The Washington herald., 1921-01-09
ON COAST
THINK NICK Is
WIZARD FIELDER
Georgia Peach Foiied by
Circus Catches of Come
dian in Frisco.
by JACK NYE.

They have an IDEA, out there on
the Pacific Coast, that Nick AltrocE
is not only the king-pin among
baseball comedians, but that be is
about the classiest fielding phenom
in the business.
California fans were expecting a
lot OF laughs out Of the famous pan
tomime artist. and they got en- But
the thing that knocked EN- cold
was the way Nick made those dsI-
zling circus catches around the FIRST
station.
When the old boy started picking
'em out Of the dirt with his usual
nonchalanCe, taking 'em on the run
behind his back and spearing high
flies with one hand from Impossible
positions, the native sons just sat
back and gssped.
One game especially made q hit
with the bleacherites. il was in
| Frisco
Nick HnIts Mr.. Cobb.
The chief actors IN the little
drama were Hon. Nicholas AItrocIs
and Hon. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the
we'll known Georgia Peach.
In fact IT all simmered down 70
battle OF wits between Nick and
Ty, with the comedy expert coming
out on top with flying coIorS
The most Sensational finish ever
seen on the Coast" was the way the
fans described II.
Well let Nick tell IL himself, a.
long as he was there
1t was in Frisco" said our hero.
and the team / was with. known
as Altrock and Sswyer's gang. was
playing CObb's bunch. ! was plsv-
ing first, and Carl Sawyer was on
second.
When the ninth inning came
around Cobb w~s the hrst man up.
Just to add a little comedy to the
situation. Carl and crept in until
We were about twenty feet from
| the plate. That JickIed the fans
But Ty slammed one at me a mile
a minute. dUcked my head TO
keep from being killed and stuck
up my glove for protection. Tho
ball took nasty hop and landed
right in nv hand, and 7 threw 10
Sawyer, who covered first for an
I easy out. After ! got over nv sur
/ prise / just pretended like that kind
OF neldlnE WAS an everyday occur
| renee with me
Cobb Bats Out Of Turn.
! With two men out. Cobb.s lean
I staged rally and had three on
with none out. Then who should
'"me T." the hGl again but Cobb him
self. He was batting out OF his
! turn. and We raised an awful hoIIsr
BEt the fans wanted to see him bat
so We let il go at that
This time Ty hit the ball a mill.
right up in the air. u took So
/ long coming down that Carl and I
| held conference in the fn6efd -
/ decide who would take it, Affe-
/ a lot Of AlphOnse and CASTOR sr1rs
/ ] decided to make tho catch rhr
dropped to bewitchiuC pose 65
I one knee TO make il look harder
While l was waiting for the hall
what does this Sawyer do bur co1,,
and sit on my knee. Still sfttir-
there, he stuck up his glove too,
] "uir"s"hed him Sy a co,1pIc
OF inches and snaEged the nil. .Tbs,
Drok" ~ the old naIl game.
Ma!ht those guys in the bleach
tIs oiont fall for that stunt
ANY time you tell en- I'm NOT bsr-
league fielder you're Hkelv 10 gct
insult"d. Yes. Sir"
Nick's adventures in the W.,
would nil a book. He liked The ~
out there and they seemed to hsy.
the same kind Of feeling about him
II was sure some trip
Hes Cobb Booster.
ON" thing the trip ACCOMPLISHED
was to make Nick a mighty f-r,
friend Of Ty Cobb He'll tell vo!
the Georgia Peach is a regular ruy-
and in addition about as keen a
baseball man as you can find.
Il knew Cobb in a way before 20
ing West" he said, but after benz
thrown with him so much. 7 can
: let the world know that he's all %
the mustard. The exhibition of hit
ting, base running and sliding he
gave before each game was worth
any mans money. and in addition
he made a lot of demonstration an
the schools. To top il on he de-
livered an address before hve thou
sand persons at Berkeley that
sounded like William Jennings Bry-
an when he was hitting on all CYL
inders
Some folks say that Cobb won't
make a good manager. but he's got
everything that a manager. needs
He's not a hard guy, though he e
plain SPOKEN. Hes mighty sQUarr
and fair. Unless ] miss my guess
he's going to get along as well next
season as any man can who takes
over a club under the same ciF-
cumstances."
How about next season." Nick
was asked.
Just tell EN- I'll be there when
E the curtain rises" was his repl!
: as he said good-b
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