Show I STORIES OF BALL PLAYERS PLAYERS I Captain Chances Coolness It 1 t 5 a fact that Husk Chance Chanc of oC the Chicago National league lea ue team is one of the coolest cool cst ball bali players that ever lived Nothing can excite Chanco Chance and a great many sharp baseball critics are declaring that it was the im imperturbable Imperturbable coolness of Captain Chance that caused hl hi team to remain so steady when It was Wag batting bat tin with the Tigers for championship honors A sample of the calmness of Mr Chance under conditions which would excite the ordinary m mn n was shown at a banquet banqueL or at least at a little supper that was given Riven iven to the he Chicago players by bv some of heir friends and admirers admirer the Uie other night in the thie Windy Imly City In the middle of the repast repaRt and when the wino wine was going goin fast and speechmaking ing was being overdone Chance who Is generally to be found listening and not talking noticed that his over overcoat over overcoat overcoat coat was being taken from the room by bya b ba a sneak thief who had managed to get into the room unnoticed by the corps of waiters walters Just as the fellow thought he was making a good getaway Captain Chance Ch nce reached over and catching the fellow by bythe b bythe the arm with a grip he coolly remarked I beg be your our pardon my mv friend but would you mind allowing me me to get an another another other cigar out ut of oC my m overcoat before you ou cart it away awa The thief who was a well weir dressed fel tel tellow fellow fellow low tried to make out that he had made madea a 3 mistake and antI so bo forth claiming that he thought it was his own coat He was turned over by Chance to the care of the waiters who hustled h him to the outside But Rut Cnance Chance had acted with so little noise that the people In the Immediate vicinity vl of the table never knew what had happened until the next day da when they read it in the papers Cantillon Know Joe Cantillon the manager of the Wash Washington ash ington baseball club is a fellow tellow and during the season has tas plenty of ot time to exercise this wit particularly as rs s he Is engaged In a lucra lucrative lucrative tive retail business in Chicago Some who went up to the tho city of ot winds In n order to see the two champion ball bali teams combat for first honors happened to drop In to see Joe at his place of business and while ac accepting accepting the tile chubby managers hospital hospitality ity It they the were amused listeners to a col colloquy collOQuy loony between Cantillon and one of ot his clerks It appeared that Joe had allowed this particular the tue privilege of taking car fare from the cash register so 50 that he could ride to his home for dinner and that he must have taken advantage of kindness judging from the following goes goC without saying The Washington delegation were Just WIt lighting their cigars when whenn In came the erring clerk and when Joe Toe caught sight of ot him he ha said sald See here you take some money out of ot the cash register today Yes shot back the fellow real saucy but you tell me ma that I could take car tare fare home Sure I told you that came caine back the manager but I never knew that you lived In New ew Orleans Finally at the last stop the cars made the conductor happened to come into the th where the ball players were seat PU u and Jennings said to the man in the brass buttons Say m my friend this is really the slow slowest slowest est eat train tram of cars I ever eer traveled on there some way of ot waking up the engi engineer engineer neer fleer so that he can get on a little more speed saad The conductor was an old fellow with witha witha a record of oC many years ears service on that particular road and It hurt him to hear the line hine criticised So turning to Jen Jennings Jennings with a sour expression on his griz grizzled aled countenance he lie said in an ugly though impressive manner My friend If you and your friends friend do donot donot not like the way this train Is s run you youcan youcan youcan can get off ff and walk We Ve would woul quick as a flash shot back Jennings only our people do not expect us until this string of coffins gets In |