| Show CHARLEY HORSE Popular Term Was Coined Twenty The Years Ago Hush Hugh NIcol the ol ball player now no baseball coach at Purdue uni university e while discussing odd sporting phrases with i oma ome of at hi hid charges re reo remarked Did you ou over eer hear how Uie Ule term Charley Horse originated It was fat reined coined by Joe Quest back In the sum summer mer of ot ISS when I was playing with the Chicago team Its a rice race horse tory story it happened this way Chi Chicago cago was s hewIng having an ort off day There was toeing down don on the Smith lIdo sWo and ond some of ot the boys bo took great interest In it II Tom th n playing short for tor Anson AMon Corcoran and Goldsmith the tho Pitchers and Williamson followed the ponies to nome extent Tho tip halt had gone out the night be before tore fore that a horse named Charles wan wana a 1 sura ure winner for tor that afternoon Hernoon If that hall had any an other name Ive 1 forgotten It II Those of ot us who euro BO much for tor the Jumpers were P l to tl lay down a f w dimes by b those who did dl J and we fe were till nil In with the exception of ot Jot JOl Quo t No amount of ot argument could Induce him to td bet et n copier ropper on that horse Wo We all allgot allgot got permission to go to the track and no nil lined up In the betting ring when our horse Charles was due to start Quest In tho meantime had been Ret Retting rt Unit ting some pornO lively for his hll un unwillingness willingness to bat bol on was a dead pure lIure thing Tho got lIot away to a n good start and Charley d to the lead Every he Increased It Il and through the back hll k stretch he was a dozen lengths length to 10 the good Joe Joo the thil renter of ot a ring of ot Mike Ilke Kelly the beauty beaul whacked Jo Joe the head with his bill cans cane and ami every man of ot that dozen doz n or more clapped e hI on the tIck and fin merrily jostled him around In th their ir doing joy 10 over oer a Q sure Bure killing Joe was th thrace the what he could toward watching race In tha tho lut I t turn lurn Charley lam in hi hll right hind leI leg and the Held closed up Quest Quett threw n a fit 11 Look L ok look he as s almost the Look at atOur first hotte Chari your Our old Chart horw 1 JrR now no And 1111 he kept klIt It up Tl hor e finished outside of ot th the money r and nd we e hear henr tho hut of ot our Charley Charle horn hon tile the rest of ot that day da It 11 was 18 during the program of ot the Kama IAme the next tny daty that the term came cameto C me meto to be d to 10 11 players We lero hooked book up with Sew Now York on the th old lake lale front grounds Cort ran and Kel Kelly el elI ly I Capt Anton Amon was on first Williamson William Ion were en th the lont d and Flint lIot Gore and We had myself wore In th the outfield thu three to tour four and were at nt bat Jat U down the left coach coch line find and vai doing a f famous job Joe always was a |
