The Washington herald., 1919-11-21
O'NeIII n Hustler.

o'Neill is one Of those hustIing
for his team. You know he comes
from a baseball family and that
means a lot His brother Steve. the
Cleveland catcher. is one of the
family. Then there was Mike, one
OF the best twirlers the big league
had in his days. John, another
brother. was a catcher for Minor
Brown while both were members of
the St. Louis team and went with
Brown in a trade TO the Cubs.
But. in my opinion, Jimmy will
prove the best of the lot, and that
is claiming something when all
the baseball fans in Washington
have seen Steve behind the bat for
Cleveland. and whom many people
lain to be a better catcher than
Ray Schalk. 1t is granted by every
one that Steve is a better hitter
than Ray and about on an equal a.
a catcher in other departments.
Well, il the Nationals shortstop is
as good as Steve then Washington
people will not have to worry over
the position between second and
third next year.
Smith After Eoungstrrs.
dE
to see what young players Griff had
to send out on the farm next year.
But as the Fox has not made up has
mind yet who he H. going to keep
or let go, and will not decide until
he has looked them over at the
training camp. Smith and all tha
others will have TO sit back and
wait.
In talking about good ball town.
down South the hUstIing little man
ager wakes with enthusiasm over
Shreveport. ] never saw a town
for its size as that little burg. OIL:
why they turn il out like watsr.
Fans. say they drive for miles to see
US. when we played on for the
championship against Waco we drew
from 5000 to 1000 at every gam.
One sport down our way. a gentle
man named Billy Rowe. who yea
ago did not have a dollar TO rub
against another. is today worth
$40. 600 600. No. not stage money
but actual cash. He was offered tnaL
by one Of the largest oil compani"s
in the South about a month ago. hut
refused. for as he said. after / would
have to pay the government so per
cent on the first million and so per
cent on the other nine millions [
would have about one million left 80
he decided TO hold on TO his leasy
Onkes Making Coin.
This gentleman offered SN.Oce cash
for our club but I advised the owner
Of the club 10 hold on to his fran
chise. This he did and We will 20
along next year and make a pile Of
money We cleaned up over Sl5.ur
last year. Our Erandstand IL III"
finest in the country among miuor
leagues. The stand alone cast Us g.
40 and our field contains ten acr'
Of ground-some ball park for sma"
city.
Smith reports that Rebel" Oak,
,who. by the way. was picked from
the bushes by ManaEer GriTb. lS
making $3.50 a day from his oil Welt
while Bob Harmon. another old
player. is doing almost a. we'll
Manager Smith attended the mInnr
league meeting at Springfield and 70
ports that every one who WAS th"r"
and in any manner connected with
the smaller leagues heartily croorS'al
the action OF the association in Coin.
back TO the draft system. som" p"o-
pie always claimed that tho ma JorS
always gave us the worst Of Il but l't
me tell you that had IL not been No
the assistance of some OF the. hi
leaguers many a league would haIr
zone under. when moneg was neuGHl
you could always depend upon on" ~
the big fellows coming across to hCl0
the little fellows.