The Washington herald., 1921-01-10
FANS ON COAST
THINK NICK Is
WIZARD FIELDER
Georgia Peach Foiled. by
Circus Catches of Come
dian in Frisco. -
ny JACK NYE.

They have an idea. out there on
the Pacific Coast, that Nick Altrock
is not only the king-pin among
baseball comedians, but thai he ts
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 'em cold
was the way Nick made those dsI-
King circus catches around the FIRST
station.
When the old boy started picking
EN- out Of the dirt with his usuEl
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 II was IN
Frisco
Nick HnIts Mr.. Cobb.
The chief actors In the little
drama were Hon. Nicholas AItrock
and Hon. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the
well known Georgia Peach
In fact, Il all simmered down 20
battle Of wits between Nick and
out on top with flying Colors
The most sensational finish ever
seen on the Coast" was the way tbp
fans described II.
Well let Nick tell Il himself a.
long as he was there
1t was in Frisco" said our her., ,
and the team I was with, known
as AltrOck and Sawyer's gang. was
playing Cobb's bunch. was play:
ing first, and Carl Sawyer was on
second.
When the ninth inning cam.
around Cobb wss the nrst man m
Just 70 add a little comedy TO me
situation, Carl and ] crept in unfn
we were about twenty feet froy,
the plate. That tickled the fsDs
But Ty slammed one at me a mil.
a minute. 7 dUcked my head "a
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
easy out. After got over nv sur
prise ! just pretended like that kind
OF heldinE WAS an everyday occur
renee with me
Cobb Rats OSt Of Turn.
With two men out, Cobb's team
staged rally and had three op
with none out. Then who should
S"me {" the bat again but Cobb him
self. He was batting out OF his
turn. and We raised an awful boIIer
But the fans wanted 10 see him bat.
so We let ii 60 at that
This time Ty hit the ball a mil.
right up in the air. II fooL- =,
long coming down that cav sr5
heiu conference in the inferd -
decide who would take II Er,C,.
a lot Of Alphunse and IiasroD ,trsy
decided 10 make the catch. and
cropped TO a bewitching pose on
one knee TO make il look harder
W nile l was waiting for the hail
"hat does this Sawyer do bur com,
%ho SIT on my knee StHT sittin,
mere he stuck UP his glove. too.
] outreaChed him ~ 4 cour1,
OF inches and snagged the nil. Tbs,
orOk" up the old tall game.
Ma!he those guys in the bleach.
ers didn't fall for thar Stn,,
ANY time you tell en- I'm NOT ~
league helder you're likely TO cot
lnsUlted. Yes. Sir"
Niek.s adveptures in the West
would NIL bobk. He liked the fnIL~
out there and they seemed to bsys
ihe same kind Of feeling about him
II was sure some trip.
Hes n Cobb Booster.
One thing the trip accumulated
was to make Nick mighty F-,,
friend OF Ty Cobb. He'll ten yo,T
the Georgia Peach is a regular Euv
and in addition about as keen
baseball man as you can ind.
i knew Cobb in a way before 20
ing West he said. but after bcin.-,
thrown with him so much. can
let the world know that he's all to
the mustard. The exhibition Of hit
ting. base running and sliding hc
any mans money, and in addition
he made a lot of demonstrations In
the schools. To top ii of he de-
livered an address before Eve 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 hes got
everything that a manager needs,
He's not a hard guy. though he is
plain spoken. He's mighty squsra.
and fair. Unless ! miss my EueSa
he's going to get along as well next
season as any man can who takes
over a club under the same cir
cumstances."
How about next season." Nick
was asked.
Just tell EN- I'll be there when
the curtain rises" was his reply
as he said good-by.
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