Show VI t WORLDS OR L D RECORD C 0 R SUM S U M OF 2100 2 1 00 PA PAID D BY PHILLIES F FOR R H AN S AGN Greatest Player of All Time Thue Goes to Big Show George Smith a Player Is soia to to New York for S CHAPTER CHAPTER 7 THE 7 THE BASEBALL THAT By Hans Wagner MAN MANAGER 1 GElt Barrow Darrow I think took a sort or of fancy to meI me I I must have made him laugh He lIe knew that I could hit lilt that baseball sock baseball sock the old onion as they call it it nowadays nowadays- an and let lct me do o a lot of or things I played in about every overy job except pitch nitch He lIe had heard about my pitch pitching in in Akron Ho ITo did let me me ne pitch lit an exhibition game once I was always willing and eager to do anything I was wasa a big husky bo bOY boy and simply loved to play piny baseball While I was playing with Paterson Paterson Paterson Pater- Pater son they got up UI the UTe first idea of playing night baseball You see that idea is not new at ut all Barrow Darrow and McKee m made de arrangements ar at for our te team m to play the tho first nl night ht game at Wilmington ton Del They had the place aU all illuminated with big electric lights and I It t looked like it might b be a success When darkness came on ott and the crowd got there the pros pros- peeLs didn't look so good The light was too dim to see a line fly and anil it was Imi to tomake tomake make a good catch in irs the outfield To o hit an ordinary baseball would have hae been out of ot the question Th They y had made up a sort of ot baseball base base- tall hall like the Indoor baseballs they use now It was even hard to see that The public was disappointed from the start As tho the game ame went along they got worse and Worse and gave everything the razz The players to take the thing thine as ns a a. Joke Wilmington had a a. pitcher named Amole Amote who was quite a kidder He had been planning to get me all evening The second time I X was up he ho pitched the bl big white looking baseball at me and when I smacked into it the tile whole thing exploded and aid came near blowing Up tIp the place They had got a torpedo and put It inside one of those balls just to I have a a. laugh on me They certainly certainly did get one ru Til rn never I cor-I forget forget forget for for- get that thing flashing and going off f lute like a cannon when I slammed rt It The crowd didn't get any laugh I though Instead they got sore soro and made a rush on the box office of rico to get their money back WHAT T STALLINGS ST. Before that McKee and Barrow and the Wilmington fellows had counted up and divided the money mone Ill I'll never for forget et the way those fellows fellows fel tel lows scooted down th the street strOet to escape the crowd and save what little money was token taken in That was the end of night base base- ball baU I had almost forgotten that torpedo ball until Barrow re reminded reminded re- re minded me of it while I was dIgging dIgging digging dig dIg- ging up old incidents J I JEd Ed Barrow was a 6 smarter bal baseball baseball base base- ball baU man man than I realized then 11 He lie must have seen that I would land tand landin landin in the big league some day dM so ll 11 he set about to get a good price for me There Thre were scouts around there every day toward the end of the season There were five of them on the bench at one time George Stallings s. s who was managIng managing managing man man- aging the Philadelphia club came camp over to take a look at me He and Barrow narrow were close clOS friends R and Kd had tipped d liSa him off oft On that day I wa wag wa playing pl fhe he lie outfield and in trying g to to show hoW off ort made two lon long throws to the thc plate plat I Rot got ot them entirely too long and both throws went to th tha grandStand grand- grand Stand making the spectators scat scat- tar ter must haYe been dis- dis gusted Well what will you give gitro for tor him 11 Barrow asked George e. e Give for him re repeat repeated repeated re- re peat d with a sniff why 1 I wouldn't lve Ive that hum bum his carfare from hero to Philadel phia pilla J That Is ia why I reckon t I t did not Join the Phillies And I l dont don't blame Stalling at that I 1 certainly was heaving l em wild Then there came cam a lot lot more scouts Prominent among th them m was Harry Pulliam then connected with the Pittsburg club of h Barney Barney Barrey Bar Bar- ney rey Dreyfuss was the owner Harry I you know was later presIdent president dent of ot the National league In case you do not remember that far back Barney Dreyfuss first owned the Louisville club and anti When the twelve club league was cut I down to eight he ho took the whole club to Pitts where he is now I Pulliam stayed around there WatchIng Watching watch Watch- ing me for five da days s. s Some days I would play good and at other times I would be bo bad He decided though I had the makings of a 11 ball player in me He lie wanted to put in a a. bid tb A GOOD PRICE THEN Barrow in signing me mo for Patterson Patter ratter son after Pitts Pittsburg burg had haa signed me to bo farmed out oct In I Kansas the ansas the scheme that didn't go through through agreed agreed to give Ive Mr Kerr president of thi PlU club first chancO chanc at my B Harry Pulliam m finally orter offered tt 2000 1000 for tor me which WIle wac a good price in tho those o dys tays Barrow ked asked l him lim to wait walt Ho Ito then telegraphed Mr Kerr who said ald a d that he Ito also would give 2000 That of course made rhade Ite It e for Harrow row to sell soli rno mo to Pittsburg tt U unless n 88 JoUI m. m made e a bigger efter flake t Ill make it 2100 2100 told tolA Barrow This was telegraphed to Kerr andall andas and an as he never answered the message sold mo me to Louisville for 2100 The funny tunny part of it Is ha tIt that I 1 went to later on on after ail ail- There has been a good deal of t talk lk about how I was wag sneaked to Louts Louis Louisville yule ville and andaM aH aM that but the de deal t was made mado just as os I have hax told it Harrow Barr w. w kept his wo wool If It Kerr herr had answered red tho the telegram he might have got me Personally I I didn't care cafe Where there I vent All f I wanted wanted- was to play baseball the bigger biggar r the league the tha better botte In the same Name deal that sent cent mo me to Louisville Lo George Smith wa was sold to New York for for- What do you know about that George was ft n great ball bail player He lie was later man manager ager of the tho Giants Giants- It w was waa s about George I beU believe ve that John McGraw t l had bis lio first r with VI Andrew AnoreW l ed nfl When en enI McGraw I first st became manager of the tho Giants The American Ameri Amen j can league war w was s on and anti McGraw went out to get some lne players lIe He was particularly anxious to get Smith and ana signed him at a. a big salary something liko five or six tx thousand do dollars lar That was a a. lot of o-f money In 1001 FOR MAN P- P Just the sam same Barrow so w. w him him for tor ana anti New York had hail paid a good price For n tt player like that mat nowadays a manager would havo haw to pay at least They tire are t even ever paying big sums like that rOt for minor leaguers who have be tried out in fast company It w was at Louisville o U th that I first met mat Fred d Clarke a and all ll the h famous I players with whom Wilom I later became ac ac- ac- ac Fred you rou know was manager manager manager man man- ager at Joui Louisville ville before he went to What's more ho was one of the greatest m managers baseball haa ever known Fred was first made matle manager while I the tho team was on the road Just to tomake tomake tomake make It bad for tor him ho pulled a a. bone In the very first game jame he played as manager It was some play on toe bases basea I 1 have forgotten exactly how bow howit but that it went Fred carne bathe back to the tho t tenon benen ana refused to sit down ho was at showing chewing himself up before bI his hi play play- ers era He Ho walked up and down in front of rif the bench and never said a word The pla players ers kept looking around and ah also o kept quiet They knew their new manager had pulled a bone but thy they a e know bettor than to roust the tho boss s right off Everything was ft but everybody knew what else was thinking Finally Fred turned to t Ut the bench Go on and say sav it it he heon heon on on- onI I know you vou think Im I'm go oh on on and tell me roe 1 Im I'm m on pulled a bone lie He then sat eat down clown on the the gang started to la laugh ugh him all right t. t By ny that action Clarke ClarkI OJ in self strong with hl his pla CIS four After Aft t that t v fittell th fit tell him If he hc pulled one j you forget that tha t In- In would suld a al althem l them theirs too Turn Then were wac no crets on that bi bnell nth or ai a bench that Fred Cl lark Clarl u K l' l cser- cser r Copyright 1 1223 23 In U. 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