Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17

Foxy" Ned Egan, lately promoted
from the prairie circuits to the man
agement OF the Milwaukee American
Association club, has during the long
winter months. materially aided the
baseball editors Of the metropolitan pa
pers, by filling space with stories of his
personal experiences In the bush.
Egan's stories are mildly interesting,
and to Central Association fans few are
new. Egan, however confines himself
TO incidents wherein he and his dough-
ty men appear in heroic roles. over
looking many interesting experiences
wherein he and his tribe did low com
edy.
Marshalltown fans would like to read
Egans version Of the memorable series
between Marshalltown and Muscatine
two seasons ago. when Egan and Boyle
were battling for the pennant, and
Red" Torkelsons wheelbarrow stunt
put Egan's prime hurlers up in the air
They would read with pleasure of the
conflict at Muscatine, early in the
same season, when Boyle took two
games out of three. following Egans
unbroken string of some eighteen or
nineteen victories. The tactics adopted
by the Ansons on that occasion alone
are worth chapter Incidentally. he
might dwell at some length on Mike"
Flanagan's run-in with the diminutive
tho scrappy Shortstop Blank.
Forsets Durham Incident.
Egan apparently has forgotten the
famous Bull Durham incident. and
we'll he might. for it fails. to reflect
credit>on his baseball sagacity and
might dim the lustre of his managerial
halo. durham. as all fans will recall,
held record for fence busting which
is believed to have been unrivalled in
any organization and when he came to
Marshalltown in 1915 he ran true to
form, leading the league in hitting with
an average of .36S. His long drives
over the Muscatine fence caused Egan
many sleepless nights and he lonSed
for the day when the Arson slugger
would show symptoms of going back.
When Frank Boyle took charge of
the Ansons in 1916. Egan's troubles be-
gan to multiply. With Boyle in COM
mand and Durham as 'clean-u up" bat
ter, Egan had visions of the 'Muskies'
being eclipsed by the Ansonians. In
these sad days he became confidential
and admitted that he coveted the great
fence buster He even limited to Boyle
that Durham would look we'll in an
outer garden at Muscatine.
Boyle Puts One Over.
Boyle knew Durham's batting weak
nesses, and altho it was apparent that
the slugger was not hitting with the
regularity that had marked his work
of the year before Egan could see his
idol only as a demon batsman, capable
of breaking up a game at any time.
Boyle wanted younger and faster ath =
letes and decided 10 dispose of the
clouting king. And in disposing of
Durham he did the unexpected. lie ne
gotiated with Egan and secured 500
in grtenbacks for transfer Of Bulls
contract to the Muscatine boss. Dur
ham was a local favorite and naturally
the sale created talk Of a critical char
acter. Durham's admirers believed
Boyle had sold out, to Egan, for they
could not doubt that Durham would
strengthen Egan's team materially.
He Bought Lemon.
The sale had just the effect expect
ed. Durham Immediately tunbled to
the fact that Boyle regarded him as a
"has been," and his subsequent work
convinced not only the fans but Egan
as well that Boyle had correctly dag
nosed Durham's case.