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Show 3'PEW STARS IN IQIH BASEBALL FIRMAMENT. . I B fe ARQUARD. Alexander , Chalmers, Fletcher," Ping" Bodie. Caldwell, r& x k ""'' I wf 4BF 'rfW ttGregg, Carey, Luderus and Mclnnes Are Among Those Whose Ok ... r'Y PBBJkQ- - - ifl mfi'l 1 (Philadelphia National) , 9 CfSeL -X COT . MMtL il 211 '-'f 7Wil t !?.. ftS Pitcher Vean Gregg iSHal N&r- v' " . A VV ' " I ;L fcl tffiWtiKZT 'W. (CICVC,and) fc H Sse&3Sm. caidwcn Or mm Hi 'CoDTrlcht. 1011 bT the Nerr Tork Drald Co. All rlchts referred 1 l'fijST Lrj tuo year around the baseball manager Isr jjtijj- A fisherman. In the summer time be is busy with 9n5rr llls team, but oven when the care of trying to jj mould twenty mluds of varying degrees of 5 acutenoss into one big, free moving co-opera- 4r(M tive brnln centre would seem enough to shatter bis BjJ own mentality he Is fishing. TOTtf Tho bait is of all kinds, and there are many men to igsf help him bait the hook If lie seeks assistance. The SKf prize for whicb he angles Is ball players. Not all ball WL I players, for there arc players whom If would be as JHf worthless to catch as the gurgling sea robin or the pl-H pl-H ratlcal dogfish, both of which tho Impatient fisherman I"; consigns to Uieir native element. .' "When the baseball manager hooks a youngster of : spirit, great fighting ability, quickness and mcutaJ avidity, he Is as happy as the llslwrinan of fish who" has taken the last turn In his reel as a tugging, twisting, twist-ing, leaping six pounder jumps, above the surface. The prize catches of 1011 were fow, but they, were sensational. The basoball aquarium has been ready for a long time for some new occupants. More than one to whom baseball Is a hobby and a study has felt that the national pastime! in its proieSslon.il 'side, has not for some seasons' boon producing the 'nine and ten pouuders"that it had in some other I '"eare- Iu the season of 1911 one sensation followed upon r, another. Some were less Intensified than others, jet ft. out of the combination of sensations was developed I the most sensational race for a baseball champlon- ship In the history of tho sport i Who is the biggest find of 1011? 5 Is It Marquard, a delayed find something like a 6 delayed steal to second, to lapse 4nto the vernacular 'Jfof the game. or Is It Alexander, of Philadelphia, a youthful Western recruit who only a year ago was i pitching for the Syracuse club of the New York State & There may be some who will take Issue with the statement that Marquard Is a find of the -year. If j Jhey wish to be as dry of sentiment as a charred jM .bone Is dry of marrow perhaps they are right.- But !m ; If Marquard Is not a find of tbe'year, owing to the B I . 'act that he was signed by the New York National B ; League club In 190S, no one can -rob 1011 of the fact B- jjiat It was the year In which Marquard fouud him- B Think of the wonderful transition in his career, and (iMgnll in one season, too! At the end of the month of jH fp September, 1910, occasionally referred to as Mc-v Mc-v Gi-aw's ?n,000 lemon' and at the finish of the sea-11:; sea-11:; sou of 1911 sharing the honors with Mathewsou, pecr-JJ pecr-JJ i le&b "Matty." the man who, single handed, vanquished 11 his opponents In a championship for a world's serlesJ fli W1)y snou,(ln't e uc proclalpied a find of the year? 1 Look through his record He has been opposed to ifrall of the best pitchers Iu his organization One by Blone he has seen them appear before him and vanish beaten. It is true that he, too,.ha3 swallowed the " B-bitter dose of defeat. It Is mecUcfue that nope of MM them escapes, at one tJmc or- anothe"r; but hlfgulps 'Sjo the mixture' which makes athletes bhrug their n5J. shoulders, clasp their hands and pull their heads, ? turtle like, down within their collars have been few. ,tji& He met his greatesYIrah Alexander, of Pbiladel-ff Pbiladel-ff P"l. New Y'ork and vanquished him in a game fci3jof extra Innings. It was a contest staged, as If a ryffiiSardou a baseball Sardou had prepared the ace- 2jnarIo. The time was at hand when both the Philndel- 03 and New York teams mu8t begin to show ttjelr g- -ctttc ior-theTtnlsli. - - " J iJ lfyjjfc Philadelphia challenged, and challenged with uo jjjjjjt; mmlstakable note in its defiance. New York ac-fllt; ac-fllt; jepteci, and so these two, Alexander and Marquard, W. the two pitchers about whom there hud been more 'S&y Jorner grocery argument and more hotel lobby debate $m an about any other two in the National League, HNgJl fought it out before a crowd of frenzied "fans," who Bw S""k b-nCU eihnustcd wltu a wlld note oC triumph when jn New York won its game in the thirteenth Inplug and S5 Marquard assisted In winning it by properly placing rISUJ b. sucrlfice hit which brought home the winning run. tfitfi Sullenly the defeated teum fell back upon Its in-M'j'? in-M'j'? Irenchments and the victory began tbut onwurd 1MB march Uward the top which made their progress tvjm watched of all tho world. Jwgj Marquard's Early Eclipse. fJi ' Marquard never had done anything of this Irlnd SWJ&' before in the major league. In 1910 he pitched so ijgjk little that he failed to get Into the record book. All WKlf that the secretary of the league could say of him was eHjJL' that he took part In thirteen gam.-s He did uot gt- pitch all of those from begiuulug to tlnlrih. Sometimes ym he went into the box to help a pitcher vhp was tired &2J and at other times to relieve a pitcher who had not ?JJe been Strong enough to oppose successfully tho attack i1JW of another teum. Jfe If TJOt ,,lerul,y engaged by the Xcw York team In .l 10U lL nPPenrsJ t'1'11 Marquard mot Hjf.iuredlv did "Mm not bL'comc a "flud"' until 1011, and thus he has tgl earned his right to be brought forth into public gao fj and adorned with a little knot of bluo ribbon for his K fine work the paBt season. (ji At his heels is Alexander. Ho was obiulned by gjKtbc Philadelphia National League club through the BBf nedium of what is known as the draft. The uiod- fayjBI SHiaN. (New York American) yS " "" -. v 'Rubc"Marquard '. ' :I' f ! " " J?$ N. NCW Yrk fltlDnal) " ' ' YS2 lW Iffi V'.3V SkP X '- 'MB I "Stuffy" Mclnnea flS r Xl -- $3fi "" (Philadelphia American) m 1 ww "Max" Carey (PittsDurg) i ern thewy ofybaseball government Is a great deal like, progressive euchre. The younger player are to move on to the head table as often as opportunity gives them a chance. Sometimes they are hooked outright early in their careers by the fancy bait of some well to do manager, and at other tlme.s when the seasou is almost over and the draftiug season Is at lwlid to the clubs of higher grade Is given t he rlht to Impress them into service with a suitable recompense to the club from which they ate taken There were many who looked upon Alexander and coveted his services, but through misunderstandings he finally fell to the draft and the Philadelphia club was the fortunate club to obtain his services. As baseball transfers go, Alexander Joined the Phillies at a meagre return of less than $1,000. Ten thousand dollars would not obtain Ins bcrviees today. to-day. The other afternoon one of the National League owners offered four of his player and a cilbh bouus of $10,000 for Alexander aud Lobert, a thhd baseman, base-man, nud the owner of the Philadelphia club smiled Indulgently and said that sum would not buy his cigars when It came to talking business about Alexander. Alex-ander. "There isn't anything to discuss," said the Philadelphia Phila-delphia man. "Alexander Is here to stay." Next to Marquard his record of the youngsters-Is youngsters-Is the most -ensatIonal of the league. There may be some who bellee It is fully as sensational as that of Marquard, and yet there is not the dramatic Intensity In-tensity to it that there is to the awakening or Marquard Mar-quard Marquard the disappointment, the pitcher who had been Jeered ind derided and scouted and who must have known within himself that the ability abil-ity was there If ouly his physical and mental powers would assert themselves In unison as they should aud. who iuddeuly electrified a nation by making a uinnoHous record in the national game They are not much alike, these two! Marquard Is dilbdent. boyish, good humored, fond ot Jqklng, and. llbe most jokers, able to accept retaliation unless- it grows a little too warm. Alexander Is confident, aggressive, good natured, too. like his left hapd rival, but of that" type" which is more and more assured of his own nblllty the fur ther that success carries him onward. in the Philadelphia team a comrade of Alexander and. strangely enough, a pitcher of the same league with which Alexander played Ju 1910. is another young pitcher whose record, less brilliant than that of either of his rivals, has been such us to classify him among the big catches of the year. t JIls name Is Chulmew. tt(. g .yn, vnr.ryin.L. nor New York State, but New ork city and there are very few New York boys who have made their way Into the major leagues Chalmers lives on the west side. When he wished to play ball he did not have the opportunity which was afforded to Marquard or to Alexander. 'Both of rhe latter could run down the road and ilnd a Hold or a pasture In which to race aiound when' thev were youngsters. Chalmers got his baseball start In the street, because be-cause the street is 'the only playground that Ni-w York buys have. AfU.r ho had become a little older so old that he could play with one of thf nliioh Dial have their habitat In New York ho becume a member mem-ber of a New York team. Chalmers' Best Game. rie pitched well. Old ball players always orr tho lookout for promising material wont upon suggestion to see him .it work. By nd by he crossed the Hudson aud pltchejl for a team on tho other side of the rive) llien one day Hughey Jennings, of the Detroit club, picked him up. He tried Chalmers a while, but decided de-cided that he was not ready for a major league and let . . s?,, L".st vonr llu l),tt'1,,l for the Scranton Pa ) club. Lhat Is In the .Yw York State Leagup, as Is the Syracuse club. He had a better record' than Alexan-der, Alexan-der, and all the time lhat ho was pitching hn know that ho would be subject to recall by Philadelphia, for Philadelphia had placed him with Scrantou; but Alexander Alex-ander did not kuow thnt his rival would be his learn mate in 1911. Chalmers,' most sensational came was pitched Iii New York. His team won, 2 to 0 The game was played on a Snluiilay afternoon. The huge stadium of the National League field, was filled. On the Philadelphia Phila-delphia side of the stand sat the family and friends of Chalmers. Ordinarily for New York, this afternoon they v-ere for Chalmers. Three Innings elapsed and the Olants had not made a hit In the fourlh the. nude one. in the fifth none, in the sixth seventh ami clghtli, one each. 1'or five Innings the Pliiladclphlas batted the ball outside of the diamond but onco. In the sixth they made a base hit. In the seetith they died in one. Iwo. three order. In the eighth the .stanch defence of the Giants broke and, through errors nnd" without a hit. the Philadelphias scored once In tho ninth u long home run gae Philadelphia Its second run. Then the New orks went to bat for their last trial. Where sat the friends of Chalmer-. there leaned forward a woman of atti.iothe face whose gaze was focused on the young pitcher. Half aloud she repeated to herself "I hope they won't. I hope they won't." There were smiles from her neighbors, neigh-bors, who overheard the remark, and who could imagine with little trouble Its significance. Doyle. Snodgrass ;md Becker went to bat amid the din of the spectators and departed in the dieary silence which greets the losers. The players slowly made their way through the tlnonged field to the club house. A. New York "fiii," a friend of Chalmers, ran toward him and congratulated him on his flue work. "As often as you wish, old sport." he said, "so that you don't beat New York." There Is another young pitcher who belongs to the r.iuks of the "finds" His name Is Caldwell In the winter time he amuses himself with the noisy tattoo that Is beaten upon the drum of the telegraph sounder The New York American League team heard of his good woik through a" man who had seen him play in a league in one cornel- of Pennsylvania. Caldwell was fished out of the little league pond befoie the season of 1910 was completed. Ju the spring of 1911, with the other New York players. lie reported at Athens, Ga., and while the North ias struggling to wiest Itself from the clutch of the Ice king Caldwell was throwing the ball over the red fields of the Cracker State. "I think that lie will make a pitcher," said a wiseacre wise-acre to Hnl Chuse. , : "lie will make more jthan that," was the jenjy. 'He-will make a ball pfayenvNoticc how he lilts the ball on the nose aud how he picks out those loug tly hlfs which the batters rup to him when he is practising." prac-tising." Chase was right. So was the other fellow. Caldwell Cald-well has made one of the most promising young pitch-era pitch-era In the American League jtlift season. ' ltds quite true that there are other youugpliche'rs In the Amcr. lean League who have done v61I some of them very well but Caldwell graduated plump into the class of, "finds," for he Jumped right out of the pond Into the ocean. Not only cun.ho Pitch well, but he fields prctty woll andhe. bats veryVeil, and .there Is. that . qu.u.iy iuTiT; makeup which gncs reason to believe that the day may come when Caldwell w',11 be u name lo be conjured with In that baseball blue book che 'Guide " Away out In the Northwestern territory, so far put that it Is Impossible to go any further without a life preserver.and a bathing suit, there lives a friend of rhe owner of the Cleveland club. One day this friend sent a huiry-up message to the Clovel.nid man. "There Is a pitcher out here." said he, "that .on would better place under contract to Cleveland If you wish a great man for the future His mime Is Gregg. Jfe pitches left hand and he can throw a i-urve thnt will make the old globe ron used to study look like a fiat toned pancake." That was a strong and picturesque indorsement as to tho possibility of a ball player. The Clevelaud owner had a great deal of confidence In the baseball knowledge of his roast rang' friend. Hc looked up thf iccord of the player and fouud that he had been going along at a fast pace even for an energetic ener-getic and growing country like the great Northwest. So Cleveland sent for Gregg, and. after the usuai manner of procuring ball players, after a season brought him to Ohio. At first Gngg was a little wild. He missed the scent of the pine In the air, (he back-gronud back-gronud of towering mountains, over green aud capped with snow The tlat lands of ihc lake never stopped the horizon and there was an odor of coal smoke In the air. Gregg's Winning Record. One day Gregg woke up and begun 10 pitch. The next day he pitched and wou again. Day after day hc continued to add Ictorles to his credit uutll the MWWVWWWUWM i WHA. VWVXVWWW VWVVVW VVl 'Alexander H (Philadelphia Nation!)-) JT'A thoroughly aroused "fans" began to wonder when he would lose. There came a day when he did lose. None oor escapes '.hat. but iho le.ord which lie was miikjng in the American League was a gieat deal like that which Muiquard was making In the Natloual League Ho did not have to wait two years to make his fame. That Is wheie ho had the advantage of Mar qua:d. Somewhat queer, too. about Gregg and Mar-quard. Mar-quard. Gregg pitched for Cleveland and Marquard lives in Cleveland. Thus the fame or the season's left banders seems delermlned to attach Itself to Cleveland no matter what may be the affiliation of the ball plujers. "Ping Bodle. fence buster." Think of the advantage which is likely to fall to any young ball plajer who is about to start a major league caieer with a name and a reputation like that I Your Slgnor D!jo1os. of the flying trapeze, and "Terrible Turks" and "Terrible Greek" who cross the ocean with their awe Inspiring titles aboard the same stoanishl,, are mere mountebanks compared with a "Ping Rodle. fence buster." iu baseball. g More than that, think of being able to live up to tho pari and the reputation! And that i what "Ping" did. Now. "Ping Bodle" isn't the name of this huge forsoed, broad shouldered young mnn with the bulging bulg-ing calves. His real name ripples with the harmony' of the Italian towels. But who In the world 1 to be low enough to desecrate a "Ping Bodle" for some Knvagola or Tesinetern or .something of that kind! So "Ping Bodle" he remains until tho crack of doom so far as baseball Is concerned. Chicago found him out in the land of the sun California. He pluyed ball In the raciflc Coast League. Com-iskey Com-iskey sftw ulm and liked him. but did not engage lilm until some fanciful California writer who liked the zest of the "Ping" part and the euphony of the "Budie" gave him his title and by and by when thi' stroifir arms and the swing of the mighty shoulders began to rap the ball to the furthest limit of the grounds there came the "fence buster." Chicago "fans" were like all other hard shelled "fans," who are coldly critical and slow to enthusiasm. Tlie. must see Bodie In action, even though his reputation preceded him volumes at a time. Bodle started poorly They had him In the wrong field, which happened to bo right field There wms a sun storm out there every afternoon, and he began lo Jiave brain storms. The' manager saw that he was trjing to do well. It dawned upon his managerial intellect one dny that a change might be good for the destroyer of fences. So Budie was placed in centre field. Immediately the ball began to tly to the corners of the enclosure. The crowds woke up Bodle won thieo or four games by chasing the panting outfielders back to the furthest limits of the field to stop the ball. "He's there," said a friend of Comlskey "1 don't know about lhat," leplled the "Old Jioinan." "He's got to go through the circuit before be-fore he looks like the leal thing.' Some of these players who do well at home take a 'nimble' when they'et ouj In company." -, w r--v- "Nevv Vo"rk Is u fair test of a ball player not because be-cause New York knows more baseball than any otter city, but for the reason lhat the crowds which grto see games In New ork usually rfill the stands If 'there Is anything worth looking at. ' Bodle was given all kinds rif three sheet notices before hc had played a game in New York. ThejChl-cngos ThejChl-cngos arrived ju the metropolis when the Highlanders were going fairly well, " "Here hc comes!" veiled the crowd the flrs.t time that Bodle tjfyilkecl to, the pltjtc.f . ,,.. .' . There warunner on thetbases,. "Pingtook .i .balL.aiicL-aotlrlk&,aU 'Hium lmjiu"n..A-"----"tit rr. Its the corner of centre field a player was staggering around trying to get a line on the spot where the ball might be expected to fall. "Ping" went to third base on the hit and the runner scored. Thar was enough The -fence buster" bad made good, and he has continued to "make good" siuce he has been with the Chicago team. How Fletcher "Made Good." If a ball player, what would you think If y were throwu squarely Into the biggest championship race In history to supplant a man who had the reputation it being almost the best baseball pla.ver on the field? Might cause a little worry and certaluly not a 'little nervous excitement. That Is what Hotelier, of the Giants, received this season, when McGraw tojd him one afternoon lo ;o to shortstop and take the place of Brldwell. Oh. yes; quite true. Hotelier had been with the Giants-"the year before, and the year befoie that for a time, hut he never had a speaking part In the play. BrldwellV legs went back on him Although one of the ulost popular players on the New York team and one for whom McGraw hold the highest regard, the New York manager t.ald that he couldn't affoid to have a weak pair of legs stand between him and the championship He approached Tenuey. of Boston, Bos-ton, and found that Herzog rould be obtained from Boston, but not unless a shortstop was sent to Boston Bos-ton In return "I'll take Fletcher." said Tenney. "Np. you won't." was the reply. "Fletcher Is the man on whom 1 rely, for I can play him either at third base or at -hortstop. If you will make the deal I'll give you Brldwell." Arthur Fletcher . , . - ' '',, '1H (New York National) -J xf ' H "Done." said Tenney. "He's one of the best frlcnuV N ' 1 have In baseball." M So Fletcher, who had been decorating the bene' ".' and chafing under enforced Idleness, was told to go iu at short and make good. j H "rils-ry." said Fletcher. "I don't want to sit on . IH that bench until I stiffen with nge." jl And he did make good. He revived the waning H speed of the -Giants. The infield was losing Its eteam jH It might not have been noticeable to the rank anc" tile, but to the trained eye It was evident thnt 'slow H ness was hampering the work of other plavers wb - M were fast. H What wriuld the Giants have done without him'. M The trridc of Brldwell for Herzog would have availed ' H them little?, .ilr, was the combination of Fletcher anf lH Horzog w-lnVh fired the .'energy , of i the plavers 1 Fletcher Is a wonder. Some think that. he Is destined l to lie the greatest Itifielder in the historv-'of baseball. 1 Fletcher has that which falls toTew?bifll plavers M whut s known as a perfect pair of hands Not svm- B metrically perfect, but "baseballically" perfect. The 'M palms are non-resIatenL That is a oualltv wliloh M means a great deal. Some men are so bulh that the ' l ball bounces out of their palms when It hits the tlesli..' - H It seems to sink Into Fletcher's hand3 His lingerd- H are long and pliable, and he has a throwrig arra k ,B which bends and returns like a steel n".sung rod. A ' y B Best of all. he is full or life. "There pepper ' B enough Iu tint man." "said Latham, "to snon i i of. jB the turkeys that will be roasted In New York on . H Thanksgh Ing Day." , ' jH In Philadelphia there Is a squaltv little In- JB fielder who goes of the name of '-Slurry" Mclnnis. jB He plays for the Athletics. He doesn't look auv B more like the ideal first baseman than a thorough- B ored looks like a Percheron. and yet he has been play- H lngfc first base so well that the .onger he plays the jB more folks look upon him with astonishment. B Mack got him up in New Knglaud One of :he B smooth moving scouts of the Philadelphia manager JB saw Melnuls play one afternoon. He wasu'taplay- iB lug at first. That was neer his "regular poJitlou" iH when a youughtyi He was an Infielder however, , H and he .seemed to be aeiive enough to make a good H Inlf'l(ler for a dub better and .stronger than that H wi(h which lie was i L i y I i tr. IH "I guess I'M ;ist him if he' would like to join a big ll club." sitld the scoutv It took little pcr.sii.ision to turn him Into the H camp of Mack. He went to Philadelphia 'o act as B utility Infielder .lie sat .wound some auiUpIayed a jjB little One dnj Davis was Ineligible for tiiM base. tB "Suppose j;ou try it Out there." s.ud Mack. "You can " B bat prctt well aud'all you have lo do is to lung on :IB to the ball when they throw It to you. IB Mclnnis went to first aud has been there over since. Not only has he batted well, but he has fielded 'well. H ind he reminds more than one of 'lie type of first J bnsoman like "Sid" Farrar. who did not depend upon his great height lo catch throws, bni upon his tine ll all .'1101111(1 ability. nl They've yot a "find" In Pittsburg. II i name ll is Carey. His paj-cnt sent him to a theological ll seminary to become a minister. C.ih'. fnund that he jf hml a pair of logs whii-h wi-i miihi em nli lo.wlu '1 spriuling events and he took great pride In whining (H them for his college! i" '",. il From Seminary to Diamond. 0Lf il One day he dIsco orod th.ii ho could play ball p ' il well. So ho took to phiylng ball. Then lie Jobii i. il semi-professional loam. 1 "Slop this ball placing and think of tiothlur your studies." the senloi Carey. Il "I can play ball and study, too," was dje ieply. "and - .ll I can make1 enough moiic.v to make in study easier. jH Lot mo stick to the baseball for awhile-" (1 So tho father consented and Caiey eonllnuod to play jH ball. Up did so well that the big leagues began to fH hear of him. Pittsburg "found" him Carey, senior. I stormed at professional baseball, but Carey, junior, fll explained to him that ho could accumulate euuugh to J H help him mightily when his ball playing days were I 1 over, and Carey, senior, was comluced again. Now ll the Carey family roads the baseball columm; of all tl the newspapers, nud as for Carey, of Pittsburg, he " H contents himself by taking away home runs und three- H baggers from opposing players, while managers sit on H the bench and grit their tootb In rage. k There's Luderus. In. Philadelphia. Hc was dls- B covered before this season began, but he. too, is in H the class of the "all found." He batted tho ball so Jl often over the right field fence at Philadelphia that ( H opposing pitchers began to be suspicious of his bat jj JH and examined It to sec where the "mystic power" was nB concealed. Philadelphia would have won ton or fif- i H toon games, less during the season had it not been for ' the good work of Luderus, aud It's his first real year. B In Boston, in the meek and Jowly lafl endura, -ihey hnVc twofulg'nlJd powerful chaps, a little clumsy H in some things, but who have made trouble for many i IH a pitcher this year They are Ingorton nnd Jackson. J jl Th,c latter Is not quite so good as the former, because ' 1 B he began the season later. That's about all between l A jl Brooklyn picked up a "find" when it got Smith from j H down in the Southern League. He had but a fort- f I IH night, so to speak, to show his worth, but be proved v- i H that ho is a "fiud." Brooklyn, will wait foc'thc return I H of spring to shout Itself boarso over SmltlL. . J H There's a Cuban in the big-leagues now.1 HiV-name J 'B is Marsans. Ho plays with Cincinnati 'He isasnim- 0 f I H peach orcbaid with the faithful house dog in hot pur- ' tt ) B B When he become a member of the Cincinnati team B two nowspapers of Havana sent spec'al corrospou- i " B dents from Cuba to write about the games of the flu- ' B cinnati club. Dally they filed hundreds cf words and B telegraphed them to Havana. They were the proud- B est of all of the travelling correspondents. Invariably B they sent word to their editors that Marsans was a 3 B "find" Possibly they were right. There was no one J B who offered serious objection B Away back, years ago why be too particular and ., . I B sa.i how tunny years'? there was a ball player In the JB Chicago club who was one of the most popular and A IB one of tho best of ali of the ball players who travelled JH from one city to another iu the major leagues. j jH There came a time when he decided that he would J H prefer to remain In Chicago and enjoy himself. Ho 0 H had -a little money Some of il hc Invested In a semi- j jH professional club, and now- and then ho gave the big I M league folks as much trouble as hc could in a way. j- H Some of It hc spent In pleasure. no( always to the ad- fM vantage of his physical condition. - j He bocame stout and fitted the part of Alderman ' I H well Ills, friends laughed at the idea that hc ever , j jH had been a ball player "No one would over think, to look at you, that you j H had worn the fiauncls," said an old comrade, of the I H Jl B "I guess you're right," he remariccil as he looked W H down upon his big glrtb. M Iist February Charley Comlskey said that "Jimmy" I JM Callahan was going out with tho "Sox" to train In the ; D H West Callahan went. Tho fat waist Hue disap- it H pea red. Tlie muscles in his legs, which had not been j il used in hard work for seasons, begau to respond to v' 1 training. The "Sox" came home. Callahan was iu H loft field. Ho has played the outfield all of the year. H "Cal" Is the greatest "find" of 19L1. for he Is the U B "original dyed In the wool come back man" of base-J H iiall. There's none other like him. jH |