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Show DADDY OF OLD NATIONAL LEAGUE IS HELPLESS NOW BY PAUL N. WILSON. SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 4. The originator origi-nator of the .National league, Qai Mcvsy, Is an inmate of a hospital here, a victim of rheumatism, unable to move from the ' obair in yrhich he sits. The trademark of the game he Played i In '69 lb stamped all fiver his heart and hands. Today the famous old player's hand? j are so knotted and twi ted fv-iii the man j ' racks they receUcd from foul tips thai he cannot close them. CRIPPLED HANOS. "Don't squeeze, they hurt." he sdmon-ishi-l when I shook hands with him. i "They nln't what llu- used to be and . thes... ,jld legs but I II be nil rlpht If 1 , k ' 'I " rln uinatiMii out of them." KfeVey, uiio ii To now. Is one of the two urvlvora of lie famous Cincinnati ' Eted stockings ar.d waa a member of the ' "JilU Four' m the days when ha.seball waM played without glove, or protection. Thougn his body Is now l a ndl apped i he old war horse who captained anil managed ,,ne of the greaii-m ball teams of all timet la full of fire. SCORES CROOKS. "I'd give em life on the rock pile." i he snapped speaking r tin indicted ChL ) cafcu Whire Sox players. I Incidentally it was due to crooked ball' that Cal left the :nn.- "1'had two crooks on my team In '71 und I tfBllIdn't find om " he . vplalm-d "So 1 oult before I'd play on tho bame I learn Ith them." ed the National league orsanizatlon tn ; I which the famous "Big Pour" Barnes. ! White. Span Mine and McVej play 1 Ii During his fight against crooked play-1 ers Mcvev went to Chicago and promOt-i promOt-i a prominent part. -HIS WONDER TEAM j Cal wan the highest .salaried player pi his time. He got 54000 a year as rap- j 1 tain and manager of the Cincinnati Red i Stockings: The net highest salary Paid on thi- temn was $2500. The teams only carried eleven men then. A player had ! to be a star to hang on. BloVey'S Cincinnati team In 1X69 went' ! through tho entire season without a de- . I feat, -.. Inning fis games straight. This is I -a record that has never been equalled , During his years In professional base- 1 1 hall cal never baited below .349, another i unbeaten record over as long a period of yearn Hie hands were often so sore from I ca telling the curves or A Spauldingj without a glove that he couldn't grip a bat. Tho veteran player Is a great admirer! I of Ty Cobb, but he doesn t enthuse sol much over Babe Ruth. "I was surprised at Ty." ho said. "I had always thought him to be quite a rowdy from what I'd read In the papers But Ty s a regular fellow. "Mi. i I :ai.e Kuth' Lordy if we'd had a bull In my (jays like tho one they have now we'd have lost it every time wo carne to bat. The ball then was soft and wouldn't go far You had to hit It like a ion f brick to get any place with It." "Tin y all plai for the money now. A in n yould just as soon play on the bench as the field as long as he gets his money. In iny time a man played because ho liked the game and you couldn't gel him to lay off unless he was half dead The game of today Is too mechanical." HE'S WATCHMAN NOW. From 19C8 to 1S70 McVey was with Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. After that he played five years with Boston. But that was a long time ago. For the past H months he has been confined to the hospital. ills job of watchman at a lumber yard Is waiting for him If he ever becomes aide to work: again. BasebalL magnates ami friends are planning to raise money and send him to some mineral water springs to recupei 1 ate. Surely nono deserve It more than the. grand ld veteran of thi.- yesterdays, |