Show how galvin caught ward Kappl nf there never nover was a pitcher in this country who could excel old jimmy galvin in catching base runners napping said jack crooks 1 I remember seeing tho the old fellow catch the foxiest foriest base runners in the country asleep off the bags with the quickest kind of a motion there was one occasion when gavie gavle played a star trick of this kind on johnny ward the pittsburgh Pitts burgs were playing tho the now yorks and the score was very close in favor of tho the former the new yorks had two men on bases and ward at the bat with two out galvin signaled to george miller to step to one side of the plate and deliberately gave four balls to ward johnny trotted to first and the next instant galvin caught him napping big beckley blocking him off etwas it was a put up job and old gavie do a thing to lawyer ward but laugh at him all the way to the bench it was a feather in the old mans cap for ward at that time was tho the star baso base runner of the league new york sun |