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STARS OF FIRST MAGNITUDE IN EARLY DAYS.Boat Ifrpmonltf D L(Mi of Major Longa,cllBATEIf NEW YOith ' Hi A /«»• 3.—Special ComDid: \WinlOUgh Jic• m i.'Vvry r«j*iKrci. 9 gained at fJidrC 'lt;6ey cl ever he.I.Iii'Jfield, ntill'. l)AlThen there wore Proday Crane and Up l'llii!, two areal products of tho old Atlantic:;. i'llcu was u slugger, pure and simple. llow hr. cohld part that Hilly hall: “Over the frncp, Up, was .1 common .•*-iM'iytalpn when ho onuu* to bat Um Cmno urna a ball player through lt;»nd through, hailing, Holding und base running were combined wit bin lib makeup, und Im could in out when needed. Uc was nn and buwiaen. and what a lot offt* V, r. Sullivan, rd Hanlon mid .;» manly spirit of fair wptlon of imp.ir* - praises of Iho tall mtUy deter* d!fcj Judgnuplayers of Iho pant who their c mimendttllciw. Sullivan truly wild Unit U'urd. Kelly und Comlskey exhlbllM ppcert of thought atul fool that turned the sr.de in their club’s favor. ’ Tliey didn’t depend solely upon sp«*ed to carry them atony, but with .1 knowledgeml mildnet ion, enabled them (lt; a* Xu (led. Si 111 Ted ng.u o»u i trio of cl • ‘ .point.wit 1«1 Will!throwI lain;produced. iJo glnvtd luind and bound away fio; nurnumgo u Iwu«c runner to mart but-:-. ami then, with a eat-hkv would pmb the ball mol send Itwlllispeeduteri’/ Imy.ruvibl.i /or buy 1 nut oblived 10 sKdghicn hi raw buck his arm, ns other lt;anil do, hut tot It go /ro.n• Sprinters and Fielder* ire other gr«rUX bm.fr m rty-Weidi1 Haitian. Sunday, BmuJtUJlnnlon wu* hb feet, bnt ho Is* red by his brilliantlo* Hnnlnn. Tim gumo today Imp uo outfielders—1/ they are nn good— ivere Welch, Fogurly, ilnr.lon. Mc-Oround?, this cliy, by Corkhill. thathairThu Rhi; telwold Mflroilt;omana and Cinch Corkhill wan pfeylit* venter tlekl for Urn latter. Tim ball wns hit on a low lino w# short center, field, and Corkhill cmno In at full speed, motor. ho could not vet the ball If ho continued running, he dived forward and stretched uiit his hands and the tail: fell, in thorn. The Impetus wus POrgrcut1us Icus^Sterj striking the ground.Then ono' can go back;,,a;no'lch i.nry.twp; and niuno oth^pliycradwhb \wcre;-rpmo pumpkins ^tftlm;,base-runhlng.'UCt;iV*Tliorh' aru .i^icwl^’ondehtiyouihst' rwbb£«ita£?*fg I muinbor.Jolm-andJ JlmV OIRourUe^rim ’ llur-noim, VBurdrk^.VJim jHnlUmon,5; and -'-if liofl of;'othcra; tooynumerous ;vtbVroc?.!l thlowriting. J'I’jl never •‘top*!’ the surprise. Jotin-O’Rourko'Vfiittyd'-'thi! young huso, ball writers': who-b'rokt? into urc Kamo Jn the enrijr£8fcu-5TVhon John. who was playing center lleUl lor Urn Meta fa. IMS, H'uirtcd ' ■* ptcul second bare, there were sewr.tl Ohs!” Why did he do that?’’ und other less favorable expressions, uo It looked like a detul sure out. One of tho kind. “H.V so t«cy I Jin to lo. . As Johu neared ucoonri base the bnscman stood, ready to touch him. but. greatly to the nurprld* of everybody, John dived head first for the l»no 1 ml Was wife. The cecoud toweinan was so '.urpriscd be failed to touch him.Fastest of the Pioneers,Another notch or two lakes onn bock to lie day** tvher. the old Atlantic* Athldles. Wutudu, Unions of Morrlsr.inlo. 3/nywal:-jrs. Nationals of Washington, and other •lulw occupied the center of Urn bn.su bull itngo :luU made ha.se running n feature »f Iho game. KJdiu Cuthbert of the Knjr* of Philmh-lphla wan the first ninn »nn btrcabouifi tu slkle to a base. ITn did it to n iptme on the old CbpllnUtto mu mis, Brooklyn, between the AtUutiie id Keystone nines, during the oummer -»fsull after reach tht moke one of ihope catches, for which Oh! lor iho d.iyimuch!victorycroft's Flrtt CuD(-Now llm: Frank C. llnnurort, wll other ica:u of .ball pJayomr luis relur thls coiinto- from so aucn^ful an in of Culst, It might be an uppioprlub to tell about hJs (irat ca;o:rloiico ii tropical clbcnto W ym ago. Tlmt little band of juurlyrs left this port lt;(ember 1C. 1673-ls I: any wonder troubli CeJlewnd Ihoui' fu^t end te.rlous?—und, ait they arrived at Cuba, they found ll’uou Ik* IniposslIHe to churue un nOmlwlon to il 1tall park, owltitf partly *0 iho Gorcrtuno oiltelula wanting too Jrigi* a shore of tl rctctpu*. and on account ■ of U.e cmwc lt;:ut!mis(?j scruples of the Cuban player ivho olijccieil to uslclng Uio'.r frlendy tl cusloiuarv nilinl.v4on i'ee. Anotiier nnno: it with canLindlorU of the holel up at. win* did not dc them, ifu placed then the(t doubled the rate ;they fli'Ml. put. 1' right thing by cell-ilke rooms, me nijreed ujinn.nlul cl ifobllgetl 13 put Up withFinally1 roomU'UlSrnplotclsuilielenl . . pcnua \v«« suwcrlbed . by loven. ^ nti (piuiu, 1I14 railroad' comirnlen and prowl ctorj of eatrlugca running to 1he groundn ami they opened on December 21, liefoiu ;»r mtsn inhlagc- oi abouc U.OtKr, n good apr'iilo ling of wdwin .wi-w l.ulie.i, who tnnnif.-.*(c« choir apprnbot.on of the e:u»;e by chipping their hands ‘and waving hmidKniThlefa. the’ men yelling Hite m runny wild Indian*;, and Vlt;5tlcnl:uhig At :i fv'irfnl rale. The visitors had as opponents a ceitm including oevcn phyera, suppos-tid to la? thu beat la Cuba. And strengthened, moreover, by Foln^ oa-i Hcmietl, as pitcher ond catcher, andryet they were cnully beaten by tlm vis* itinAmcWcatr.;. 'fUo latter us«.if n. Cuban lii'tho-Vltclicr’s j.vbiilon. Tho Culanjwcie qultoVfaiv Holder^ but were very weak ut bat;jBQl6y and Kenr.ett making mon of theUlt^edlUd to. their lei‘sect! hi bnsu ball we: o. ilo Americana remal play games on December 2S, Jtm I and 1, ivlUoli they would have dun ,d a guarantee sulllcieiu to pay Uium A doing j.o Ik'cii placet! In responsible hand: they shook tlidust tfrom off their' /out Ktw Orbsins. While At C\:ba .\ycra had to nmusc tlmuio 1 hey eoukl. and they umlly s hrJding imprompttho vihltlng /es tw tccccdcd by1563.isfall;.i:n was cauKht on t ltlantte.3 hail a lo! tiwt-iootcd runners In Smith. Shirt, Cra» Chapman. Ferguson, Pllco und Hnll. b Dickey I’earc.) woa the cioveresl in pv loinbvj; tKioes. That crowd could nm things hum vvhon thoy got a-golnn . T old Athlcdics hod some speedy men WUklns, ltcache Deity, Souscnderfor n •rhcrfl. Thy Mutuals also hud a bunch ipecdy nun. They were a bandthey tans or. the warpath. n tho Morrisnnln crowd were Martin, Auk-In, . Shelly, Alkou. Smith, Bears nnd i'a-lio could hunt to i,omo. Just enough (c things lively.. And thIw'r,utlonnl. Of W (**). Wright, Nm id otlicr.. whodngtoiwith Bortbrong., Parker,-Glbrn, Foxpaths.• aswho 1tho bnslt;Joo Start wm also quite a handy, man” it flrst.base, and /or years.wan ratcil ua being In a class all by his lonesome, and wholo lot oi unacphlbllcAied people who thought bo was the best ever. That Includes inc. John. Joe began playing l*aU In 1853 with tho Enterprise uliio, a Junior orjpniltatJori ’of Brooklyn, .lack Cliflpnmn and-Freddy Crane were also with that nine. Tho tlircc remained with It until Jnou, 1803. xylien they .loir.cd the.then iambus Atlantic* of the same city. From, that time until the end of tho season of Start played continuously in what wus then known as the Xostcst company In bnso boll.Grand Natural Ball Player.. . jld Atlantic Club developed soma remarkably clever brJl players, of which. ChariOR J.. Smith was probably oae .of the sroaiteai of tlm gtuno's products. He.was lot only u.wonderful, ball player In nil the isBtsntlals huccsanry, but. he was ono of ho.most, popular .players of his’daythat ,of. llti Ishcd player. Ease, grnco • und elegance larked hlu every move, and, while lie wai atcd os a 'Uiird baseman, he was Juot ai ..luch al homo In aay other position on the ball field. Another remarkably, clover nil-around .player .was- John C. Cliepmon, oung Jack, who ic Just ua full of life t! energy today, ns when he helped to pul as atlff fight as was ever seen on the ball JMd to prevent tho other follows from carting .off tho ball.” - Chap, could pitch; ____... fact, play anywhere. All poaltlons lookod alike to him. But ho was a star on tho outer vrorla. Toath to nil Vfiytuff things.. •- Tliosa, plivnomenn' one-bunded catchcn weie a feature.of tho old Atlantic play, und would bo -tho theme of conversation* for. ilayo afterward, wherever tho fans gathered to rohcar.to tho play*.-Then .there, wm Bob Ferguson, another remarkably clever- 'all-around player, - who was us quick* ns i flash. In all hto move-ments. Tho’ban. tlio lively.Boss boU. was never batted too hard for Bob to handle.Tiicro are m-Viy veteran bull p’nyer* as well os hosts of royal rooters of the grand old go mo, who can toll of Ferguson and his cat-like movemonts and fearless style- of ulay.:. Columns 'could bS;T?ii*.I*»n;fttout’ him. but • spaco • prevents It at. this time. ' But ono of tho most remarkable, of that old Atlantic crowd wus little Dick Pearce, ono of the game’s'rrwtcsl Inv.entlvo genlns. He know tho Kama :frora every anglo.1 and was idways scheming .to beat, the .other fellowsfeatures being Foley’*'hnagfatulladsnd Hitirlcitieinghig of Vhltnoy, Ir-»r Includedposed of Knight win jinJ.Bcjhon';. ’. The tatwi canj-in'citlmx inoledicn utid nai which,'by.tho way, were very dlotustoful to. thu buodrcuv of .Spanish soldlcrn ream log About the etrcelf, and who,. In every; con-celvablo way, but that of actual vloleuce. showctl their haired to the American*. .Timl .Bancroft mart* an omphalic hit nt New Orleans after ho und his team arrival tJioie, con bo seen by tho following IteraHaton froin a- paper of' that city la January, W: :’Thc indefatigable and lr-ieprOi*?!vo Frank C. Tkrocroft has i/uule nr-rnugcnmntw io'pay a secnruJ visit to Now Orleans with a slroci: picked nine, which I will include Browa, catcher; Kncfc, pitcher; I Sullivan, Creamer ami Klchmond, oti the bases; Snrn Wright, shortstop; Sulllxatu { Wood and Knight In the outfield.Funny Thiiujs of Former Tlmoa.JVhile looking over* my svrnp-books. T run re*n n. number «C Horns from funny •n. who JmO broken Into base ballthe1:1;: r1 glViBalldr Ikei Indopcndciiselv.they•The. Graphic man. Iwnrhiff tlmt'the Eos-Imd.'whltewaslied - the Buffalo, re-niarkedt That was true benevolence, and Just like a .Christian* city to do. The Buffalos will fed much eooicr for It during tho warmer wootber.’ •”Someb.»ly told one of tho Chicago ball club'ii directors that the pitcher was am-hlilostroUh, sod Ui- director replied: ‘That’s u d-n lie; Dpi taan 5s In perfect’ hwUth.* Tho Cincinnati- Club last year luvd s flrsL-clnsb ’change' catcher, In (ho M-ay of «\r under thu grands!and.A game of bane boll is like a buckwheat dnal depends on tho batter.Philadelphia dcrgym*n. ,whc l«. n ?rcat lover of lwso boll, forgot hlrnrdf once Mid tiald; ‘flora ends-tho first Inning; let js pmy.’ - . • *“Baso ball-to of much greater auHqutly tbtut Is.floncrolly rupposed. It woe plny«sl In tho ark, wh.on the dovo was 'put out on lira fly.’ Abraham nbm pitched In tho wilderness.deeply . Interested in Uto game nalvuly asked; ’Will tho man who is sot on flro with a baeo ball match be put out nt Anil-base?’ ”'Booth was once playing at Brooklyn In his favorite character of Uamlct. In O10 :t tho following* passage occurs during Hie fencing.scene bctnuca Hamlet and Laertes: Klng—’Cotno, begin, and you, tho judges, bear n v’c.ry «yo.’. Hamtot—'Como laxcrtos^-’Coino, my lord.’. (They swords.) Hnmlotr-'Onc.’ Laertes-llamlot—'Judtaucnt.' ‘.Striker outl* from a volco in the gnllerj-, and tho audience laughed heartily, showing that 11 ipprcclated a Jotoot verminsmile.Frank Bancroft had hardly nrrived hontt from hlfi-Cuba-Notr.Orleans trip before h( announced that hfs Now Bedford-team con-templnted u trip to California during thlt; coming aummer; and tpturn ovoriand, playing at’Salt Lake’ City.* Chey— ~------City and St. Louis, and. notifying all cluba belonging to' the ^Northwestern r.ongne that if they wished to securo dates, thoy should lot him know at once. • .The following •: notice wob .sent out on February J, IS70:‘ *Tne Dubuqua Base Ball Association-’ has. contracted with* tho fed-, lowing, five. players for the. season of. 1870: Thomas. J. Sullivan of the Worcc-stcra of 1S78, catcher; U P. Reis’of. tho .Chicogos of IS7S, pitcher: TV. B. I^vphnm of tha\Vlt;f lS7f.;.T. J.* t/jftus, Chas. Radium. J; and TV; Glcaubn, of iho’ Poor la s’of 1878.* .. ’.**■’ * . .*.• •*LoftU9 has filled, all lwuo ba!l rolco. cs-ccpt, possibly that .ol uihpivc. He has. been, ployor. manager, and dub-owr.cr. .and ro; ceutlV 'declined.to slund.for .todcctlon as twpalilont of Ilml.-I.-1. Teague. . • -“'-.Win. Root, who had-played professionally with, tlio Springfield,. Mnm., team, early In 13,78. and later. AVlth ’tbo JIudson, N *’.ilho, committed. suicide- by. hangings himself •• on . January '„27(« 1S7P, ■ nt’ Springfield, Mass. ’ - • * -;-.W.f.. RANKIN.
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St Louis Sporting News
St Louis, Missouri, US
Thu, Jan 14, 1909
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