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Show J TWENTY YEARS AMONG THE BUSH LEAGUES j CKiJIEElIIBZ ft ft HM .-... . - ? UMHH'lUTtU.Y the most intercut in a cpei icii.v 1 o or lisi.i i n the sluks .lurina tin" Imu'I' pC i io. 1 1 rtui llio Winmpoc. li'um in :ti,. eitherti li:ii;tiii. That was luick m It'C. It w. .-in c, Incut u ui to mi, lei! niece m to tin' initios of that il"-, il"-, ,ue.il interest ina ci t . lieu 1 landed there tin- nutiics siin tittle in' nothing about tho jurat .Vine: i.uitt ipune. Thee knew in" a ;eii-oral ;eii-oral .v that it was .law,! with a hat si'i a hall, hut that was .shout the ev tont of ticir Know o.lo of tho sport, hut. to thoir credit, I may .-.iy that llu-v were Hi ii an.l over casjor to loam, n.i I was there- to help thorn ,v.it iu tins respect. l.a.roM of course, was the Rroat isaa.iian nsmo at that tune, hut soon ,n wo ha.l e.-taMishe j u toain thoro, insek-ill 1'oe.an to loo'., up, ami tho ki.is o! tho toviu boi;at to throw km.Io their 1... rosso sticks an.l tnko to tho baseball base-ball si".! hat for thoir amusement. F.xns learn Quickly. The unipiro was alwavs "tho rot" otoo" in thoir talk, ami o on tup fans , ,ii. '..la 'I sot uso.l to tho now torm for rsn.iio of plav. Hut it ,ii,ln 't tako S??n lone to hooomo o.lu.'ato.l into hat-'"im; hat-'"im; tho unipiro. and before Ion;; tliov f o -US I were .v.. si ss ren h- to mob him as are American crowds. Tiit real insuic ot baseball was hard fo" them to ra.p. Vor instance, thev ie!iht:vi in seeing a nun knock nut -?-ZJz- v w 9 w J " loiii;. toivonuj; '1 , ami ovon if I ho ol. lor Uot (l,o Ma-.i ihov npplau.lo.l 'to halt,., just s ,,' ho ha.l Im out a ti iplo. Ion;; huors Ih, ,t loll safe .lulu 'I count tor so much iiiih thorn. Thev lilio.l tho spectacular pari ,.f tho ..am,'., :n.l it was a ooiisi.loral.l,. timo licf.no thov roalio, that tho main i.loa of tho fcitiiin was to hit Yin w lioro thov am t. ' Woll do I roinoinlior ono .lav that inv team pullo.l ,i 1 1" a fast Iriplo i.la'v around tho bases. Naturally it was ma.lo with croat speo.l a ml ' proci.-ion on a lino ,!nvo ru:ht into tho han.ls of tho fust baseman. Tho opposition had tho bases full at tho time, an.l as the runners wore all in motion, the triple plav was easy, tho first baseman stepping step-ping on his hac and thou 111 owinc to tin- shortstop tor the third out at sec on.l huso. Von would hardly believe it. but it was a wook before wo could hammer it into tho fans just what happened in that plav. It was explained over and over ncain before lio'y finally j;ot il. Flavins Game in Orient. I luit thev know baseball iu tiial lOun-liv lOun-liv now, and 1 believe that in certain I parts of t ana.la tho ;:tino is more thoroughly understood and appreciated than iiiiv other lino of spoil. The same may bo true iu a milder sense about other portions of tho -iobo. ! 1 took a trip around the world durinc one of mv winter vacations, and often ran into hot hods of baseball fans. The caino was just beini; introduced into tho orient at tho time, and one day. iu walkinjj alone n 5.1,1,, street in the outskirts of honkonr:, I saw a most wonderful kid inline. They had an oU bat and a musliv ball and were phnine in regulation style. 1-ut t ho pitcher was the chap who interested me most of all. His mother evidently had told him to mind t'n" babv for the afternoon, for he had the tiny one strapped on his back while he was firiiu: the ball over the plate. And 1 watched Ion,' enouu'h to discover dis-cover that he was winning his o;n:i" too. Purintr a visit to a curio shop T met an intelligent Chinese who spoko Kn-clish Kn-clish verv well. 11c asked ,,. if J , ,,! just come over from America, and I when I replied iu llio a I' I'i r ilia I i vo, he said : 'I'lease tell me how the New 01 k l i ia 11 1 s came out this y eat ' ' A Lone; WalU. Two lilnrhs is not lonj dtniu'p to wnlli, hut a certain two Idtud timt I walked mic day with Hill I nui nn n , I In' old -t i mo inn pi re, seemed like two t h on sand miles Id me. Il ha ppeiicd hack j in r.'d-J or t hei vn hou I s. It's worth u story. . L. , r J V GLAO fO Hill thou was utnpiiinu' in the Northern North-ern league, in which 1 was iiiana(jinj; the Winnipeg team. 1'ascball was just coining into its ou n in that section ol tho cont incut and there was a lot of interest in tiio eauie. Wo were due to plav in a litllo place called Cavalier, which had about !!'" inhabitants. Trains ran (here only about twice a week and we wore compelled com-pelled to drive there thi time from Hamilton. Cavalier Mils in laM place at the time in the le.-eue race, but the fact that Winnipeg was cordially disliked dis-liked Li th.e whole countryside made our eoaiine p.' some importance. Out lo Heat Winnipeg. In fad. the people from all oer the district told tho Cavalier player-'.hat player-'.hat if they only would beat Winnipeg all would be for;;iveu. Wo were to play two eamos theie. Well, we started start-ed in on that first amr and at the end of the fifth inning we had them "J to 0. Then it bean 10 rain hard and of course ivo all hu-ilcil under cover. Then- ;m a good crow.l tln-re, as a holiday Iiatl been declared for our com-iii. com-iii. Alon;; about. ,"i u 'chick it cb-ai ed up innl though the jnme had leen callcil ot'l' lutifj itice( the homo team nttnle us a piiipositioti lo plav the -aine out, tho sei ire In staml wliere it wa-i when the rain cana'. We felt that we could I tea t t hem eas 1 1 v, and rat her than d is a poi n t the hi j.; c rmvd , we decided" it would be best to do m they re-juc-d ed. So we uent back at it again, wth i'oiir j and a half innings to play--if we lu'jd mir lead. Drive Is a Corker. K very thintf went alon till right until un-til right at the nui of the game. They were having" their In.-t time at lat ami they g'ot a man on sc'tuui lae, witli two gone. I rememher well it was (Tu"f Hrnder's brother. At that very interesting stage id' the proree.lj nj;?, two runs needed to t ie and three to win from ns, Newt iJandall, of whom alnioM ccryboily lias iicard, hit one that looked as if it would go a mile. It did, and, for that mat tor, , it may be going yet. It iv;n t hat kind of a ball a sure home run, without a chot of n chance of even a Ty ( Hbh etttn,; under it. Wight here T'mpire Hill Breniian brea! s into the picture. Cuts Ihsc; Called QwL While that home eiowd v,a goin frantic with j(,v uwv this tremendous wallop, thritwing Irim am) coats and cver thing ele into the air, for the score was lied ami Wiunipc;: uas on the inn, I'.teiiiiau Luv.li: ' ' ) 1111 're out ! ' ' If liphl nint; liad struck the piatnl si and il co 11 1. !u 'I haic created more con sternal ion. I'or a moment tlu te v.a -. a brief silence, while I'.reiinun indicated that h'andall was deflated out for cut tiui.' second base. "'lint the other run counts,'' lull announced, as if tu snti-d'v the mob. .lust then Hint ,-ri.wd beaa netting over 1 lie low fences al l. r hill. Tli" sheriff, n Ik, u as one of the principal stockholders ol' the local club, mil lip ami balled Hie lliron;;. ''Tile laiv is Mispeniicd, ' ' 111 diouteil, and joined iu tin- pursuit of I'lrenm-in. I5renn.tn Is lUoIibcd. In tin' meantime llieiinan made for our bench ati.l we prot.'i-tc 1 him as best ie could. The hole! u a s onlv two blocks awav ami we walked the distance dis-tance in tiie form ot' a hollow s.piate amid tin1 wildcat shower ot' slicks and stones and almost evrrythinp; on the '- Ivt LAW tSff street that was movable, lin-nnnn va" I vo(tii:iii with rno at the time, but, .c-' .c-' lieve mo, 1 never had h more undesirable undesir-able companion. They -toi mod our hotel and it wan hours before the e vi t emoat died down. I don't know how Urcnnan eser ot av. a v, but t lie next day he wa sri 't in fijjht. Ami I'-ill was a perfectly t:ooI ninpF, too. liut you'll never make them think ho up nrouml ''aaier! A!es Narrow Escape. Storien nf t!u- miclitv AU-ya ndcr are ' , v.-rv much in line just now, and I know I ... ?. 9 9 m M l ; re In II oi !.. r : t l-u t- ' I, -in' ry 1 v. n I'I '.' it I d irt i i,.- '.r.'- j oal ot mii-)!ii-.k;t y ait in:, j J j 1 1 oti I ie: 9 ' J '' '' r ..' '.- '.:t,:,: ! tiede m- I'-'.' I .; r r . . r ., ):.,, CKl- .-j i.i.y v. i , I i!.v.i : ... f'.r n.-. bi-A o. i .: I ;'j e,i t . M ,- i,l I:; ;oi r ti.i i :on -i i jit h 5',J -J j: -s.; '--. ' -:c - ' field, anl but Uv h!--' wonderful -1 a rn j n a arei ;-a nj.-i m---s vryii in-', i-r hi.e o,r- ono! li.; elfe' ! h of thai di;;:re . Wig a ; r.;r- IK-Ofl. Alexander all but hat) an p't out, and It I'efiairdv Ino!;.-d an U.ou.h hi- d-'y rl athletic liMd'i'V..-.- v.t.-H: at an epl. It wan back in I and 'be nd-,htv one was pi;iV!ii' v;i'; ( I ia cibi a g, Jll., IU an ;iv:!iil oj a u ;za I :on calb-.J ttje Ihino:.--Ml-tjurl Jeat-i'.-. The circuit -,,n-1 An i ol G.ile.-:ci r-, Mi,'i uiou t j, I .ea rd.- t"V. n. ("anion ("an-ion and Macomb, in Illinois, nnd HmM-bal HmM-bal in Mish'juri. Soon Attracts Attention. Of couine It didn't tali Ion--' for A'e-aniler'H A'e-aniler'H I'licliing to attract attention, and W. I. Waikina. tra-n owner of the In-diatiapoh- clulj nf th' Atrarricati aso-aa-ta:i, was about lh'- first to sr ot ti.e coaling coal-ing f-tar. He started ne'ot ia i ions and in a short time a nerd had been closed v, ii.-r.u.y "v'.'att y" ijeami; ovner of t nc youn;,' man's hur vices fur t:ie prin --:! y Mint of -VI'"'. The deal had just about ber-n closed when Alexander nvt with his ;ic i'i'-nt. 1 was on hrst base one day ami t he batter hit a L'rounder down t'i the safo:id i'a.s-i'nan. The latter tohf-d it -over to the sia.its'op, vsdio ran to cover tiie base for a do'd'''- phi;.'. The shortstop then made a (j.iiok throw to lirsl to eomj ietu the play. .-r. was tea'-f ng down the ( u - e Y.rJt and the throw stru-k him f'dl iu the eye, knocking him completely out. Looks Bad for Player. Tiie i z 1 1 of the eye was lost f o r a rotir-idetahle time, and it was thought ertain that A !'-:.ar:-ier wo'.:id never be abb to play ball a.i;a:i. Nh. t orally, V.'a'kin, heard of this and beam alarmed. He, wirid me a few as t-ood V."a; in'', Jr d I wired ba'lc That ti'f tfaue ! hfl't lool-r V-O' rT:C-.'I rT:C-.'I y i 'u rid 'gt on 1 ' ; , VmIv t'Oing f.r.ft pi-.t t'C'H and I e,t'.;' (-,( lf y, t'Ood p' I'-C for ;r.-. mii " J knev I r.-vcr would be abb lo k hiia a 'a ay from the major league dran. .S'ire f-r.r:-j-, trat fall T fold Berg to th t diic;- go 'hi 1 1.- Sox and trot a ni'r a,'i.our:t. o: n.o:i.-;.- ff.r him. Tiierefore I was not ii. jo.-r in M e of-;-!. I failed to get one of t:a- j.-re,1t..-t pitcher- V at -rrVi.T".Wr.- ti"r.,-aw liiii mm e-:e-r liv-d. b:;t I kept Byrsr. who was a mu-.-h belter prospect at the time th':n A ' e a n ' I -r and h i i one e ye. I" is possible lhat had I secured A'ex-anoer A'ex-anoer I rtuht ltve ro'.d his contract for cor.'-hilerably more than I got for Bers s. but it was a gamble, am-, ha vine bome-t bome-t h i : : g sure in . i g I : t . I played safe. .A lev tur;i?i out io Ke all ricrht in time a r d it v.- a n ' t lone before re shot u : where ;ie r:-rh.tlv beoneed. There seeui to be noThirur vron? with either of hic eye-; at the present time. Certainly thre is i-.oti-.ine th. matter with tiiat wonderful wonder-ful arm of hi1?. |