The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
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Say, boss, / hope all this world series
chatter amt made va forget them Native
Sons you was squealin' so much about last
Sunday"
Why, no. Lon! 1 amt forgot 'em, an
now that everything seems Z be baseball
l might as well tell va about a few o.
Washington's classy bali tossers.
o. course 'twould be ridiculous Z try e
jot down tn names of all tn city's great
amateurs, past an present but va can
take 1t from me, there's been many
good one, an you'd be surprised T. know
how many of our leadin' citizens first
Qualified for tn World Serious on tn
diamonds OF tn District.
They're scattered over tn town in every
profession an business. incIudin' such
names as Cocoran Thorn, Clarence Will
son, Frank Hsgner. AL Leet, Eddie
Walsh. tn King boys, Phil, Sam. an
Harry; Sam Dalzell, johnson HELEN, Bob
Thornberg. "Cy' Cummings, Thornton
Chesley, Ralph Dascomb, Fred ,Klien-
chmidt, John Heydler, "Tubby" Dicker-
son, Pat" Wells. Frank DAILY, "Tubby"
Greer, Jimmie Green, Jim Sprigman, Ed
Roche, AL Babbington. Buck" Shea,
'lrvy' Ray. Reggie an "shag" Raw
Inns. Happy Chamberlain, Country"
motifs, an mess O. others.
Fhem boys was amateurs an done IL
for fun, but Washington produced a few
professionals that knowed somethin' about
tn game, too. of which I reckon tn most
prominent was Charlie Snyder, Paul
Hines. Tom Brown. Gene Demontreville,
Doctor Harry White, an Arthur Devlin.
Charlie Snyder, when he played on tn
old Cincinnati team, was a grand catcher,
an II va don't think he caught Just take
a squint at his digits. Which is one
reason why he can't never play poker.
He's unable to hold a straight in his
hand. Lay down. Ginger!
va remember that well preserved mid
dle-aged man I pointed out t va in tn
Powhatan tn other day? Well, that was
Paul Hines. who in his day was as good
fielder. an as hard a hitter as ever wore
spangles. He was with tn old ProvI-
dence an Washington clubs for years.
An va talk about speed! Why, kid,
this Tom Brown boy didn't have { take
his hat of t none O. 'em when he was
with Boston, Ty Cobb included. A great
fielder an hard hitter. One O. tn best
was Tom.
Gene DemontreviIle was a corkin' good
Ill ball player, an done great service for
his home town an Chicago when in tn
big show.
o. course va don't have T. be told about
Doctor Harry White, of tn White Sox.
cause you seen him play ya'self. One
of tn trickiest Fingers that ever stepped
on tn rubber
Which brings us down T. Arthur DevIin.
tn Giants great third sacker. va remem-
Der last week askin' me what tn psyche
logical moment thing meant7 Well, never
In my life have l saw a guy all packed
an ready { greet that Ill moment as
this same Arthur Devlin. was a Tam
any Hall voter in tn Big Burg tn year
he broke in, an was at tn game when he
done tn breakin.' Johnny McGraw had
decided t play Roger Bresnahan on third
on account of his hittin'. Billy Gilbert
was tn Giants regular second baseman
but OWN to cramp or somethin' like
that he couldn't get in tn game, so Mac
slipped Artie on second Z take Billy's
place. 1t was one O. tn first games Of
tn year. an along about tn seventh
innin' Bresnahan. who was roundin' third
on his way home, sprung a halt in one
Of his propellers. Twas a strange kind o.
sprung, cause nobody was near him. he
didn't twist his ankle. nor was he runnin'
extra fast. 1t wasn't nothin' on earth
but Artie Devlin's Ill physiological mo-
ment gettin in it's tricky work, cause
''Roge" hada quit, an McGraw switched
Arthur over t take care O. tn Job, an
believe me twas some kind of a switch
as he never left tn corner for tn next
ten years t come, in which time he
played some grand baseball, an never
would allow none of EN- t sass him va
see, lad. Artie knowed his big time had
come, an he was ready an waitfn' t
Hand II welcome.
However, them guys wasn't tn only
Good professionals that come from this
burg, cause there was Phil Baker, Billy
Wise, Bob Barr, Ed. Yewell, AL Joy,
Tights" Madigan. Tommy Evers (uncIe
of tn Boston Firebrand), who was all
number one ball tossers.
There there was Harry O'Hagan o.
triple play fame: Bert Meyers, who has
cashed; Tom McCreery, a great hitter;
old Joe Boucher, Harry CauIifower play
er an numpire; Jakey Atz, Mike an
Tom Cantwell. Jack Kerr, Sam Edmon-
ston, Willie Keane, Lefty" Downey
Buck an Martin Becker, Johnnie Beal
Dutch" Sterzer. My poy Chloe" Engel
Dutch" Munich, Buck" Barton, Buck
Venable, johnnie Handiboe, Johnnie
Priest, Bernie Cleveland, Mike Moran,
Billy Martin, "Zeb" Frazier, Katy
Dean, an a heap O. others can't recall
How's at? No. I amt gonna tell va
nothin' about tn fighters t'night: I'm too
tired. Wait It'll next Sunday! Go on {
bed. DOPEY DAN
Note-Lon says when a guy fails an
then tries t blame 1t on somebody else
it's a hundred t one that he'll never
come back.