Show CENT FIFTY CENT PIECE REMUNERATION I GIVEN SPEAKER FOR FIRST GAME Rival of Ty T. T Cobb Handed 50 Cents for Jo Playing Up Bang-Up Gauze Game CalIe Wizen When lie He I-e I Broke Into Professional Ranks First a Pitcher but Was Chased to Outfield A 50 50 cent piece was Ti-is Ti Speakers Speaker's I stipend f for or r the first ball bal game In which he he was paid for his hits services The fa famous famous fa fa- I now at the thievery theer er very pinnacle I of baseball l fame rame makes makes makes- no ito secret of oC i i his humble beginning On the lie contrary 1 he Is la proud that he lie has worked his 3 way up from the cr cry ery bottom boom to the he top lop and anti I I says sas that that thai 60 O-c O nl piece he received for Cor playing tho lie outfield on omi a bO boys boys' club club in Iii Texas really realy marked the lie be beginning of at his lila career carcel on the lie diamond It I was played near r Hubbard Tex ex where he lie Was born bOIn In 1902 Since that memorable occasion Speaker has steadily l ascended the time ladder lad lad- der iler to baseball fame and amid perhaps ps it I was the lie receipt of or that lint half dollar dollar that thai made him hint work the Iho harder for fOI success I If he g got gol t 50 rO O cents tot for playing on Ii a kid team what that could be obtain In IiI tIme Iho big leagues leagues' So he lie set act out seriously to tomake I make b baseball hl his profession Like mn many another nother star stal of the pas lifts ns- ns line lime did start atari out to ci become an outfielder To the thc boys of his day the lie appeared as a sort of fill In It h fl I O H 11 VI of ot the lie boys to 0 either pitch or catch or orpia pia play the lie Infield The outfield A was for COI Iho tho less les skillful chaps In the time Cn first t game ate Tris started to pitch pich was lilt hit 80 so hard he lie changed hi his position t to catcher and amid then lien when the thc foe t to hit lilt the pitcher who tilio succeeded him hll rr went Into th the out out- to lo to stop slop the time Tally rally He lie le was wa b by far the fleetest chap on OIL his feet Ceet In the club Hn and a friend who S saw Sw w him In that first game gamo lc recalls als tint that Tris succeeded In iii hauling hauling- down lown cown man many a lon long bug drive that was labeled extra exira b bases el That Thai That first genie game the details of or which are arc y vague guo In the lie mind of or tIme the famous fatuous outfielder marked the lie beginning of or his hits career as an outfielder Even at that hat eul late date Spoke e showed showell almost early cUly uncanny UI un un- canny ability to Judge a H C fly almost as soon soomi as it had hail b been lilt hit hit lo tu race either to tn his right or left heft leC or om L behind turning his back to the he flying ying ball and ing bi-ing H II I down after a chase an and amid his hil old friends In Iii Texas fexas concede today loday that he lie was one of at the greatest outfIelders ever cr developed devel devel- ope In that section of tH the lie country Even eu as a youth Speaker was famous In iii his hits own state As a semiprofessional pl placer er he lie was In great demand And nd mid h his Is batting also developed eloped during the carl early stages of his lila career In that first nt game ame Speaker recalls that he made or four Cour hits Jilts antI and one of ot anc them a home run Iun helped to lo win the game after Speakers Speaker's club had tr trailed lel the foe from tram the first inning Inning Batting Baiting seemed to lo come naturally declared the famous outfielder recently at the lie Polo grounds roun s Just like recent running or throwing I real really do O not remember at Just wh whal thia age 1 I began to play ball bal It I seems I was born to the diamond Ever I since I can cnn remember er I have e been up In the lie national game and amii andas as ae a n bo boy never ne ne er missed an opportunity to to pia play I J never nc took any particular pains to develop dC clor 1 my Iii batting From the outset I always as al could lilt hi In m my kid da days I found It I difficult to put lint distance Into Inlo 1 my lily drives es but as I r grew ol older er and stroll stronger er I began to get Jn In home runs and three In and amid Ive I've c 1 been hitting hitting hit hit- hl- hl tn ting cia em ever er since I 1 never ne had to be bo coaxed to lo pIa play baseball I loved tho the game oven ell as a kid v There was as nothing Id I'd rather tb do unless s It ll was swimming But Bul In ILL my Jo boyhood hood In Texas baseball wits was the Iho sport for fOl which ne heart nearly rl or c every able able- bodied lad had went vent In iii We e played almost the lie whole round for fOI year ear on Iho tho tic weather was warm In winter and that thai perhaps haps enabled us to develop de quicker Wo We had no off ott seasons Tris' Tris did linger ar long on the Juvenile Juve Juve- nile nie clubs In 1915 he lie played with wih the Fort Worth orth Polytechnic Institute and then themi with wih the lie club at I for or ono ante sc season son In Iii 1907 he lie took another I step in lii advance ad and nd Played with wih Houston Hous Hous- ton lon on In the lie Texas league and amid the lie next lext season went lo to Rook Rock In iii the ilia Southern association was advancing anc ad ing In rapidly IU now how Ills hits fame Came was beginning beginning be be- ginning to thrift drift up Into the lie majors maJOlI nail and scouts took toole It trips down to lo Little Rock flock to look him over O In lit 1905 ho lie Join Joined d the lie Boston club climb dul of the lie league loague and auth aHI ll it I was with wih the Red lied Sox SOK that hat ho he homade made mache lila his great r reputation In one ono of the biggest deals of oC baseball history he lie was traded to the Ito Indians In II InG along with Thomas rhomas and amid Jones Joncs and cash His release was valued nt at |