Show O O OO X O X O Broke Into o Game as Holdout I a R 1 OR GF W. W the large right-hander right who pitched G GEORGE three tilt coat of ot whitewash for his hla first victory y In the time big started known In history who leagues Is the one ball player That Is something that his career In organized baseball as a holdout never happened d before or since Listen to his story I received recel an When I was In my sophomore year at Swarthmore At the time I 1 was wag more offer to pitch for the time Baltimore Orioles Interested In finishing my college colleg I H work and never thought of playing When I was t ball professionally Say graduated thc they came after me mc again r. r r But nut I fought them off and took tool a n job fob up In Newark I 1 received ref received re re- f salary and good ed cel a u pretty pitched a couple couille of games ames a week weel for semi semi pro pro teams that brought me meIn 3 In JO 0 and nt at a crack Still the time Orioles kept I after me nil all that the fol fol- summer and pestered estered me r lowing g spring that yar Hr Jack Jacl Dunn himself came carne up to toBee see Bee meI meI me I I told him what I l was making f by hy Just pitching on the time side and holding down lawn a re regular Job Jub JI We t talked ed for quite a n while willie and 1 I t. t r thought to myself Ill fix this tills tf fellow He Ile had told me to name nameR J my salary So I figured R out u II sum sutra George Earnshaw that I thought would send nim hack back to Baltimore talking to him self I told him Id I'd Join the thc Orioles for or n a salary of OO a month II In falsetto voice of ot his Holy smokes Cs 1 I he be roared that I 9 more than I pay anybody on nn the team Youre You're asking for n a major g league salary ry and und you ou haven't pitched a game yet et I 1 did have him V u talking to himself Dunnie thought ht It over for a n while and then he gave me a Jolt that kno knocked ked me off ofT m my pins pits lIe He said All right I Ill iII II go broke e paying you ou tint dough but Ive I've been boen tr trying to hook you for two years and now Ive I've got you O l Ill I'll pay piny you ou 1 00 OO a n month and well we'll fill till the contract out right now note Then Ill I'll II go with you ou while you ou tell those people leople you OU are quitting work to play The first sent semi game that George Earnshaw ever everI I pitched was for the Straw Strawbridge bridge it Clothier team of Philadelphia and was against an un star ajl collection of big leaguers manager h hI h. Earl Eurl Mack It was during the days s 's following the time Work or Fight FI hr I I I edict Issued h by hey Washington ton during the time war George Earnshaw was wasI I only seventeen se years eurs old but hut II he easily vanquished the big leaguers 8 j |