Show IS ISFALL ISFAll ISFALL FALL GUY GOY FOR BALLPLAYER PLAYER By Special News Service CHICAGO March 10 10 s know better than an any others othen about abut the ex excuses eX cx- cx and eccentricities of ball bal players The They are called cled upon to sweep soften harden haren smooth and roughen the th foren ground for tor certain players plyer every day during th tho season eaon The They are nr asked aked to and dry dr out an an- an pour water on one ono spot an- an other The They are aro asked to put pu new w top dressing dressIng dress dress- Ing on shortstop and sW sweep ep It off ot second base and tho the finding of one piece of gravel as big as aa the end of a a. little tte finger g e means menS a week of ot chiding chiding if It If the I player nr happens to make an error There Thera was one ono Chicago pla player er who used ea eato to carry a pocketful of pebbles that h he would woul caU scatter ecter around him after he ho had Juull fumbled d a a ball bal and another one used to I cut up the ground with hl his spikes pikes so 80 that he could coui show Sound his fellows where whore l to O ban ball struck when ihen It took a bad bounce Another one ono used to tear the leather on the fingers of or hl his glove glo after he fumbled turn fum tumI I bled a ball bali to show how how- hard it was as hit ht They have all nI sorts Bort of ot excuses It J Is la a fact fact that a piece of ot chewing gum um that Dopes Wolverton threw thre away Ray once won a game came for tor Chicago o from Crom roni Cincinnat Cincinnati Cin Cin- and an aU ele Inning eleven game gamo at nt that that It was wat In the ete eleventh nth Inning at Cin Cin- Chicago hall hail scored In the first half hal of ot the lse Inning and with a man Juan man manon on third end and one out Jake Jako rolled a bunt toward third The Tue bunt w was a fair fairby fairby by six nix Inches and Beckley BeckIe ln ha caught Wolverton asleep t tyas sate safe so by yards Wolverton saw that it v. v was useless to try to catch the runner Ht at first and decided to let tet the ball bl roll rol hoping hoping against hope hop that It would roll eli rl foul As 5 he lie ran rn In Wolverton Wet Wol ver verton ou sll spit out a wad d of chewing gum gaisi and andas as h he lie stood over O the ball bail bal watching n nand It roll roU he was sas wn a astonished to see sec It strike against the wad of or gum m. m and with Us it Is last lat gasp roll roB across acrs the line Ino onto foul ground grund On the ne next t effort efort Beckley popped out outa cut a go foul won on the lie next net man went out and Chicago Chicago Chica Chica- I 1 |