Bingham News | 1926-10-31 | Page 7 | Shoeless Player was Anxious for Balls

n H I M l I I I I 1 I I I I 1 I 1 1 1 I I "M J ; ; Shoeless Player Was : : : : Anxious for Balls j j ; ; Cotton Tierney of the Koblns '. '. 5 ' tells this one: "Several years " ago, when Shoeless Joe Jackson .. first Joined the White Sox, the ;; " Chicago team was engaged In a ; ' series of exhibition games In ', the South. On a certain after- ; noon the team played on a bnsh . league diamond. The infield was ' passable, but the outfield was ! ! ' little better than a dump. ; j X "Along about the fifth, Jackson came galloping In from his po- sltlon In the outfield and de- . . , manded the name of the owner ir '. '. of the pork. On being told, rf, Jackson, who was playing in Ills stocking feet, said: 'Well, he ., had better get the broken bot- !! ties cleared up in that outfield; ; they are cutting the covers of i! ; the bulls."' " I I I t I I I II H M..HH-H I I