Salt Lake Herald | 1909-03-07 | Page 22 | The Life, Battles and Career of a Ball Player

IV I THE LIFE BA BATTLES TILES AND CAREER OF A BALL PLAYER I V RN r X 41 TJ 1 V L J t CI t V a aV V 1 V t i iV 1 V 1 S I V I When I was as 15 I 1 years old I still lad had the championship bug I organized a to tot t m composed of boys bos of my tn own age and und challenged other teams of the same size by bv advertising in the daily sport sporting ing lug page We e called ourselves the Junior Sox and I was as captain We played for money mone too sometimes split splitting ting up purses of 10 or 15 made enough to buy bu ourselves our elYes uni uniforms forms They The were a beautiful wine wilie color with white caps and striped l We e played every diane chance we could get on n a a large vacant nant lot that had a billboard on It which winch we used as asa asa asa a backstop But we cleaned up every tean tea we met and if I do say It myself It was largely largel V duo to my stick work which was rapidly rapid Improving I also was something of or a twirler and held one ont team t lm down to only on i twelve hits lilts which was going some Those were proud days da when the crowds used to watch us tussle on that measly meaE I little lot I was more determined than th n ever eer to be of big league caliber Chicago o Tribune