Show ADRIAN C. C ANSON HERO OF THE DIAMOND HERE I r. r Pop and McCloskey Talk of r james Games Back in the Nineties Adrian drIan C. C Anson affectionately known as Pop lop a name with which to conjure hero of or hundreds hun him of or games gaines ame on scores of oC diamonds Is JJ here for fOI a a. week on the boards 9 Pop now In tn hl his ninth fifty year was wall sitting coat cont collar colla an and amid tie off orf off In hi his hla dressing room when seen b by a news news- man la last t night This old warrior In the terms of ol the scribes looked fit It He lie at close range ramo carries carrier hi his years years' well and seemed to bo ho enjoying th thi theatrical game and life in general And nil directly across from Pop w Was Was' T Jawn Tawn wn J. J McCloskey e long life friend and andrOl for rOl years opponent of oC the noted Adrian Adriann In n more thun than ono one diamond lamond battle baUlt It was a n meeting of two gladiators both hoth passed hC beyond tho playing plain sta stage e e those these runny many years yet ct both loving loving- the theold the theold old game with all their heart and boUt boit just a anxious to get el in tho time fight for 01 tho the long end of or the score core as over ever Not ol a n. spark of enthusiasm had b been cn extinguished McCloskey y still has hns a R roo good man many years ear ahead of oC him as ns a a. manager while Anson ayn he J la hi now gathering the money with which h he j f will bu buy a franchise and get back In the harness rne JI s. s guiding a club climb through l Its s man many rou rough h paths t To 10 listen to these veterans th the tho builders build build- i ers of ot the time great reat national game Is A A. ay 1 to be he enjoyed by few Both men were wei c In thc the game Kame when strong Americans were needed to la lay a secure foundation for the tho greatest of ot all sports and sports and the they gave their best efforts along along- with man many of or th tIme the now now dead and forgotten stare starn and brought baseball through h sonic some of ot its roughest passages to Its pre present ent position U tha I j American national pastime As s s McCloskey key put pUl It It he Is 13 a L mere youngster alongside Anson yet yot ot tho they 31 talked of or a game alOe clown down In Houston In Ins t 1 when McCloskey had tho the Texas fl club and Anson was as head of or time tho Chicago Chi Chi- u cn cago o team training in tho the south L LIt It was just a little over twenty three years ago o. vet et Mac told how P. P Pop p had j doubled In the thc ninth with two men Oil and two t do down n t tying tying- the tho score and then nt coming coining home on oti a short single to tIle tho outfield Yes it St was Yas a treat We Weeks re with v ones one's noso nose in th the dope dopp books would not be so profitable as sn Rn n hour hourIn hour hourIn In III the presence of or these whom fickle has hns smiled on not too Yet Yot as the they chorused we have hac our health and aro are fairly contented So o what more could wo ask of Pop has been heen persuaded to umpire the tho games here Saturday and Sunda Sunday between the tho Salt lit Lake Union lea leaguer und the Quincy team headed by hack J ett cU Ill Ills act will bo put ahead and th the games sames started so as ns to aJIo allow this thin veteran vet vet 1 eran ran to get out on the diamond diamond In fact to tn fairly rove rovel ro in the old game gams aga again n. n If IC only as an umpire |