Deseret Evening News | 1910-08-30 | Page 9 | Catcher Sullivan's Remarkable Feat-Many Others Are to Try It

CATCHER SULLIVANS REMARKABLE FEAT MANY OTHERS ARE TO TRY IT It 6 W t ts h J M lY lYo k o t f 1 I s i it t t tI i I It Ir If ITHE St j l I LJJ 4 t t t 1 t ti r f 5 i THE I i I Nfl cT I 00 51 I Lk A r LAJ i 11 3 Q 1 1 I I i I I IL L 1 I t I if t I I I 1910 till by 29 SInce Hilly mil Bill Sullivan n the Ihl lar tiar C lr catcher of oC tt the tite Chi ChiCURO CURO Americans performed the re rc tat feat of lIr th eighth ninth and 1111 eleventh ball balls thrown front from the Ihl Washington monument recently other backstops havo an all announced d they tile Intend to 10 emulate tilt tho White Sox tox before betor the Iho pea Kea peason ro son linn In ill over ocr Among thorn them IB is Charley Clintic Street the catcher of or the tho local team The Th latter was wn thin the first man to 10 n it ball thrown from the Ih monument lie He performed thin lio font feat nt In III August lOot IOS recent feat feut In Is morn moro able than Ihan Streets Street The Th catcher fter hard work ork finally mAn to ha thirteenth hall ball thrown Sullivan says thul he ho could Jiovo caught tins tho lIt first ball had hl hn ho rho dlo rhoen en Cu II to 10 hut but he ho Just wanted w tn to Judge Judt JudtIh the Ih velocity of Dt the tho sphere He lIe says nay tho Iho I balls halls felt as II If IhrY weighted a ft ton but hUl that the Ih tremendous shock chock tIlt did not 1101 hurt his hi hands hand In tho the past least To catch n a I bull thrown from tho ho famous monument mOil u I hits litta been thin ambition of ot about every evory catcher that has ho visited Ihl city d for tor years ars but bul two only have hate been successful Among tho otherS who tried It II anti and tolled tailed In is Dill of ot tho old Chicago team wh almost accomplished the test teat It a few yeara 01 1110 Tho The ball hit his mitt Itt but butto ho hc to could not hold Itoh It II Buck urk Ewing nI mado math madon n it simIlar attempt 15 IS years ago 1110 but failed Chancy Snyder of this hlo city cit I h for Cor many ears earll the tho th star attic catchier catcher of or the country also made tIle tho attempt nm failed tailed Paul Patti limes l I Is tint tho only outfield outfielder er cr who has ban tried to 10 turn lurn tho thin trick Ills Ubi attempt como came no nearer to 10 success titan than thin tho efforts of ot the tho several atch era er 4