Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-16
THE BASEB ALL
BEA 7
Fighting Cheap in Old Days
BY BURTON HAWKINS

CLEVELAND, JULY 16-The newspapers have been
jammed this with photos of baseball players at
tempting to rearrange their opponents features 1t srs
fond memories of stormy sessions in which the Senator's
frsbase coach Ellis Cary usually could be located merely
by glancng at the center of confusion.
Ellis hasn't been in trouble for long time but he
was terror in the minors. When the muscles became
creakier and fines sitter in the majors slowed his
hstic pace, but he recalling with relish the other
night several of the uproarous incidents in which
he was involved.
when I playing with Charlotte we had a
double header at Durham-93S believe it was-and in
the first game we puverzed EN-, 1872 something like
that.
well, we were kinda pouring it 1 had four hits
In the hrst game and when to bat in the ninth
whacked right back at the monkey on the mound
He had motion that brought him around quite bit
so my liner hit him right in the seat of the pants
That made me 5-for-5 In addition had stolen
about four bases and guess getting in their hair
Anyway, laughed like baboon when got to first base
u thought it was funny-and the next thing know
the Durham bench is yelling at me- You busher' and all
sorts OF unkind things like that of which you can't
print in your paper.
my FIRST TIME UP in the second game their pitcher
hit me on the and thought he broke it, lump
came up the size of grapefruit and Cal Grith-he was
managing us-wanted to take me out of the game and
send me to hospital for X-rayS l wasn't having any
OF that wanted to bat one time.
I did, too. I remember now-Cotton Hill was the
pitcher. hunted and he over to cover first base
mad nice run at him-cipped him the back of the
neck with beaut of punch him tumbling down
the rghtheld line Then bounced him and went to
work.
They had guy named Dutch Mele playing right
Held Before got too many punches in he clipped me
oenlnd the ear so they tell me- and I sprawling
Wnen got on my feet two Durham guys lock my arms
behind my back and third one Don Roselund pops me
real good right on the lip. See this scar that's it.
he gets back to take dead aim at again. so take
drastic action With those holding my arms and me
not wanting any of that fist in the face kicked Rose
und on the face Had new pair of spikes and split
his nose open
THERE WERE FIGHTS all over the place and it must
OF taken an hour before things Gained down. During the
brawl out of the stands and grabs Cal Crth
Jake Early sees that and he cobbes the guy AS he does
his spikes lock inside the guys at the ankle and he
rips the mans shoe all to pieces Turns out he was the
chief OF detectives in plain clothes and he had trouble
with his feet and needed special shoes built He wasn't
very happy so we all went to jail for a few hours
1nere was another time" Clary went on, when
was playing with Sanford against Leesburg guy named
Dace Davis plowed into me at second base Didn't cut me
up anything but knocked me out into short center
knocked the wind out OF me
I'm on the ground trying to get my breath when Sam
Holorook our catcher, comes out and says, Don't do
nothing let me handle him. I'll get him. Let him aonel'
THIS HoLBRooK WAS about the toughest guy that
ever lived He tough he just used mask and mtt
mo cnest protector, no shin guards. He so dog
goneo tough wondered why he used the mask Anyway
ne thought that other stun was for sssies
we 60 Is innings and Davis is third with one out
M"eh nice tWo-hop grounder is hit to and fire
tne plate Davis never should have tried for the plate
out ne did He jumped into Hobrook and ripped him up
on the chest and arm something fierce
hoiorook still had the ball and Davis is on the
ground Holbrook hops him and honest he must have
mt poor Dace IS times with that ball in his hand All the
ume m standing right them holding back guys who
want TO break 1t up, and I'm yelling Kill him. Sam
kill him. ''
1T got bad that Sans wife came out of the stands
and wrested Holbrook of Of him. Well I guess she
couldn't have done that but what with her crying and
pleading guess Sam felt it was the genemany thing
to do and he let the guy live
You could fight cheap in those days For my part in
got telegram from Thea president OF the league
reading You are hereby fined two dollars. =.