meanwhile Of the Boston
Braves tells in the Springfield Republic
can how he got the nickname of "Rab-
bit" IN Springfield which Is his home
city, he was called fat" but Rabbit
is the name by which he is known
wherever baseball is played and talked.
Maranville says
Il got my name of Rabbit in New
Bedford I used TO go down to see
family Of HarringtOns every night and
we used TO sit and talk baseball all the
time Mr. Harrington was a great fan
/ took one OF his daughters TO the game
one day and she brought along her sis
ter I played a great game that day
and this girls sister remarked that
was Just like rabbit. quick as light
ming and could run as fast as one.
went down 10 see them mat night and
the IlrSt thing she said was Hello
Rabbit I asked her why she called me
that and requested her TO cut il out.
but she would tease me and so contin-
ued TO call me it. In a short time il
was all over town and 7 was dubbed
rabbit but I much prefer fat and
when I hear anyone say fat know he
is from Springfield as they only caH
me rabbit in other towns or kid as
I'm called a lot.
One On DOnIin.
Ihls IS true, true story. Mike Don
line, Germany Schaefer and Tv Cobb
were lunchius in a diner coming up
from Philadelphia to Boston
Know who that is2" inquired Mike
Of the waiter
That's Ty Cobb" put in the famous
comedian.
.'Gassah,' grinned the negro. agree
able but unimpressed-
fessah, waited on Gawge Wash
luEtOu vesrfddv"