The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-06-11

| TheFc were the eiothier. the shce-sscrs
nsn. tks isaberiash<r. the laGatrJ. the
barter. every bar In tswn. asA hcsh
hossls to rag. and the sxprvas COIN
psny. Barney ow~4 the express com.
pany for transportation xtars~s 60 .
bulldog The oas thing that saved
the s1terprtse srasa eosnpAsss hasol-
y~ney was the departure cf the daily
tr~lo sar Pittsburgh ~ oas c'ciqsk 10
ths atterneoh.
Iris Ford did not leave pRnxsgtaw~
ney altogether IN q eiss~rfuI srttsnde
Of utnd, Notwithstanding be hal cap
sured bis quarry. for ths dsreetors II
the outlaw clah eaEae 10 the trwsa In a
badly and ,haaked the hsg.seagae nnah'
sger because hs ~as fHk!ax fsar'Ty
out of town Eyea 10 th~ aAa " iroa
aerVe THIS wss disQui~stns
In the manner tp,d aas Rarney lar
k3a hraG-l4t u iAe Gian. kNlccs tail
yart. IT'S Eres appearance, retah'y
uRItke most pt,ch,aE luaugara's, sas
WI uhal4ayvl triumph,
Fawt4S rAsfrsTs. wetsh skssi wus@tissa
sslng strobg hr Iet the Tigers daa a
without hit. Eut ~ rntS seven tnen
ven, 10 bat. and ~ these barney
struck out ni,e~n-~-a r~cord co,nu.at.
I'll uIa,a 80 this day In sf1a last tnaing.
With ,wo oa, and tina, detRon hatsaan,
-thr Georgia r.'rsmmce." ~ bat Bar
h.y walked tewari the gran: stand.
stopped. aad thea motien-.i The cTosd
10 e. ho,ns. All ever" hv assisted.
III. fans ruared IN delish, -~anf
ruarve! louder sill when b.. strnc1 the
champion batter out Fr~n that nlo~
meut Barney Larkin vas The tdel ~
the fans. There we're ,!ra~~. many
times, when he caused Bill nar', "ho
was nghttns dissa "a and death In the
hospital. TO BE- torgotten ny the hear''
iess rtoter The eecen,rtc let' handler
WAS Keeping the Glant-k!iltTs In tas
hunt for the pennant.
Also, he vas sevplng Trs Ford
awake nights No such prize prtbleri
In Manufacturing had been pat up 20
Fori In tine iw~ats years ~ his uian.
agvneat UnerrtHgiy iris had sized
IN barney I.ats,n. The manager knew
that whenever barney was pitching
alright hall~~tnow'aS 'esu do@u~'t
was necessary tn keep an eye IN him
about eighteen hours OH. IT the tween.
ty.four "gring gNcd.~ he was nn~t In
ellncd to give rr4r ~ h's bah habits
But wh-n he ANS Ia q stump he nss
cot difficult 10 hani'e. This Was 'n'rs"-
qurns. for he was conttUuaily leading
the other pitchers In tire nuulher u
canes pitched ard In ssn,es Voc.
Early In hts association with Far
ney iarkin. the manager ~ the Giant
killers decided. FIRST ~ al.. that I've
must IL, tho unraS pitcher believe he
was tt-,lln9 his bass, Every excuse
must he accepted az The unsiid-d
truth otherwise Barney would hnve
IN be disciplined, snt thar weula hean
la q siaslrt tine his rclrase, Usually
Iris Ford was "wl~e Fgt There Was
that episode In 81 Louis which tlIu.
inmates Rarrey's character. whcrvan
Iris VAS t"oIe'l ccnple.sly,
I, was on the G'ant-kllIe-w' srrans
'rip West Harvey vas given an ar.
ernocn RI. lie usnt at oece 20 a az.
ioin rear the bali park ard star't~' 10
ty negotiating loan ~ Ave dollars
frnu, the proprietor After the money
had rnne into drink for s'mss, and
his h1Nc admirers he struck the rrt~
p,tetor Ter a,e it4iars more
TIE saIpork~erev he>itated A. ~
rurity sor the loan EattSy orers-l 20
hang "" the sol, watch f0h which
stmlrtpT fans hal pr,,ssrtsd 80 hin
IN appreciation # his ca,@'fy r''rt.
ins Gi,iaS e IN tte r-prIvtay Ha-.
o*y usade Ih.s rrNps@tttea,
You let m" hays re Eve, which
viii e'&ke trn r~e vau sta III Ne
TINS t-,iisre I've lost r1y fab Tree
h~l advertise tnr II ard o~er ~.