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league. He is a powerful, deep chested.
easy moving fellow with a tremen-
dous lot Of power, a flashing curve
and a lot Of speed Watching him the
other day he looked to me. in ap-
pearance. movement. style and in
every ball he pitched TO resemble
StlVltts, who was one OF the greatest
pitchers Of the old days OF baseball
/ strolled back through the stands
and met Joe Kelly, who was one OF the
great old timers.
Who does he move like. Joe7' I IN
quired
"Stivitts." he said without a mo-
ment's hesitancy- Just the same
build action and curves
Pretty soon Perry got into trou-
bic Instead Of slowing Up and taking
his time about pitching ne began
hurrying, pitching as fast as the
catcher returned the ball TO him and
he lost his game
He is Stivitts all over again
said Kelly He even gets excited
and hurries his pitching just as
Incidentally in discussing Perry
there is a young catcher with the
Mackmen who is liable TO become a
bigger figure in baseball even than
Perry Is That is Perkins, a tall, IN
filled young fellow who moves like
another Tim Donohue and who handles
the toughest kind OF pitching with
ease. he made play the other day
that was a peach The ball was a
curve pitched low and inside the plate
TO left handed batter. The runner
on first was going Perkins dug the
bail out Of the dirt, made the throw
straight over the back Of the batter
and came within inches OF throwing
out the runner on an impossible play.
Reu1 n Gfur.
The New York Yankees also have
flashed a young catcher who. with
the exception Of physical build, ap-
pears to be the equal Of Perkins. That
is Muddy Reul. a hustling, gingery|
kid who Is going to do the bulk Of
the catching for the Tanks this year
BE VIII remind you somewhat OF Red
Doom at his best, or Of Ray Schalk
as he is now, and unless something
untoward hits him he is going TO be
one OF the great young catchers Of
the generation
Ran across an obituary notice
the other day which announced
the death OF Charles Jackson At
Redlands, Calf. Il did not mean
much until IL announced that he
was the fellow who designed the
first cOrsets for American women,
that is the first American made
corsefs.
That recalled Jackson to me and he
has a greater claim 10 fame than cor
sets He is the fellow who designed
the covers that are used on base
balls.
Jackson had a little shop up IN
Worcester, Mass, a long time ago
and he was engaged in shaping up
the ladies. Also he was a bail
player and lover Of the game. Up to |
that time the covers OF all balls were |
made in quarters as one peels an or
ange and the result was not satisfac- /
tory Jackson designed the figure /
eight cover that is in use now and /
within a few weeks the new cover |
was adopted by the manufacturers |
and has been in use ever since.
He made a fortune out Of cOrsets /
but always was most proud OF hay
ing made the perfect cover for a |
baseball Also he was a bail fan 20 |
the finish.
Jams Machinery.
The other day we were sitting in 1
the press box at the Polo grounds
when down came one Of these trou-
bic makers who insist upon throwing
a monkey wrench into the peace ma
chinery- He lined up alongside Har-
~ Stevens, the Erandest little caterer /
the game ever has known. and re-
marked:
"what do you think Of Joe Kelley
saying you are watering the
" hisky7"
Harry, who can stand almost
anything exploded n r \ 7 re-
port and nscended to find Joe
charging that he had known Joe
= years. that he never was any
good and that n Joe was half ns
good Judge OF bail players rs he
WAS OF booze the Yankees would
win n penmant twice n year. He
found Joe and roared all over
the place, only 10 discover that
Joe never had mentioned the
booze ut all
Which reminds me Of the clash be- !
tween Charlie Dexter and Danny !
Green, the old time players. Dexter /
was quite a lddder and always de- !
lighted to get a rise out Of Danny. D
Dexter called Danny every misbegot- I
ten son Of a syncopated sea cook he I
could think Of he misnamed him in /
a million ways He called him all j
the -blanked- blinks he could 4
think Of Finally he despaired Of I
Dan mad and ran out oil
breath Then he said:
And besides that. don't think you .
can hit ESQ"
BE careful what you gay" Danny
yelled I'll stand for most any
thing. but don't you get personal -
Copyright. 1913, by the Bell Syndi-
cate. Inc.)
GAME POSTPONED.
New York. May THE scheduled
tame between the Philadelphia and
Brooklyn teams Of the National
eague today was postponed because