The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-28

Wen cuckoos, when / landed here
this A NJ. l called up the man thai
had asked me to make this speech
and asked him what was l to talk
about and he said the Reds and said
who is on the Reds so he give me
list and / looked them over and only
found of them that / knowed per-
sonly outside of Pat Moran and Sallee
who I give him the nickname of Slim.
but L would like to meet Ring as he
must be a grand fellow. The
know best is Dutch Reuther and Bill
Rariden and Sherwood Magee and
Morris Rath. Bill Rariden was with
the Boston club when I use to pre-
tend to work there and his club use
to tie up the score every day in the
9Th inning with a pop fly over the
right field fence and lose out in the
18th. Bill started the season with a
brand new glove and at the end of
the season the glove was brand new
as none of the Boston pitchers could
throw a ball that far. (Shouts of
Laughter).
Hits Off johnson; Knew Rath Was
Sick.
Morris Rath was with the White
Sox and l day we was playing in
Washington and it was Walter John
sons turn to pitch so at IL A. NJ. Nor
riss said to Manager Callahan / am
sick but Manager Callahan sid / don't
believe it so he made Morris play and
Morris got three hits off of Walter
and then Cal knowed he must of been
telling the truth. .(Applause).
Il bumped into Mr.. Reuther in the
spring of 1913 in San Francisco when
he was pitching for st. Mary's Col
lege and the White Sox played them
a exhibition game and murdered Dutch
with total of hit which was a cou-
pie of TT. foul and as for Sherwood
Nottingham Magee why it was in 1872
when the Cubs was parked in Philly
over Sunday and arranged a exhibit
ton game at Atlantic City and Mac
was then with the Philadelphia club
and use to spend the Sabbath on the
Boardwalk. Well we went down there
the Saturday night before and / and
Frank Schultz and Harry Steinfeldt
was walking along the walk and a guy
from n. Y. come along and stopped US
and asked if we was members of the
Cubs. So Schulte says yes this is
Harry Steinfeldt the best Sd. baseman
in the country. So the n. Y bird said
Arthur Devlin is the best 3d. baseman
in the country so Frank hit him and
knocked him for COOL. Well vile the
poor bird was still laying in the ditch
along come Sherwood and says what
is the matter Frank are you in trou-
BILE? No trouble said Frank I just
had little fight. l will take it off
your hands said Mac. mo laughter)
That is all there is to that story, Can
plause).
L don't know the rest of the Reds
very well outside of Garry Hermann
and L read in the paper the other day
where he had decided to make the SER
ious go games this yr instead of Z
so that more people would get a chance
to enjoy it but personly / think his
motive was to give more of Gleason's
pitchers a chance to pitch. (No APP
plause).
This brings us to the business OF
the evening. Most presents gave to
baseball players on occasions like this
is absolutely useless but the gifts pre-
sented to the Reds tonight will keep
them busy all winter wondering what
to do with them. Gents of the Reds |
take great pleasure in presenting 20 |
you on behalf of whoever is giveing
them away these beautiful lockwood |
vases which you should ought to pro-
nounce vases on acct of they being |
100000 worth of Them
Several times dureing the speech
was interrupted by crys of Lauder
on acct. of people not knowing how L
my name or else they was
trying to convey the idear that 1 am
as funny as the other great Scotch
comedian. Well when it was over 1
slipped out the stage entrance and
catched an obscure train 70 Indian
apolis and here 1 am safe in sound.
AS for my personal feelings about
the serious 1 have lived in Chi a No
Of yrs but always reed. fine treatment
in Cincinnati so L only wished both
clubs could win straight and now
they's nothing more to be said till
Pat and the Kid pulls the surprise of
the season and sends Erskine Mayer
and Roy Mitchell out TO warm up for
the opening of the fray.
Copyright, 1919, by the Bell Syndi-
cate, Incl.