Evening star., 1926-02-01

This clowninC business IS a fine
thing for a ball club, especially one
that is up in the pennant race. 1t
helps break the strain and it keeps
players in the proper frame of mind.
1t cuts down their worries and re-
freshenS them. For this reason, if
for no other, a man like Schaefer is
invaluable TO a team.
Was Born Snowman.
He is dead and gone. but his deeds
of comedy live after him. I guess
they will be recalled for many years
and | doubt if the game will see
another man possessing so much
originality and unadulterated fun. He
was great in his own way. and lovable.
He got the plauditS of the crowds, and
how he loved them. That was his life.
Schaefer was a born Snowman. He
knew how to reach the heart of the
gallery and how to grip it and hold
1t.
The comedy of Schaefer did not
appeal to those that knew base ball
alone; it's appeal was universal. Sew
eral years ago the Giants and the
White Sox took Schaefer on a tour
of the world. Schaefer did his clown
ing on the imprOviSed ball fields OF
Europe and he did what few men
nave uple-ne IflduP hI1SS tduSI- l U'
King of England had a hearty laugh
over SChaefer's antics and so did royal
personages In other countries where
the teams played.
One of his first memorable stunts
came in Detroit Cleveland game.
1t started to rain in the third inning.
Detroit was five runs behind in the
score with no chance of winning. 1t
was decided to stall and compel the
umpires to call the game before the
fifth inning, preventing Detroit from
losing.
OLoughIin Is Sore.
The late silk" O'Loughlin was UNI
piring behind the plate and he did
not like the idea of stalling. 1t made
him sore. He told the Detroit play
ers that they We're going to see five
innings of play even if there was a
repetition of the Johnstown flood and
the game had to be finished on RATS.
But the Stalling tactics continued, and
O'Loughlin, drenched thoroughly and
as angry as he ever was in his life.
told the Tigers You're going to play
nine innings now, and that's settled y
Then Schaefer came to bat. The
fans, huddled in the grandstand, be-
gan to laugh. Schaefer turned and
asked O'Loughlin what the laughter
was about. OLoughlln did not know.
Then the fans roared and Schaefer
again turned to OLoughlin to ask
him what it was about. OLoughlin,
who had been suspicious, suddenly
pushed Schaefer to one side and then
discovered what the commotion was
about. Schaefer was using a goatee.
| AS soon as he took his position at bat
he adjusted the goatee He took it
off every time he turned to O'Lough-
| lin. but as soon as he faced the pitcher
| again he readjuSted it.
| That gag don't get you under the
nice warm showers beloved
OLoughlin. You toss away that
goatee and stay in the game If you
don't get rid of them chin whiskers,
III plaster a fine on you so big that
you'll never get through paying it."
Prepares for Rain.
But O'Loughlin was wrong,
Schaefer did reach the nice warm
showers two innings later. The next
! time he came to bat hel wore a pair
| of hip boots, an oilskin coat, an oil.
| skin hat, carried a bat in one hand
an an open umbrella in the other, He
had borrowed the boots, hat and coat
from the groundkeeper. The um.
| brella belonged to spectator
You're out of the game" yelled
lO,Loughlin. forgetting all about his