Show Fullerton Tells Famous Feats of Ryan Worlds World's Best Fielder By HUGH S. S FULLERTON jimmy Timmy Ryan Bran is to coach tho the University Uni University of Indiana baseball team and if there i is any material down there the V Western cst ern conference colleges would better watch the Hoosiers in the tho spring Ryan Kyan was as trained in tho the smartest baseball school ever known and with few exceptions ho he knew more baseball and nud played i it better than an any an man that over ever has played the tha game ame Lyon Eren among f such uch men as Mike jk Kelley Tommy Burns Kd II Williamson Fred and Walter Wilmot Ryan was recognized as asono asono ono one of th their ir peers and in many ways be he was as smarter than any of them Ryan has one r remarkable record He lie played on the tho Chicago o club for ten years without a l contract of any sort and fulfilled every verbal a agreement One season caon w we came caine home from a trip an and Jim drew his check Ho looked looked at it curiously tossed it over oer to Jim Jiin Hart tho the president and remarked It Hows How's that Jim isn't it too much C No C IJ remarked Hart II I I raised raise you 50 this year Tear It Tt was May ray dav at that flint timo time and Ryan Kyan hadn't even inquired There Ther never has hag been een in in baseball not even en excepting Tommy McCarthy any outfielder er who vho could throw as quickly and antI as accurately as could Ryan R Ho used to throw out from fronI ci eight ht to twelve runners a year ear at nt first baso base on clean cloan sharp harp hits to right field No slow runner could b beat at his throws and noone noone no noone one dared ared loaf going to lo first In thelast thelast the thelast last eight years I havo o seen the pIa play marie only mire S throw threw out Bill Bil Donovan Dono at nt first during tho the worlds world's series se see series se- se ries with Detroit and tho the Cubs Ryan used to do it from center field One Ono of tho the funniest things I ever saw on a ball baU field resulted from Rvan's Rvan habit 01 of 01 shooting to first C Black C Dill Bill J Clark hit a sharp harp line lino drive to tori ri right ht lIe He was wad very ery slow sTow and Ryan leaped forward grabbed the ball ball ballon on tho the first bounce and Hashed it like o a rifle shot to first b base c. c It arrived there twelve o feet ahead of tho the runner But Anson was Avas standing on tho the bag his back to right field a the ball all struck strack him squarely in tho the back am and dropped dead Anson threatened to fine Ryan ran and accused him of trying to show him up up- One day crossin crossing the west side grounds in in Chica Chicago o I found Ryan and Charlie Kuhn tho the working working work work- ing on a piece picco of 01 turf inside the in In- In field Thc They rolled and po pounded ndel poured on water and rolled and pounded some more until a patch of the turf two feet wide and perhaps sis six ion long lone was a us as smooth and springy as rubber I inquired inquired in in- what was up and R Ryan an ex cx That was waR his spot to to hit with tho the ball to make it bound boun perfectly to tho the catcher Two days das later Inter he ho made madea a shot to tho the plate tho the ball went off that spot as if from irom a billiard hilliard cushion squarely in into to th the catchers catcher's hands and low and gave o Chicago a n. hairline decision deci sion Sian and the game You may think Jim is old but three y years ars a ago o in Chica Chicago o he mado made a throw from left field to the plate and nailed a I runner by c several feet Ho ire ought tobe to tobe be able ablo fo teach those Indiana bo boys s 's a lot lof- if th v will listen i |