The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03

''Scrappy" Didn't Have Any.
Stars; Cliffs Are Well
Scattered by Now.
FROM COAST TO COAST
Highlanders Hang Hats Be-
tween the Mexican Border
and Canadian Line.

Along bout this time some seven
years back. Missouly was just begin
MIN to get the bug about professional
baseball. the real league stuff, not the
Independent article. said Old-Timer
the other day. Hamilton had been
running high class bali team for some
time and Missouly people felt ashamed
Of themselves as sportsmen every time
they looked down south to where the
Bitter Root cuts off the sky line,
thinkin' that the little valley burg had
put 1t all over them"
ole Man Lucas, the father Of the
national game In the northwest, had
just begun work on the organizatishun
Of the Union association, though, ia
tell the truth. Lucas didn't care much
about MiesOuly as a league city at first,
until old 'Jawn' McCloskey put a bug
IN his ear. MissOuly always liked
Jawn. but the fans will never forgive
him for what he bropghten with him
from st. Looey to manage the Low
lAnders. for that's what they wuz in
their first year
- Wss 2 Forty; hinse
'Sc1ppy Joyce. save the name,
might have been q good .un about a
quarter Of century ago, but his style
was too antiQuated for the crafty
youngsters who worked in the. asso-
citation, while his team was some fraud.
the way 1t. lined up when the season
began. He had old Gawge'. Hanson
catching. Remember Gawge. He cud
hit the ball to the flag pole and barely
make first base. Then there wuz
Charley Elsey, on. first. Charley had
power OF CAB and nuthin' else left.
Little paschback on second wuz a
real player, but he wasn't cut out for
an tnfielder nohow. And Mr.. Moiphy
at short. All the sons Of Erin in Mis-.
Eotlla disOwned him after that frs.
series. Holland At third was a wonder.
II no. didn't boot grounder,. he'd
throw II over the fence back Of first
base. And. then there was shine
Harmon, Beckett and Novel; in the
oatfteld. And the pitchers. DO you
recall Charley McCafferty Charley
had nothing but a slow 'roundhousc
and yet he got by with IL wins. Alsa
there was one 'Pissfeet' CARRIER and
old Tramp Osborne. the knife man
That nggreGashiun sure was a wonder.
ftl bunch of WEIGH, rarebits. And w,
'Scfapry has claimed that he los,
$1sDea IN three months, Why his
Payroll averaged about SOS u month
PER- NAN. II ! amt mistaken
An the worst OF 1t wuz that Ham
tAnAt had a. wonderful team. better
tha4 eyer before. that season. 'Weiser
De later with. brooklyn. was pitch
ing. and Moose Whaling, once with
Boston, was catching. Both of 'em
played with, National league champions
aftAr leasin, Hamilton. And there wuz
other stars by, the half
The Real Hishiandsrs.
"Bvt in 1912 Cliff Blankenship
showsd 'ena some speed. with that pen
nant- winninx crew Of his Ciiff sure
made some record that year. didn't
lie? What happened to that gang that
went thr0ugh the Onion association
Hike Chamberlain went through the
administrations war record the other
day? Is Skipper Roberts still hang
ing around Butte? And Carl Zamlocll
Is down south in an army camp. isn't
he? Won't it sound funny to zee
Bush pitching for the Red Sox next
season. See that Collie Druhot IL
still hanging around Portland. Wonder
where Bromley. Coyne and Lyali are
hanging their hats. Cochran has had
his ups and downs and is "A top SER
seant in the army. now. hear.
! Fred Carman. ! suppose will come
back in the Nor, western gin, though
he never seems to stick through the
full season there. An old Mig Per
rine is still running Il thirst -parlor in
Springfield. Mo. Debonair Bill Oriet
has been banging around Montana,
playing Independent BAH for three
years. and laying bricks in the winter
time. Chang big Harry, the doughty
third sacker. is county surveyor of his
county down in Idaho and catches a
game of bah occasionally, hear.
'Jakey' Warren is driving laundry
wagon down south, while 'Dago Jawn'
Bassey is shown suds IN q bar In Pc
oria. Joey Tobin is stuck on the cop
per country and absolutely refuses to
go back to organized bah ~ long as
he has a job in the Outlaw league.
And that's all, ! guess"