The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-09

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pEOnptRg rave me the, knee and 8
that went in feet forward and Il
II EHas easy to learn that q tiFnid
ba9enan would often fail to make
the touch through fear OF tirese
glittering spikes. The aggressive
hAsernnner, materially, will take adj
vantage Of 4llis fear.
Let ne say right here that
have nexar deliberately injured "a
man by going at him xiciously
though I have often been accused
Of il. / must be frank though and
admit that on one or two occasions
4 have tried to Fuock a man over
And. on each occasion. had good
cause. It so happened that failed
bat the players whom / went after
knew that / intended to get them
and thereafter they laid off taking
advantage of me.
4t b eaey enough - be con-
aldered good natNred and mag
unanimous IL a fellow is willing to
aet .elae other 1ellOW take advan.
Aage &C him amM get away with Il.
am not that Idna. Frssn my
eaFiy hoyh0od I hnRe fought hack
with weapons Just - strong as
these used agalmSt ne.
For example. Kid Elberseld did
u0t hesitate to give me the knee
and drove my face into the ground
- that al the skin was peeled off.
He did that because I WAS green
and didn't know how to go into a
baee. Also he was determined TO
block me. The whole incentive be-
hind all rough plays Is a desire to
win. 1t 40 rarely malicious.
when had learned the hook
slide and could 80 IN feet forward
made np my mind to pay Elber-
feld hack m his own medicine for
having roughed me tIp. Mind you
I did not complain or holler. I
realized that had paid the penalty
for being green.
The first time I had a chance to
% into second after that and knew
that Elberfeld would cover the bag
threw myself in the air and went
after him just as hard az I could.
I felt myself q big Lacquer now.
Ny feet c0liided with his leg and
Elherfeh was knocked four or five
feet He failed to touch. That boy
was sportsman. He got up. rub
- hlAAN@%1Ls aFD0hea al me cdlnliy
and went hack to his position with
out saying a word.
We'll, you've learned something"
his look implied. You heat me to ii
that time and I've got nothing to
say"
We had many run-ins after that
but both Of as took the attitude
that n the other frie1 something
a1A ,eok AWAY with IL everything
was NJ right again and there
yvouId he NO holIer coming.
After that EIberfeId knew that
he could take no easy advantage
- me and I knew that ] could
take none Of him. We both
'.s s.sJG n ~ go tItnl ne
80 -. - -. - aT.,er
= L.o... - ~.,a'.., $500 e.:
L.,
Back in the early days there was
mach in the papers about my hav-
ing cut Frank Baker down.
II is true that bowIed him
over. but az tn doing II deliberately
NO such Thought ever entered my
mead. He was a big fellow and
moved a little slowly when l made
my slide. He simply failed to get
cut Of the way. Remember, the
Lire IN "a CHAR view of the base.
II the Ioaserlan tries to block he
does 1t at his own peril.
/ think a halIplayer stupid who
does not exert himself to take ad.
vantage Of every opportunity to
win for his team so long as he il
in the right, both as to rule and to
principle.
The players whom / have gone
at with the deliberate intention of
knocking them out were Hobo
Ferris, Lou Criger, Cy Morgan, and
Dutch Leonard.
TeRfB and Criser haA tried 10
get me, and ! wned them that
they did IL ae In | would be