El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-03

sacker- walked to the plate. A long
hit would either tie the score or win
the game. Hap" let the first one
pass and hunted the second. He was
thrown out by at least ten feet and
the game was over. The Braves had
lost.
Hap in terror over a possible re-
buke from manager George Stallings,
sneal1ed into the clubhouse. Stallings
ives there, enshrOuded in deepest gloom.
Baseball never knew a harder loser
than Stallings. But Stallings never
said a word to Myers then, and Myers
ducked out OF the clubhouse and went
home thinking Sailing had over
looked that bUnt-Out
But Stallings hadn't
The next morning found Stallings
at Myers home. Myers had just got
Hap said stallings. "I want to
know why you hunted with two out
and two on bases"
We'll you see, boss explained
other fellows"
Double cross emu asked staIings,
puzzled.
yes. You see they were looking
for me to hit it out and I thought I'd
catch EN- asleep with a bunt
"Oh, that's it, en- said Stallings.
Thought you'd double cross EN-, hey?
Well, you didn't double cross them
but you did double cross me- I've
spent the whole night trying to figure
out why you hunted. That's the
reason eh-wanted to double cross the
other feIlows?"
YES; that's it."
"WeH, Iemme tell you this Hap
Myers and Stallings pOked a menac-
ing finger at his big first baseman.
IF you ever again try any of that
double crossing stuff there1l be
funeral in this particular neighbOr-
hood. Good day-dOuble crOsser.' And
Stallings walked away.
One Of Stallings' superstitiOns is that
it jinXes his team if there is any one
in the box that looks directly into the
Braves dug out. To prevent this,
Stallings always requests the home
club not to sell that particular box.
The clubs usually grant Stallings's re-
quest but it sometimes happens that
some folks in the grandstand wanGer
down into that box. Such an event
took place in Philadelphia.
Stallings saw that the intruders were
looking curiOusly into the Braves dug
out" The game was close. StallinSs
wanted to win it-and here he was
being linked by the interlOpers. Stall
lings jumped to his feet and yelled
some orders to a number Of his utility
players.
Two minutes later six OF the ball
players rushed into sight dragging the
diamond on rainy days.
They pulled the canvas over to
point between that box and the Braves
dug out
Lift her uD now" commanded Stall
lings. And the players did, completely
shutting off the view of the persons
who had wandered into the reserved
box and were piping Off the Braves,
Some time later a similar intrusion
occurred in another city. Stallings
gave orders to hoist the tarpaulin. but
the tarpaulin was locked up somewhere
and couldn't be located
We'll, get EN- aWay-and get 'em
away quick" commanded Stallings,
pointing to the interlOpers in the box.
''Whatu we dO2" asked Oscar Dugey
utility man for the Braves and one Of
the official "shooers' Of the undesir-
able.
Bust their noses-douse 'em with
water-dO anything you want-but get
EN- away before they hoodO US" yelled
Stallings, growing more excited every
moment as the parties in the box COM
tinued to stare at the Braves in their
dug out.
,Dugey rushed away, got a bucket
lllled IT with water and hustled back.
But his 'dOusing" services were not
needed. The intr-ders. evidently had
taken the hint and they left the sacred
DoX while Dugey was hunting for the
bucket.