Show Billy Sunday j I IWas Was Pitcher For One Day Nearly e cr every proC professional base baseball hall player aspires to be a pitcher at sometime some time In his career ar cr an and Bill Billy Sunday I tIm the evangelist c who shio formerly played i with the Chicago Philadelphia and Pittsburgh clubs of the National league Is no exception 1 It was just twenty twenty- elg eight t years ago July 16 6 toward the end of his lila ba baseball lI career carter that BIl Billy appeared In Inthe the role of ot slab i artist It was a game between betseen litts burgh and Philadelphia In the latter city that the future futuro evangelist got his lila one lr tryout in iii th hi box Although Altho he lie hud had won his spurs on the lie outfield Bill Billy had hall long cherished the hope o of being IH permitted to lo put pul em Sin across the plate from the pitchers pitcher's mound lie was tas a veteran when then he lie finally got ot the chance Two pitchers hers h had ad been knocked out of the box nn and t the he game was apparently lost when Billy was wa told to go In and how show what h he e could do In Ip smiling conti confidence the tue future e evangelist f faced the first man up who happened to 0 be the lie pitcher of at the opposIng opposing op op- op posing club lub The smile didn't last however howver how how- e ever ver tor or Bill Billy dl co the lie plate was was was-an au an elusive e thing thins and In his efforts t to o find It he sent over O four Cour balls in s succession With a man on Oil first Billy decided It was time to settle down own and do sonje sone pitching pitching- and he faced raced the task with grim determination This time lime ho found round the plate and the lie batter batler found the ball bail for tor a three three-bagger The next man up ui got ot a two bagger and the one after aCter him him not being able to dodge Q J quick I lc hAvas 1 hit lilt In Ibe chest b by Billys Billy's delivery deliver Before Belore the inning was over o er four tour i Uns runs had been scored ana anc Billy was retired He lie was convinced con d that pitching wasn't as easy a as It looked and after that one fatal Catal In Inning In- In fling ning he S R the Idea of ot shining Inthe in inthe inthe the box Th The Tiie Collo following year Sunday Sunda a quit lt the thed d anon and became assistant a t secretary secretary secre secre- tary tan of or a Y YM iM I. I C A A. A in Chicago from which job he lie graduated Into the ho evangelistic evan evan- field In 1896 Sunday Sundar was a am member ember m of ot the Anson winning pennant Chicago C club In 1885 and 1886 an and It w was as with the lie Anson aggregation that li he e gained gainel his greatest f fame me in base base- b ball all |