The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10
TOLE'PEACE'C CAR
"Red" Davis, Former Topeka
Baseball Player, in Bad.
In Jail. He "reminiscences on
Old Diamond Days.

Oklahoma City, Okla, June 10
It's the reverse of -four and out" for
G. H. Davis, for seventeen years pro-
fessional baseball player and known
from coast to coast, wherever profess
sional ball is played, as Red" Davis,
because of his Titan locks. It's foul
and in for Red on this occasion,
who now is in the Bowels of the
bastfle" because of his alleged DISPOSE
ton to acquire automobiles without
the essential quid pro quo.
Some time in May an automobile
was distracted from an Oklahoma
CITY garage. A representative of the
company that produces the peace"
machines Immediately notified all the
agents of that company in Oklahoma
and was shortly advised that the ma
chine was held at Apache. The owner
went to that town on the next train,
recovered the machine and learned
that it had been exchanged for some
cash and a buggy and team of horses
Returning to Oklahoma City he began
making the rounds of local livery
establishments and at the second place
visited found the property. A few
moments later Red" Davis appeared
with a customer for the outfit and was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Fate Sand
ers.
Held by Officials.
The next day an officer arrived in
the city from Gainesville. Tex He
identified Davis as the man who had
stolen a machine in that city and dis
posed of it in Oklahoma City He
wanted to take Red" back with him
but County Attorney John Embry
maintained a previous engagement"
You have it on me-" said Davis,
when The Oklahoman representative
called at the Jail Monday and greeted
him familiarly: but everybody knows
me, and it wouldn't do me a bit of
good to escape from this place if had
the opportunity. Why, on one Occa-
sion I was seated in a cafe at Ma
gasaki, Japan, and some one came up
and slapped me on the back with the
familiar saiutation, Hello, Red l
told the fellow he had the advantage
Of me. Did you not play professional
ball in Louisville, KY. several years
ago?' was his coneba ok, and 1 had to
acknowledge the corn.
Played Ball Everywhere.
81 have played ball in every base
ball league in the country worth men
tioning, save two. beginning seventeen
years ago at Springfield, Mo. I was
| a country boy in that state when, ac-
companied by my sweetheart, I saw
my first professional baseball game
/ had played amateur ball, and after
seeing that game it. occurred to me
/
anything on me in handling the bal
or the Diff stick. It was not lone
afterward that 1 asked for a place or
the Springfield team of the old Mis-
| souri, Valley league az 4 salary of SCI
per month. 1 have been continuously
in the game until season before las
when sprained a tendon in one Of ms
legs Perhaps that's why 1 am here
today
Was Once With Topeka.
Red" Davis visited Oklahoma fol
the first time when Oklahoma Cit,
secured the franchise of the lola
| Kan, team in the Missouri VALLEY
! league, which later became the West,
ern association. He was with the To
! peka team, which was the visitins
team in the opening game in the
| summer of 1907, as he recalls it He
was with that team when DIR. Jay An
jrews of Hutchinson was its manager
and is great admirer of Andrews A
Der of the Oklahoma City team and hat
| led all the league in batting the pre-
vious season In this connection
Red. became a bit reminiscent ant
gave out some hitherto unwrftten his
tory
His Love Troubles.
| You remember" he said, "wher
, Hurlbert welded a daughter of {
prominent Kansas physician? / hat
| been paying attention to her before
Hur1bert married her, and after tina
| he never liked me. AS time went OF
| his ill-will gathered momentum and
when few years ago he became al
nj, ire the he sxr