| Show f MIKE KELLY WAS WASA AS C A BRAINY Some Original Stunts Pulled Off by Him On the Diamond HE WAS A FAST THINKER THIN ER Icu Few Tales Hc cd by J p F an Old Time lIme Ii nl ball IJa Star Thomas s F McCarthy the old St StLouis StLouIs StLouis Louis and Boston National baseball ln commenting on King KillS Kelly Kell said without a question Mike Kelly Kell was the tho greatest baseball base bull player who over got into u ui professional game There were lots of f crack players like Buck Living Ewing and Bennett mett anti and Ganzel but they timey all had to bow their heads before Kelly Kell when It Il came to brains baseball brains Kelly Kell was wait wn fur and amit away the brainiest player I ever saw Of course there thel urn 1111 of or folks foUts who remember him find and I suppose there them ale 1 hundreds fI of anecdotes about m m him He lie was waH n a man about whom anecdotes could easily bo be written for fo he lie was doing something all time the timmie on and amid off tho field n I It Tt vt take a R book junt ju t t to tell of ot the time do doings rigs ings of oi o Kelly on tho field in tIme the heat of ames J They dont play the kind of oC ball ballnow now that Kelly shove l when whon at his hll best Tile The rules are against much of oC It if not that his lihs playing was wils dirty It was wa nothing like that Ho simply did lots of timIngs things fOl for tho the first time all hll and rules rul were hastily to provide against them the n in 11 the future For Jor Fo Instance on all hits hit to o right field Held when whelm Kelly K was sm on OU first or 01 second s cond he seldom touched thud third 1 base It used tj tl t make the th howl In gleo gico when they saw him cut emit the tho basi base ten or om 15 rot leet and Ind mako malo home by br a n fancy fane slide JL x remember when Boston BOl ton got him for fol from front Chicago He was Ii a wonder iii the time first ho made more moro hits Hilts stole tole inore mori bases baR and amid scored li ored Imore mord runs roam rl nH ilian ill all the time rest Rt team t dmm lii Ills lIl work ork hvos Wl truly trimly ii aJ 0 old records record tell of his hlf hi r J il iU than T r 1 can cl n in figures and ammO nil all such Huch like II but hut the books bools do not tell how he did It t Kelly was waR a it great gre t base stealer st aler for fors several s reasons In tn the first place ho always III took plenty nt of room room inure inora moro roon than tho th of his hlf time lime did This counts a great deal dealIn dealIn dealin In successful fill base He particularly particular fa t nom nol l near as us fast lt as Wagner Vagner or Ty Cobb but he hi h i got thieve there th rc and ammO 11 that what counts Xo No o maui man guarding a i ba hag Over had lIld morp of Kelly t tou h than thun his liis feet He lie lver leyer came into a twice Ico in lit inthe the same sarno way ivay wa Ho Ie ed d J aK I a i he im mantle made Ills fIls imi famous Kelly lIde mId and I eld was w s he caught He lie n was a boxer b xer his lila feet when h I ii slidIng bases bas ba s mm DURING DURI SERIES Ju u ti 0 fl t m an rbY by Kelly K II s I brains 11 t flO a play In the tle series between and Cleveland Jesse J s in r ft was on third t The latter batter bl hit to Her HerA Herman A man lIl ir I tI Dutchman Du got gol the ball over to T Tucker Tuck Ol Just a ri shade shi le too tod t late lat Time The Tile Crab started for r l h mii at lit crack cl ek of f the tl o bat brito i rd the umpires i f dr p ll hlf s If pian Il ii l d been b n called alt d t This rh sIO od tip lip Burkett Burket Then Tl en Kelly a us flash h for the thu ball and aUd catch t r I Je with I his hl legs leg anil just juat as lu luls easy as ls t l ng Never p i there th the adyth a 01 ef 0 player pla et In Ia I the thic gains I ml lad had C i v 2 i I t s i i lv l J tr k t t 1 j 11 i 1 f A i brains to think this play lila out in tile the heat of the thu game It was a h common thing thin lot for him to come comno in from fromn right mIght fold field whore ho let sometimes played 1 take Ills his backstop out met and jolly joll tho tIme batter balter Into fanning p As s a con comm on game artist he has them all nil k Laten itlen aten to a L frazzle He Ho never did d 1 this except when ichien hen the tho batter balter was fas a nervous man mud and subject su to II a mi game gume of talk At that game of f talk Kelly had no mw 1 He lie kept k pt up un a continuous uH ue chit chitchat chitchat chitchat chat to the batter hatter taking his attention att from Iol i the thc pitcher and weakening him himas as am a hitter Kel won ninny many a iL game just jUHt by ly JY this talking to tho batsman Kelly stood about six feet and amud when In Iu strict in his prime tipped tho limo scales at about abot t pounds Kolly was wall a wonderful leador for lot a n team He Hc could c uld fill Jill a L mediocre bunch with a n L great confidence In their thell abili abilities ties lies a n confidence that wont far fal enough i to shake the faith of o a L far tar better team t It was w a this Kelly that won games 1 as 01 often as Il heavy hitting and amid good pitching He Ho II had hall no muo equal In any fea fcc feature ture turo of of the time game Injuries never interfered Avith Kelly He lIe was In the tho game all aU tho the time Dunged Bungeel fingers strained muscles and andall nil all those injuries that como to ball bail ballplayers l players pla camo caine me to him too but ho lie sel seldom seldom sd dom damn was out of tho th game Many Mahy an aim another 31 other man stayed st y d out when not half halt as ns much iu h l urt as Kelly i Off the field ho was time the Prince of oC Good Fellows Indeed he hue was w l too much of a n good fellow follow for his Imis own welfare I dont believe he ho had an nn enemy In tho time world for fOl he hi never lIe r did mild an nn unkind tIming thing thin to anybody Ho JHo was WIL always alV 1 S n 11 the time best of spirits and amud ready for tor and a laugh at anytime I any nY time Toward Towar the he end e of his career caleel he used to l at his life When he let thought of 01 all aU the tho money mommy he lie hind had made millo and tho tIme little he ho had saved sao ho hc often oCten had laid fits of This state of mind pursued him him to the this last However i was time the great greatest est ep c t athlete I over oyer know |
