The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-29
National PasNme Then and
Now as Compared on Its
Growth; Hank 0'Day Was
an Umpire Batter

Going back about % Year, reveals
some baseball sesns II The past that IN
the light m history take ed unusual In
tAssst
Itsms which then were jsttsl down
- idie sossip. to b feeeettsn the nsnt
Day, make more iatsrssting reading TO-
Gay than seeeuns N modern pitching
dask Of slutsins mAtchsa.
We find hat at one time Billy sun
day. the big league evangelist, ccnfidsd
TO some buAdiss that when he ~
through playing baseball hs would start
poo, and billiard parser.
We also find ID hankus PAnkss
oDsy Srvrsaas as re smpsrsxs usnS .nc
always poucX roak stuff on them. 4
little qiip Gays what Hank thinks Of
Ssps cheers sp HSnis ia days to know
that during the Ast dossn years many
worthy sthistes have felt the same Nv
'0"''' va rss.. crack 1, r.n.r.
Ana then " " find the sn.Srss snSrssT$pn:, $n:f
ies'S icr sy,ss vss 20 10 s'ss IS Hss n..ssd
lin anyvi ~ from ti.lSe 70 tt,eso 70
into bus o. Bat j. KiAisy Just kept
huU6tne ai0aa. benms q oAak prssid~nt,
: irector In numerous corporations, mem
,er x coogrsss, governor - Psnnsylya-
,ia. and finally psssidsht d the Ma
We aisc find that Ban johnson re.
diced whsn the Brothsrhood collapsed
and wrote In his basebAll column In the
Cincinnati Commercial -Oss0tts that the
smaSAup Of the Bfothsrhood meant tia,
never asAih would there b. an attsmpt
to rS.. i:SH "a ,:S"S Ss!ssy ss, 'ss : accused
pitcher Who fed him Fish curve on tS *
onS Of ths finest bsssSah p~rks In ths
United States and nsst to the Giants has
The bisseet fonosint
Commute Mack. Connie, the only mana.
ser IN the game wkh6 ever won six
lsaGu< psnnsnts and three worlds PEN
nsntA 10 always sSoksn Of as having
been a wise Old Ord behind the plate in
b: younger days. But thy scribe ot the
ses didn't ,hinh % weils eooesd'ns
bit. he accused him OF lacking general
ship, but. stu thought ,hers vss q Ut
Tie hope for him, He efpressss an opin-
Ion that Manager Bsckenberser, of Pitts
burQh, might teach Connie to think q bit
Y he worked with him hard enough.
That sure 10 pohing n few ~ the astuts
Cornelius now known A. the shrewdest
man IN baseball.
Then we hear Of such kids a. Musssy
McQraw and willie keeler breaking In.
McCraw 10 admitted 70 be . good pros
peet. but pcst kesisr 10 passed over a.
bsiIg too light fr last company. After
ready vas 'pysdic,2 II. va" Survins
them too much and only two mort sea
sons were given a. his limit Yet Cy
lived to pitch until he was ts and twirlsd
~ tn. .sirS ,ss. ss.hi, go ssms n. in :. 800 49,, ,.
yn champions OF 1893 and 1900 and cap
tsined Mack's Athlstic champions ef
1908 and 1906, during which years hk
snked with the greatest third bAsemen
nc~s In the middle %s,
ssms d the Gems.
Hsre are the gems.
Amos Rusis Ia winning regularly for
y BID HsPn... cine,nn.,r. second s....
n,an. stu pisys without q sSovs.
bsItinevs crltice cay that Third Base.
man Mueesy hc0nw has made good and
w csvcr ne position rsGuhrly.
Ns di,n s'; % 'tss c;.,sss ;n;: e, .Ss, I%,
GsXisw. Nv, PAT Tssssa wih n't not ICON, com,
Id4sr tks oSfsr.
ysts At uAs Psls srcunds when xiSc,
kpsls shW out bScson' Ertrs ticSsI
windows. were epsped,
| a critic .pvsdirts that Cy ycups, tn,
ycarhful phenom OF the Cleveland team,
Sua - ~ Two nors ssAseaA be0Aal0l