Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06
C0M|skEY's GLASS ARM
TELLS JUDGE THAT SNAP is
NEEDED ON iNFIELD PLAYS
So His Honor Promptly Orders Club
owners to Pay l,urns His


| NEW YORK. August 5.-Charics
tomiskeN, once offered in "a court Of
law expert testimony" TO the effect
that third hascman with ii glass
arm is of more value to a ball club
than ON" with "A elasslcss wing:
"hethcr the present owner OF the
w mite son expressed such Il belief
merriH as joke. or whether he ac-
.uhiN meant II, has remained Il mys-
terry for something like twenty four
years But the fact remains that the
lon and that it undoubtedly helped to
inHuence a Judge in rendering a vcr-
aaabSSt III baseball suit involving $l2,-
Back along in 1892. whom william
Sn na;n temple owned the Pittsburgh
Burns, the oncctimc member Of cav
Anson's stonewall infieid." However,
before Tetors the deal finally was pu, through.
glass arm. tln baseball pariance
tsSs mel k,nk 'hrS9w,n1s arm which has
>, Temple. however. refused 20 PASS nm
burmS merely on the strength Of that
nation. And so he wired i;'rm. .mi"r
ihins like this: So'''e
a, M ssInr, eo \, CaS YOU for three years
tLon that your throwing arm * in no ma,
.cct condition. Unless Won can c.n,,
"nSee condition of your arm. deai is
Burns wired back:
euar ar, arm IN perfect condition. viii
f,., eInn!e thsn signed Burns. only f.
~ ~ oNi within a short time ti,ni ~,
EIi~ ST., v"ncHcnins tho Ringing Nm ~
o. o. ,"e .oLmer star OF the t,hican ie , arm
n maS ueAd as far as baschalI -. IAN f',I
ness vas concerned ciui-
20 there was nothin,. ,,,.
40 but 20 release Burns ioT me to
sui, ~, !mmediately afterw,rd NE,
against til Ptt tsbmreh y c,ar salary
~ IN his behalf ''s'S' 10 testi-
tvdr ss t,i hd came up before a Chicago
SoEt OF ronghneck occnr;,;innS as =
tos. ''tt!e more about the game ,b NV
60, " Jiannibal island chie:tain '''"''
to;!''SheN, who then was f,,,o
., pan player and manarer of , M "a as
liz, hampton ST Louis Browns w,s
'a!!eG TO the stand rs WIS
naSenn business the cxnressinn our
80 tomiSkcy was asked lass
wa IN yes sir; have one myse,f"
80 10 you think that the possession
81 csr so.called glass arm is a handt.
f"c, - ball player WOULD il az
~ dc do use usefulness illness Of p!ayer"'
'ew,ctt',ess o. an innelder."
-, T,9i o. is, without the flicker .. =
msrkahle reply. IN subs,an .er'. ''''S re-
VII; Your Honor. the pos,,io,
m"Ee v GH an 'nnelder requires him to
IS YOU surely must Lnnw = iinI""s.
.L:SJe and snaps easily. Thcrafor
y woi,Io n snoai with. glass arm
na!i club than one who didn', have -
s'"Ss arm DO make myself ciearp'
.., 'sct!y' sir. answered the judge
&c, your point exactly"
Nlu incN the judicial marco,
y mayed the Pittsburgh club owns
tor their stand that a "slassarn.d,.
and ruled mdS ,ha ra' ,h c} HseieIs person
/ case as well. ''e
( Objection was taken 10 the ruling.
I The suit finally was settled bv tho 81
rae owners pawn. Burns six weeks
Saiary, the period from. the date OF his
I release until the suit was decided.
II was during the same ,rial Ina,
zap AhSon, VINO also testified that
/ n mad = 'giass arm" sot the rudest
/ :hock OF his lengthy career.
Cap" just then tho most talked
[ about player in the United States took
ms place in the witness chair with the
tho judge said:
Name, please"
II am Cap Arson. returned tn.
diamond star, with a show of pride
Il want your fun name, sir com
! manded the Judge
adrian Arson. Captain a. c. An
/ son, OF the Chicago team the bail
| heard of me-" answered Arson I'm n
/ tone that was rebuke TO the iudca
| for his seeming ignorance
, The name in no wise is familiar
! to me. I never have heard Of YOU
I icly returned the judge Whereupon.
. kind and loving friends of Cap" An
, son rushed forward with smelling
! salts, pure ammonia and other nr.pa :
Z rations designed to rescue humans
I from n state OF collapse.