The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13

| There were the clothier, the shOe-store
man, the haberdasher, the laundry, the
barber, every bar in town, and both
hotels to pay, and the express COM
pany. Barney owed the express COM
pany for transportation charges on
bulldog! The. one thing that saved
the enterprise from complete insol-
vency was the departure of the daily
train for Pittsburgh at one o'clock in
the afternoon.
Iris Ford did not leave Punxsutaw-
ney altogether in cheerful attitude
of mind, notwithstanding he had cap
tured his quarry, for the directors of
the outlaw club came to the train in
body and thanked the big-league man.
ager because he was taking Barney
out of town. Even to the man of iron
nerve this was disquieting.
In the manner told was Barney Lar
kin brought to the Giant-killers' ball
yard. His first appearance, notably
unlike most pitching inaugurals, was
an unalloyed triumph.
Facing Detroit, which club was then
going strong, he let the Tigers down
without hit. But twenty-seven men
went to bat, and of these Barney
struck out fifteen-a record comment
ed upon to this day. In the last inning,
with two out and that demon batsman,
''the Georgia persimmOn," at bat, Bar
ney walked toward the grand stand,
stopped, and then motioned the crowd
| to go home. Cali over!" he insisted.
The fans roared in delight-and
roared louder still when he struck the
! champion batter out. From that mo-
ment Barney Larkin was the idol OF
the fans. There were times, many
| times, when he caused Bill Dart who
was fghtinge1isease and death in the
| hospital, to be forgotten by the heart
less rooter. The eccentric left-hander
was keeping the Giant-killers in the
| hunt for the pennant.
Also, he was keeping iris Ford
| awake nights. No such prize problem
in manhandling had been put up to
| Ford in the twenty years of his man
| agement. Unerringly iris had sized
| up Barney Larkin. The manager knew
| that whenever Barney was pitching
alright ball-mowing 'em down--it
| $1,000
| about eighteen hours out of the twen-
ty-four; "going good" he was most In
| clined to give rein to his bad habits.
| But when he was in a slump he was
not difficult to handle. This was infre-
uuent, for he was continually leading
the other pitchers in the number OF
| games pitched and in games won.
Early in his association with Bar
ney Larkin, the manager of the Giant
killers decided, first of all, that he
must let the unruly pitcher believe he
was fooling his boss. Every excuse
must be accepted as the ungilded
truth; otherwise Barney would have
| to be disciplined, and that would mean
| in q short time his release. Usually
Iris Ford was "wise." But there was
| that episode in st. Louis which 1llu-
inmates Barney's character, wherein
| Iris was fooled completely.
It was on the Giant-killers' second
trip West. Barney was given an oft
ernoOn off. He went at once to sa"
| loon near the ball park and started in
by negotiating a loan of five dollars
| from the proprietor. After the money
| had gone into drink for himself and
his hobo admirers, he struck the pro-
| prietor for five dollars more.
! The saloonkeeper hesitated. AS Sc"
curity for the loan Barney offered to
chang up the gold watch fob which
admlring fans had presented to him
in appreciation of his mighty pitch
ing. Giving it to the proprietor, Bar
| do
"You let me have the five, which
will make ten I owe you, and I'll make
Iris believe I've lost my fob. Then
| he'll advertise for it and offer re-
ward of ten dollars"