Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
BLACKLISTED
Mr. Boos Doesn't stay for His CIokesRuing Isn't His Best
Point Bat He Gets Awdg--With Some Remarks About
Ike Small and Baseball IN General
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
rb. worlds Most Famous Writer Of Baseball Fiction

pickets that did II. but all in a fash !.
mernbered that the limited carried ~. 7.
them observation cars at the end ~ 4, p
train, with an open platform and ~
ing around II. Il was a long shot b,,s
had to play it-the only chance left "
l whlrled and ran along bas,a. 4,
train, counting the cars as tbev ,s..,s
me, and sprntlng my head OF. beoas.e
/ knew / had TO be going Some :.
couldn't make II. I got a flash OF bra.
railing over my shoulder. and iunon.a = =
made q grab for II when IT came s,sua sna
l nailed IL by the skin Of my testb b3''s.
II almost jerked my arms ont ~ ~ ~
sockets, and II Il hadn't been ~, ~
brakeman and a cigar drurnnor w
hauled me aboard / reckon I'd bayo w ng
to let go. haa
can't tell you what happened ~.
after that, because / don't rsr,.,st ,s"t
l keeled over in a dead faint be, ,s..
cigar drummer told me he nevsr @ ..o
so many disappointed people All IN Nv
bunch in his life 'ne
I suppose you're wondering where ms
kick about Ike Small comes in. IN, ~
ting to that now. I saved II for the sss
/ got off the train at Battersby. about "a
miles down the line. That cigar dr,,r,,,sg "
was prince. I told him what bannsnas
and he paid my fare, and loaned me tfs
to boot. He said the story was worth ~
maybe IL was, but sometime Tn, so,n.
to pay him back.
1 didn't hang around the streets ,,,,
in my ball uniform. 1 went straisbt !,
hotel and got room. In the morning
the bell hop brought me the papers an5
there she was, all over the sporting mage
In hne' big headlines. can see 'em
yet:
PITCHERS ERROR OF JUDGMENT
LOSES PENNANT FOR BEJLINGHAM
Biggs Chased out of Town by Mob a,
Infuriated Citizens
Can you beat that? pitchers erro,
Of Judgment" Ike Small had nut M
whole thing up to me, the low-down. un.
principled scoundrel!
There was an interview with him IN
one Of the papers, where he said he was
'at loss to understand why Blgrs
should have walked the weakest hitter in
the league;" and IL went on to saw that
the only explanation was that the gAmb.
lers might have got to me before the
game. He said that my leaving town
without my clothes was the best proof
that there was something rotten in Den
mark, because an honest man would
have stayed, knowing that he hadn't done
nothing to be ashamed Of Amt that the
limit? 1t just shows you how the news.
papers can twist thing around and
make black out of white; man aln't
got chance for his white alley when the
reporters get after him.
1 almost forgot to say that they got
the grounds cleared and finished the
game. The final score was Bellingham /;
Titusvllle, g. wish it had been COZ
Kellerman pitched the last inning and
they belted him all over the lot
Well, that's what | got against Ike
Small, and II l ever meet him face to face
he better climb tree and pull 1t up BY
the roots after him.
He had the gall to send me blank
contract along in March, with a note
where he says that the fans have cooled
out quite considerable by now. and It
would be safe for me to come back
for seventy five a month. Shucks! can
make more than that driving mules. I
wrote him pretty much what thought. 7
and he answered and said I'd pitch for
BellinRham or he'd have me blacklisted. 4
Ban Johnson and the rest OF them ma
tional commissioners are backing him up
They say 1 can't play with any league
club but Ike Smalrs. I wish 'em all we'll
and hope they hang by the neck until
do: but they're cheating McGraw and
the rest of them Eastern managers out OF
n star pitcher, I'll tell you that!