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Show EARNED HIS REWARD. WHEN the Connecticut delegation went lo the Baltimore Convention to present the name of Governor Simeon E. Baldwin as a candidate for President it was not believed that the fourteen delegates from that State would bo able to make enough noise o there would be a real demonstration. So after arriving in Baltimore the chairman of tho delegation engaged a professional "cheerer." "I am an old hand at this game, and I can get as much noise for a candidate as any man living," he told the Connecticut Con-necticut men. "What is the name of the man you want the cheers for?" "Governor Simeon Ely Baldwin," waa the reply. ' It can't be done," ho eaid, shaking his head. "What is the trouble?"' "It ain't in the cards to get a cheer for a man by the name of Simeon," replied re-plied tho professional, "Can't you call him something else?" The Connecticut men said the whole thing waa off, for they knew no way to change the name of a candidate on the cVe of a convention. Then a happy thought struck the professional noise maker. "Say," ho oald, "la there any objection to calhus this man Slmoleon? Let me call him that and I'll get you a cheer that will make nil the other candidates sore." The Connecticut men could sec no objection, ob-jection, so the work of the Democratic Rational Convention was stopped for ten minutes by cheers for "Simoleon Ely Baldwin," which, the number of pledged delegates considered, was the high cheering cheer-ing 'average of ,tht convention. ton club, and his fast ball is probably one of the fastest ever discovered. At least, ball players say that it is Johnson hit Martin in the head with a particularly particu-larly fast one. and Martin naturally taw many things (hat astronomer-; talk about and promptly forgot all about the ball game. There was some question for n few minutes as to whether the ambulance doctor or the coroner should be summoned, sum-moned, and the little bushcr was carried off the field very limp and wilted. It was a case for the ambulance, and concussion of the brain developed. Martin Mar-tin bad a serious time of it. and Wolver-ton, Wolver-ton, the New York manager, put in considerable con-siderable time wording whether this ''bcaning" had spoiled a good ball playci "I'm afraid he'll never come back, complained Wolverton. When Martin had recorered ,a youngsle named Dowd was being tried out at shor stop and showing great promise. Wolver tou kept him there for several days with Martin on the bench. At last the young man who bad stopped one of Walter Johnson' fasfc ones with hJB head came to the manager and said : "Don't I get my old Job back? Because a guy hit me In the head, am I thrown out of the line-up?" Wolverton put hi - back, and that day the little shortstop got three hits, although the ball was directed at his head with great frequency and persistency. HI health later caused his release to Rochester, Roches-ter, but ho will be back next season. Many pitchers never throw the ball at i. batter's head, considering the practice unsportsmanlike and also thinking that the injuring of a man docs their owu nerves as much dama&'e as it does those of the man curled up. Mathewson it one who docs not throw tho ball at a batter's head intentionally. "I figure," soy6 the great pitcher, "that there are enough wajs to fool moBt batters bat-ters without trjing to scare them to death, and maybe seeing them sent off to the hospital. I have never used the bean ball,' and have got along fairly well without it. 1 only recall hitting one man in the head with a pitched ball, and that was his own fault. "It occurred many years ago in Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, and 'Eagle Eye Jake' Brckley wis tho victim. 'Joe' Kelley. then the manager of the club, thought that he was gotting our signs on the coaching lines, and tipped oft Beckley at the bat to a curve ball. 'Jake' stood up there wait-ing wait-ing for the bull to break, and it was a high, fast one all the time with not a break in its ftystem. By tho time 'Jake' I tried to dutk it was too late, and he tool it in the ear. He was iu the hospU.i for three daxs,. and told me when hi came out that he would never again take a tip on a sign. That Is the danger of bigual tipping. If the batter is told wrong the malinger is as liable us not to have a dead ball plajer on his bauds, aud dead ones have no value in the open market- "I did not feel sorry about hitting Beckley because he was trjing to get our signs.Vbut I don't as a rule uudertake to scare batters in this way Frequently McGraw has complained that I am so particular oout it that the hitlers get more safeties off .mc than they should because they are uot afraid to stand up to the plate. They feci that 1 am not going to hit them. " "Shoot one at their bean, Matty. s.ys Mac sometimes." A story is told of old "Joe" McGIunity hen most of his speed was gone and us curve had lost the old, fast break and ibout all that he had left was his head. A youngster came to the bat, and Bres-unhan Bres-unhan was catching for the Giants. The veteran battery held a consultation in tho pitcher's bos as to whiit should be served to the recruit, while various and sundry fans suggested, as usual, that the Giants' battery exchange letters. "Beau him, 'Joe,' " said Kogcr. "Bean him!" "Yes, but what with?" imkcd McGin-nitj, McGin-nitj, looking around as if for a brick, and renUring' that he could not bend a pane of glu$s with a baseball then. Many catchers try to rcaro young bnt- Iters coming Into the big leagues by talking jto them of the wildnees of certain pitchers and their habit of throwing the ball at the batter's head. Kling. the old Cub, was a bu"d man at this. "There's a fellow In tho hospital now that stopped one of this guy's with the bean," Kling would say, nud then aign for a high fast one. A battel has to go to many test before he u; finally accepted into the big league. Only one batter comes to mind just now who was really manufactured, and John McGraw put the trademark on him. The player is Fred Snodgniss. He came to New York as a catcher and was mad Into an outfielder by McGraw. He was also turned into a .batter, being very weak with the stick when he first ai rived from college. Besides the natuial requirements for 3 baieball plnyer to bo a good batter he must have great courage. If yon don't believe it drop out to the Polo Ground some morning when the Giants are at Ipractieo and let Marqunrd or Tesrcau or Mathewson shove the "bean" ball your way, and the retreat of the English at Bunker Hill would look like a stroll beside be-side our haste to get away from the plate. JOHN X. WHEELEU. |