El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-02

IREADY i have told you how
a made a horrible mess Of playing
L n short one day in Denver, my
record being seven glaring errors.
That brought about my release TO
the Des Moines team. but when l
landed there I discovered that they
must have been reading the Denver
papers The Des MONIES manageIn lsll,
didn't even dignity me with trial,
but let me out at once. They said J
was too light.
Light, I should think / was When
they told me that ] didn't weight 70
pounds in my own estimation.
They wouldn't even let me have car
fare back to Denver. which 1 had
right to demand. So ] was LETT flat
And / couldn't wire home. because l
remembered that my father had told
me not to ask him for any help unless
4 Intended to come home and stay
there and give up baseball This / had
no thought Of doing because was sat
isfied I would soon find place where
! could make good
II appears that while I was knock
ing around in Des Moines waiting for
something to turn up Jack Holland, an
old pal of NINE had written from st.
Joe to John McCloskey, now in El Paso,
who was then running the team AT
Great Falls, Mont, putting in nice
little boost for me and advising him to
Great Falls was in the Montana State
league and a real bush town. But
they had some pretty good ball players
there.
Great Falls Signs Tinker.
Well, 10 wasn't a long time before !
got transportation for Great Falls and
was on my way When I got on the
train I had exactly fiYe-case note IN
NV Jeans and didn't know a soul. but
I was as light-hearted and Jaunty as
IL 1 had a million. This five was to
keep me in eats and the like until 1
could get into my new town.
Here's a funny one: I picked up an
acquaintance with the candy butcher
on the train and he told me he had some
wonderful postcards, but that he
couldn't show them to me for fear he
would be pinched. and all that sort OF
stuff Of course, ! didn't want the
cards, but just the same parted with
50. and when I got off the train at
Great Falls he handed me a sealed
package, the butcher making me prom
ise ] wouldn't open it until 1 was in
OF course I didn't, and then discov-
cred that I had paid 81 Tor halt dozen
very ordinary views Of the scenery OF
Montana.
When / climbed off that RATHER in
Great Falls ! had exactly so cents IN
nv rocket. But that didn't feaze me
and had the barber circle the back OF
nv neck with the razor until ] had
regular rube ball players hair trim
When that was finished I had Just one
dime left
mt nv noon I had found McCloskey
and he was glad I had come It APP
pears that the Great Falls team had
lost seven straight games ana there
was murder around there. Mac told
me he wanted me to jump rlght IN anu
ID al
did. The fact that L was thrown
in at second base didn't get a ripple
out Of me despite my sad experience
NJ that sack on the Denver team How
ever. I said nothing Of this to NC
Cioskey, having great commence IN
myself.
sure enough I made good I played
a whirlwind game around the old key
stone sack and the team won Inc
losing streak was broken and was
given the credit for putting lot OF
pep into the team
But nv own pep carried me lit
lie too far. The game was pretty tight
and in my excitement I said Just lit
lie too much to the umpire. He wasn't
very much stuck on my cOckey &C
tfone. imagine, and to humiliate me
and at the same time show that fresh
eastern kid" that he wasn't the Wnole
show. he plastered me with fine Of
a. And all ] had in the weld was
Remember. now, that I was Just a
fresh Young fellow Of 20, full OF lot
of sass and CAB. One would think that
fine would take the starch out Of me,
but It had actually the opposite effect
1t made me feel right away that 1 was
a big Lacquer.