Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-07
/: By JAMES j. coRBErr.

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u around catchers than ossie Stricken
COST, but none that more of an
& artist" asserted Connie Mack In re-
4 viewing his thir;y-fve-y year career as
a big Lacquer ''oftentimes when
& Sehreek comes TO my memory viii, the
natural ability. I feel that if he had
& only taken his work little more
he mghi haTe Essa a hi
the BENEFITS OF baseball.
"Schreck had powerful physique.
the ball he stood absolutely alone Nc
catcher OF This or any other day could
s Sc lex u lnsas5 TO G do But was "a
care-free. quick-tempcred overGrown
boy Who never could RESTRAIN t9r very
leseus into his work And because
Of that trait Of occa soinai e,G.se.enirictty'
4 ness. But those very pecuiiarities that
& kept khin, from matching The proves
~ OF Kelly. made him UNIQUE and never
s&to-be AforEotten figure IN hoSeh1li,
schreck Wizard With Witt.
Ne man lived who could manipulate
shroJ With h h E da xnd da2 a eaf
hand tfor ,bu, lt:le else man throw
ing the ball. Schreck was one
handed catcher. and the only one with
s, in my memory, 1t made no diferenee
heart. of the plate. far TO the lief; or
/ to the right. high or low, ,schreek
spssrsd them With his Eloyed hand So
when he was twenty years old playing
/ first with the Williamsport tpa2 club,
Three years later he broke into the hiC
leagues. and after brief sojOurns Win
7 the Indians. Browns and Red Son,
" secured him soon after the opening OF
the 1902 season And from then on
Il until 1910 Schreck played under my
management in Philadelphia. quickly
8 rising from semiobscurity 10 ranking
as H. pfaPt la arl
VI the game.
5 Worried Connie at First.
"Schreck worried me when first
/ saw him doing his one handed back
limited to Schreck that he would please
me by using both hands for ball eaten
d ing purposes, he assured me that he
s-beth. And through the years he con-
7il":The first of schreck's many start
Ming exhibitions of gloved hand catch
ss Was That w ss the asy ha mnS
ms prgnE a hi5 5iSA Of
and then tanning the SIDE. To help
along' the show, schreck announced
that he would catch all OF RGha's
\ pitching in that inning While sitting
on the ground. And he did. catching
more than half of Rubc's twisters wlth
one hand.
most wondertu ! game tina,
Z in 1908, or one OF those years when
the Browns were in the thickest OF
% the pennant fight. We arrived with
Il two catchers and the relief man was
hurt In prac t;ss, That left Sehrse"
Z game of the series a foul tip smashed
the thumb of his right hand Then |
]; was up against it.
Grent Game Against 81. Louis.
There was 40 chance of getting "A
& relief catcher in time for the game tho
& next day. The only thing that seemed
possible for me to do was TO play one
Of my infeiders or outtelders back OF
~ the bat Willie ! was trying TO make
up my mind as TO who Il would be
sehre4k came along to @nsTe + was
say, Connie, If you're worry Inc;
s forget IL. I'll do the catching
Bit | answered. 'hu~ can you do
it wi5h your smashed right hand
oh, don't fret about hat re-
I Just put RUDE in the box and Veil
win the game for YOU
And Schreck made good. The next
day in. st. Louis he gave the most Won
ever seen. Throughout the wn mole
Every aes psc Is wsads 1pE Wh aa s!oHaG
hand. RUDE was burning them over
that day and Lacked little in mis- usua!
missed a ball.
Won With Smashed Hand
Jimmy McA!eer theE manager of
the Browns, knowing how badly
Sehrcck's hand was hurt. ordered his
players TO attempt stealing game.
He didn', think that Schreck. Win a
thumb swollen twice its normal size.
could MAKE throw. But Schreck
caught every Brownie who attempted
TO steal. How he did il seemed like :,
miracle performance.
we won that day by the score of
4sSy5 to 2. And when the game was
Newer ] saw the maddest man mat
A:ver walked on BAH helG He Was
asflmmy McAleer. He simply raved
around over the fac, that is club
Snursing pennant hopes. had beer
beaten by team Win d one-haudeu
Gcatcher
Tsetxschreck passed out OF the majors
I'm 1910. and was followed soon afier-
ward b. Waddell. And the Two who
had starred for years in haseba!! liza
Were not separated v,r long by
death. Waddell died early in 1915, ana
few months later Schreck, too
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