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Show VETERAN IIUi ISUMKll Few names were better known tohifc ball fans ten. twenty or thirty yejMf than that of George E. Van Htt who has played on both coasts' and 'JjiBF. continent In tho last three decades;f, Van Haltren Is one ,of the mea,.Hf. made' baseball bettor. He lives todwjW a handsome home in Oakland. QHjl wealthy enough to spend the rest JM life in Idleness did not his natuToB!;', demand that he pursue an active ufMt Van Haltren has laid aside bat'.w!,, glove to handle the indicator andmi season Is an umpire as well as BConBt the coast for the Pittsburg club; the seasoujucloses he follows the he learnedas a boy that of lather-J;' because he needs the money, but tlBt busy. 1 The Income from apartment house owns would keep Van Haltren In ence. His 46 years rest lighUy u?on snouiucrs. ris nomu iuuoiww 'm Mrs. Van Haltren and their two "IMty I ters having musical tulent and "wK'J I Van Haltren was bom In, St. HL; I but his pu rents migrated to OOHJiMf p Cal.,' when he was 8 years old, I has over since made his home upotttjFi t, slope of the Sierras. nt.-lHi 7 At 15 Van Haltren .played wIllh Greenwood Morgans, x represenilngK. Oakland business house. His PPor.V?B ; came when the pitcher was un&nKkB pluy. He did so well that the "SW never came back, and players "wB objected because- of Van Haltren s '?JBM, stopped grumbling. . m?m- Tn 1SS7 Van Haltrea's work .haMU traded attention and he was Pittsburg, but after pitching a few SSt ' he was sold to Chicago, remaining FL tho Brotherhood was formed. JJBM' Brooklyn he pitched twenty-threo $??JBJt" then was shifted to the outfield, "ijjf-: lng the season with a. batting a tftl; In YsOl he joined Baltimore, PBLI the outfield and short for two S-583,)! When Pittsburg purchased him. in.,VI. 1 he went to New Tork and remained uHjM . 1904, when he 'went to Seattle ana , much to put that team on its J.jB ! In 1D0G Van Haltren took 2aKJBjfc which had fallen by the ay8,ahf. under his direction the club won ' pennants. . Sk Van Haltren at one time caw-MBM , "Only Nolan," tho first man in tne BB. to throw a curve ball. They were a"BB., vincible batten', striking out so nujp hatters they were viewed with SUBJ. Van Haltren was a victim of 8ef.Br, base nt Exposition park, one or tus ,m being broken on that "hoodoo w'.njBm. For twelve vears. from 1SS9 IP 'fBjt : Van Haltren batted .300 or hotter, 'BB& ns for 1901, ho says, that when Ka;?,.BK blows his trumpet It will bo 'caniertttpR, ho hit .300, and that the men wCOipk, the figuring wore In error. ii.-'iiBMi1 Van Haltren was one of the yiJBBu. men In baseball, having been timea ,BBk yards In 10.3 seconds. ..('flH,' To him Ed Delohanty "'a? the prJfR, of all around flayers, and, Christy I ewson he considers the most wonae-M of pitchers. ( BB |