TJie San Francisco Sunday CalL IDOLS OF THE FANS

> queen, city if tiisi-? \u25a0c^"lio;pi^obTt out. There- is :another.- at*';Cincinnati v.'ho may sit on.the. throne of the v,-orshiped. . Base- ball.players call him "Admiral" Sehley,**^ bccau?# his .name; is Sehlei. He 13 a* catcher, and; lie 'does things once in a while which. cause the phlegmatic Cin- cinnati "rooters" to rise to their feet, poundUheir">bC£T glasses in front of" ''*- th»m ;shout "Hocn "Washington 'would" hay*> an idol 'if strongf the team- ever ; could be matlo . ... enough to be a consistent \u25a0winner."' "Washington* people are disposed to be»_- come |enth uslastlc wnen. Patten pitches." He is their.,nearest approach to an idoL \u25a0Philadelphia, was once filled with idols. There /wore so many rivals that' it.almoct.vcEulted in an idol war. One section was" for one league and one for another. There were subsections of the rival leagues. The Quaker 3spent their , evenings discussing: the respective mer- its of the individual players: Then came baseball war and brok« up the happy family. Until la3t year ,the Athletics fur- nished the popular idol of. the city. Ha bit forihe is- abundantly able.to taKe sclf-tmpulsed "Wad- carb; of , enoagh that was the erratic and John B. Foster himself.' Little dell. He was worshiped because ha affects, the .'baseball' "fan," who is de- nothing anybody idols! What a long. ternjlned' to, sympathize could.d o like else. whether the pitch a perfectly there is joss- player s not; man He could rot like row of thorn in the cares" for it or This player. a happens \u25a0 to be" Brown, pitcher of normal baseball Once in same national sport. H the go to house of the -Chicago' league he beckoned to the uutfielder to the 'National- club. out the side. BASEBALLThere are names with which to Sometimes lie - lit'called . "Three Fin- the bench. Then he struck one claim for idolatry unsur- Jon Jure froai tho late 70s to the present geredlßrown." An accident- In youth He has a portion his right passed in the history of the national deprived him' of of game. day was sup- hand."; v did prevent: from One at Detroit he Havo "Al" Spaldihgr,- Gcorgre AYright, It not him posed to have been on hand to pitch . learning how to:pitch a curve and how parry Wright. "Ned"' Williamson. the most important game of the series. to^.controrithe ball-well.?- He failed to appear at the baseball *Saby" Aiisbh, "Arlie".Latham, "Buck" /Because of "his crippled hand those evening he : -dog park. Late that wandered twing. Charley Comiskey; "Mike"' Kel- who-- are .with .the' under in the a long string of fight always"! wisfted "Brown luck on into the hotel with John "Sir Timothy*' Keef«». % sen- fish in his hand and insisted upon i\ Clark'sbn. general principles:" . That 'created room Tcbeau, Montgomery taking them to the manager's to 'Pat" John Ward. timent for him.' The flrst.thing that spent knew was show them to him. He had tha *Joe" Start, "Old IIoss" Radbourne. the"; Chicago" fans Brown the -championship. day at Lake St. Clalr Instead of fool- Galvhi,. pitching his club to. ingaround a baseball team- "When 'Old Pport" "Dan" Brouthcis > :es- .with That made \him *anIidol. He ,was Philadelphia- they gay» t;eor»? and of others been firmly he arrived at tnd two more' tablished io^i a pedestal; founded ovation, every game of the west side of him an for he won :orgfjttcn in admiring. the achievements in.the affection Chi- that he pitched after the ashing trip. so, cago,:-and his: fame, and his, maimed »f- the idols of the present? Xct for a;' The Philadelphia Nationals were bur- \u25a0 hand; are ',• almost, as . much tradition • memory ; green. enough/ dened batting idols. They had the which is stilt ; \u25a0 ;long ..with ;of".Chicagolllterature as the rec- early seventies, and they to days rherishes as New them in the. h pit back former ord of .Mathcwson's . victories In had seldom! been without them until \u25a0 loudly" old, tim- York.^iBBHBMiMtiBMBaBBHBi Us retOilections.rtf the. the last three or four years. Nott they irs as its possessor admires, the skillful Michigan's Gritty 'ldol are cultivating a new one. His nama tho present generation. is Sherwood Magee. Heihas been with lit of > years, ;.:<\u25a0 Coughlln is-.the ;ld6l.of the .Detroit Philadelphia less than three but . Why • - is n l>*s<-ball idol? baseball" devotees. Itia. not because ho he has- shown a tremendous .zeal In "Arlie" Latham, tho wit of ti^ Jia- is fa particularly; graceful playeV or,a smashing the ball out of the lot. Henco wonderfully player. Cough- when he cornea to nond. or.o" answered lhat. aftcsOoaSby . accurate the popular clamor lin|has fine, faculty, in baseball of bat, likely to follow rci»lyiny, "l>occair<.> he can t help it. ;the. ' the and Magee is -»a-«i never, knowing.^when"- he :is -_;. '\u25a0' steps , "Bis Sam" Thompson ;ind - ;ibeaten.* in the : of !ure sentenced him to it. he has , He ;may.- make', an*~error ,one moment and Delehanty. fot to serve his term without any* time; that; will,give^ the otheriside one run. There is not a baseball "fan" In the proud and in the next five minutes 'make a United States who has not heard of >ff for behavior."- bring:In closely three bagger that will? 'three "Cy". Young of the Boston Americans. . Analyze. Latht:ai's stat«iii:nt runs for his side.* That's why 'they like He Is an idol because of his as©. He truth tnd it wiilbe found tiiat is stowed Coughlln :in Michigan. There are other is a veteran. He began to pitch inIS3I worshiped by league, iwtiy in its piira'sing. players who -have been with"Cleveland of the National the of In the and-he has Tiv piibli' creates the baseball iJok<. '.basebair fans.. -.Detroit been in harness since that past— do iVou? Dennett, time, has never had an public recall "Charlie". and unsuccess- •ot ih<- marajrw. Tiie is keen "Lady" 1Baldwin,- ;VDeacon" White, ful season- in hi3life. Small 'wonder md inHsiy in its judgment. Itselects "Hardy" ;Ilichardson?— but none* -for that he Is an idol. Heias pitched "no aieti with i-.-.i I.i'.-t'il. t;u:ck perception,; hit" games/one hit games, record strike games and almost at;ilit.v. i>'.iyt-i(.ai gr.itli[iiW a littlo 'better than as;a"chlld. His personal conduct .13 \u25a0 above reproach, and there has never tom'ji">oy olse at a <-ritiea! moment. since pitching. been a harsh Word spoken of him It taker; one man for his he has been connected with the "na-. auotiu:r for Ine fielding, a third for"his tional game. \u25a0 - batting, and when it finds one rwbo ca:i Fred Tenney of the Boston .Nationals is an Idol in a way. Boston "fans" and 2eld, or another who can" " • Tun. bat like to see him make his quick play3 strike three men out -in^succession tosecond base, and like to see him hit when the game is- tightest and tha; the ball when there are men on bases. cxcjieiaent is ragir.r at fever heat, it They talk a lot "him as a ball -.\u25a0'.-\u25a0\u25a0 , player, when it comes to a roar Oi but? discuss- expresses its adoration. with ing him as a manager they criticise applause that drowns a.ll other sounds him. He is^the only instance of an idol witl.in the carrying "power of the being an idol and not*an Idol. Perhaps if he should: bring the Boston club up. human voice. v In the first division,this year he would Coin blued, irith the necessary physical , become a thirty-third degree idol. It ; (skill which."raust b« an;essential forv makes all the difference with.a man- • baseball i«ioii Uiere eeems to be 'a "ager whether his team; is successful or 'not. .Boston "fans" tell with pride that current of nuiftnf.ti>m between him*and Tenney originated the ;play, best made the cror.-<] tiiat puts both in common by* a left hander, of doubling up a The #that a. baseball batter bj-rjhrowir.g to second ahead of touch. mistakes catchins";the oecasiotiall>'may make are forgot- the- runner and batter at idol - «rst with;a quick* return. Ask them ten in the memory of what he did some t\outfielders for three bag- rubber idol-of the national games ;..'the. lnanagor and captain. .The other. -•whom the "bleacherltes'~,aig in their th^ey 'Tenney's* man- ' what • think about \u25a0 the stress' of battle -^ •• - •'Hal" Hal." theyJcall IIplayers . are ..paid 'handsomely ..-solely toes more, persistently,' than' the swarthy ner r of handling: his players, and you ether time when which he pitched. / Kers when there .wtre two or- three — Chase-^VPrince r ' only'- , upon !;Coughlinl"-' fiercest, that brought victory to his \u25a0 ;nothing "V-. him -is hot an^- id61 because. he canVr their .merits asi players. -Their skinned .\- / 'get the Mr.,Hydeislde of,the question. was There seems to be men on the bases./ .' • " "which. ba bi.it Jjpcausb^ he plays '\u25a0; a.re ,-.known-only by liOui3; Brooklyn Far ': play^ H:-well.*.- 'it' salaries St. , had an idol.»in 1906 .who ". is not minus an 'idol. * team. No player who wavers or falters pitchers can do ;that Mathewson / He clubbed himself •*,into ;popularity. physical: grace Avhich',- \u25a0 have; .otiier ?'.•' v/ith a commands'^ theniselves'arid theowriers of theiclubs _ibade "fair,to"? a.* temple ?crectcd'in frpm^it. lie. too. happ*:n^ to b<» a first ween the crycial moment is at hand can not duplicate, can a little-, Mcii'who can. make. home: runs,/ the'adnuration[of evcry^person wholias; they connected/. -They s ;':honor ;in 1,907. and it was solely ljas?man. ./It"s;stranso howraauy * and-he do . three 1 iarc^ hi .^ . '\u25a0-. idol» the nature.' .withlwhichf-(well into; hitTthe'ball.,; Brooklyn's tan hope to liask in the smiles' of 'the" uses speed baggers '"wallbps' : a.touch'of artistic: in" his foot the "If their- because could Stone haVe been at first base. in addition. He tremendous and similar with thc ; -; 'h«> \ V the'; men.did. their^ shared to ; were tb be sold/ under the spu- of the Americ/an" team is the chap. Awk- idol Is 'Tim'V Jordan. "and ho lives lv "sua gods." when he thinks It proper, varies it bases full-never have to wait \long be-;" Chase; dol; it; ; "; ' make ; an i1 would be, decld- ;:* cialC provision by./ which ;ball }players ward of.manner,": clumsy in his position the Bronx. He i3president' of a ."West- they are among-, kept at>, Big Four with a slow ball. when he believes :X fore . enthroned the i;edly|unfair;to;;the^women^to < say'that^ in the; professional leagues are in the .plate, ,even r unforceful in his chester; association -which has been The t^at - they; '' •' /rich; {rencra- drop \u25a0 forgive- didtnot;asslst' '/\u25a0^ot . are more discussed until it \u25a0 tion . east ? butSa short';, time" rand .who ,has best taleh t;ofithe country/ It;is", certain V other man .in the American league and (Jordan -Is an Idol because ,be hits may 03 -primitive the \u25a0 . argued over than any others who \u25a0the ball seems to float like a toy.bal- .admiration of -. - .weak \for/ played all?of;his [baseball with/the Newy /that/eachbfc them would bringi?lo, 000"..theliSt/, Louis; public}enjoyed him^for home: runs. ,He made more home runs They are Christopher Mathew- loon, and, probably "the strong. /:./„,'* • / 1_: Yqrkf ,'skipj.around r the orjajsum' It. / - {matter than' any player, in named. with It all,/ has . AmeVicans^can ; veryjclosejto / : .hisrclumslness-t'vXo 'how much in^l9o6": other* the v polish 'French, National league more perfect control of the ball than Lajoie* has modest personality 'of dlamond'.with^thVf of a. ;:;.Out in'Chicagolwith' the; "White;Sox,'"" .the lcritics Jof "other.'cities* might.scoff national .'league,/and Brooklyn . took, son of the New York. the f. dancing; phiyiball <' master -and:' Vwith' .the :tlie'c champions ;of(thai worid,ithere is a at- the Utngracefuls" attitude* he. assumed him into ;her;arms_ in spite of the fact club, great as any ifnot the greatest any other player in. either.- league. the big man; who cannot'helpjit-because 1 Start,'- as rug-ged . "accuracy.:^ ofs '"Old/ Joe" :\u25a0 ballfiplayer who may well be called a atC the plate,/ St." LouisI,people ;would that vhe belonged to the other side 'of to; ,runs.'; - . pitcher ever connected with a profes- Tnese are his technical qualifications. \u25a0:\u25a0 he^ Is able^ make "home: :He' who --was Jsometliingfof a first-;baseman , trinity;idol. various i he has come hack, with*the. rejoinder,, '•Well, ;East, river, and oClclally adopted - ' At timos \ the Lajoie the; \u25a0- any.-; :;:''^:-:\'',\[_ .y-. .';.\u25a0[". '.'„•;'/ ;'.. -.worshiped .by ; Uhe,:ball,, affectionately team; modesty -plaj'erß in;his'day.''C";*:^ /\u25a0 of he hits more* own." sional Napoleon of Add to them a that amounts would rather discuss other rbeen . the .fanatics 'and that's than him for her He is " a No JfirstUbaseman,: ever :has. been his Cleveland,"* NewCYork;and ;Chicago! "And the do."* \u25a0' St.; Louis.*,'havinglthe known 'as the' ''Bis? City." That's be- Cleveland club,. one of the best batters almost, to diffidence, .a deportment with in nine with which he:happens;to-be/ y ' •' 5 'equal /iri^abllltyltoHakefa'hop^skip and \u25a0;. he!; is.;:worshiped by:those ofi. all three better, of the Iargument,* gradually cause "he happens to.be a resident New baseball; Wag-, If he should s . tn the history of .which -no fault: Is to' be "found and a connected than himself."-. Jump"! f first|base> to";the :plate,, pick c- cities; even ;Jnow./ : -. \u25a0: : : gan^to^wordbjp* Stone*s York -ball,player. "Hans" rom? s /- / . "awkwardness^ "Whenever he clears ncr of the Pittsburg club, a splendid boyish demeanor that; belies the force \u25a0win five games in succession by malring/ upla vbuntihit jOnjthe'Jway, and^throw /;Gedrge Davis began to.be idolized be- -but, ;alas ffor :th*e transition .of, human the ?fence" with;a home ,all Brook- , who, fame, hitting lyn goes ;Coney jubilee. batter and a sensational fielder, and of the man underneath It,.and you have ;a home run:eachyday tlie;chances . are out ..'some"*!, unfortunate runner is ::' causes ofihis^youth^and'-j he"fhas con- /Stone /has. not."been J Zso to islandfor a ; trying-^io'Grets: to ': tinuedito be.idolized'because of'th'eYex- • welltthis,, spring.rand thef foundation It'has been rather^cold this season, so New American an of that that the only,expression of satisfaction." :. l "Hal" Chase of the York idea "BJx"Six." the nickname than \u25a0make' this^play,\but is \u25a0; playing. -In days ;of ofthe', temple is shaking.":'; ';"has no to to ' tjChase theVc; s cellenc.e^offliis the i, there -,been incentive jgo club, graceful art at the boys now attached to him. to be": gleaned ;from him vwould \be -.lhat;; it just like > \u25a0) -league national,; There "are two score league .whose hsTvo. - : V. •:lS9o^:*when the JXatlonal "and The St." Louis league ;club Coney, isfand. of \u25a0 \u25a0 no^bhe^vVho^inakes haa never been surpassed And of.Xcw. York made Math- his . team had won. That's why base-,?* tho/Brotherhood: were at; war, Davis is hard up: for an idol." The, oldest; and ball players' .^whose names have 'not &«t J»Mc a thc^o^.s ' : r - are; \u25a0 They qualities '"fans", Lajoie. Daring; Audacity .-;'. \u0084was--;idis'coyf, .was--;idis'coyf red -by.:the Cleveland -club best z player>onl the, team i,1a been mentioned who, Idols. , and who combines with it the evt'son mii.:hlol. He came here a boy, ball like .. '*.';,• '.% Chase'sl' known * "•in;:Cohoes,\ N/iY.i;.Cleveland "had lost ;Beckley: lie ',onee made, boilers jfor :"position tdola" than v good every bpy- city Wagner, even, more tliHl-, _ ; • . -r are more ' good and :a base and' in' tho became vit- "linns'.' is- aniidol'\u25a0:] because he does f old players \u25a0 the; ;if of a batter 'llc^<'Z most ;of,;:its ; '. to Brotherhood;] living, andrho'could, bat in his? day^so idols." there mayv be a dis- \u25a0 thought .was; faahionod-ttliingS'in/a^new .-. - sfich runner. ally interested in him when he began dent' than' Lajoie. Ifhc\ ho. ;, organization.: .In the f/intenso/rivalry/ - hard* that one .would- think"he", might tinction. For Instance/ there; are. some way;\u25ba£ He runs: liko f.a"deer,;andVho^ha3;" •\u25a0 ; "Matty" sue-, to be" :lie would-* be 'likely*;to : between *lthe ileagues it did not take shatter.*boller,-plate ;with ball. who think that Bresnahan Is the great- "Christy" Jlathewson has made all.of to be successful. and his interviewed ~ ifhordarlng* of a ','Buqk'^Ewing^^Thet :-L the .He- himself, his; room.'; - •\u25a0 J) alllithe 'patron-? is;not :the "great :player~ ';he,* was est all round catcher ""in the .United eyes of New -were gossip- school, look in: .; \u0084 ;Ncv,v lons?.to?divide? that 10 7 *his reputation under the cesses the of the fainousjbk) york;;"catcher|was;nott ;agexinto; NeiUier,!;T6f '; States. Others that Klingr a a?i] hostiloTsectlons/4 years^ago,/ but;he»;isr so ;old.that^.St. believe • Is . York baseball enthusiasts, lie played yard, and as "Matty" always had a .But "Hans". is idol.. The baseball / Heet'of foot,; butjjie^attcmpted! to make' |themjcouldjseejmuch good »in*the play-; Louis for*,What} he has trlrle superior.' Scores there la : : o v.venerates^him t believe' league for every .boy public from'California..to Maine knows' bases V/lieh tHerXmen>were| afraid \tol crs :of the other, and finally,' / ;; players on:,; no equal te Arthur for a short time ia a minor club kind.word : who Accosted : baseball [done.* Other ) the SL,Louis \third baseman Dev- \u25a0 hisfeffortsrso;: ; -nobody = York,/ to the plate'he'is like-;/arv^andi.thefauclacit^of became so; bad/that 'could see national league, team are^yoiinK; and al-, lin [of N"ew« while In the west before, joined Giants, but he Jvai no time before a that ifhe.comcs :sopponents::s lie the him !t train of worried > his opponents: that '.they^were:; it;anywhere: ;..- • ,\u25a0' ';;.'-;. -league ;they Bradley ly :far,that |niuch|g6bd:in: v i most "-unknown/ in 'national i'clr--"- are attached to 5f Cleve- ito drive the balLj[»b the "out- / : was really m the primary stage of his youngsters follo\v*ed iiihis wake when- \ morc'V]ikely«to |blundei\4thah^to3play, v^Out »';iii/:Cleveland ".the ./-Brotherhood^ cles. iThey;aretaspira;\ts;lor the job of land. -:<:\u25a0'. kBKHBSI ; -chase, fences,': i, ? - city, appeared public. fielders will tlie-- or./" accurately^ against ;Yoii{)see I' lot; ballp layers \u25a0 regarded career when he came to this ;and ever he in Where tlie .it:'-.to ..-.him. : "..in had ?a: of r.wlior idol. Two )or» three *.6i>them appear, to Kvers of .Chicago \s by found, such ;tremendous force' that a ;Chase* some;:; of^that'^j same vsplenJid;; tooilazy;;toHry.",| Over -at? the ;Na-/ hnl,smart to";| , ;some many, as / the V.beat -'. second baseman. developed from that to the. boys an idol their elders quickly '.with"' .were"- Stake idols he has . norve; Glve;him ( inch arid 'he ,will-\u25a0 ground ;Davis,; youngfand ; ; * : 'could, scarcely ;;bev ian ' leaTgue; day if,-'they^areypropej lyitrained by a Some think "Iron ilaa";.McGinnity/a leading position in the great array of theirs. .'\u25a0.-:\u25a0 '\u25a0?; fielder critlcisedUfoV/ take: an "ell.; i;Give a jlead?J tional^ j?:ball \ Turner, . found . • .half lenergetic.^was \f, hitting//the for; comp»:tfrnt4 manager./,. ;* >/_ >/:.: V marvel.*/' of Cleveland i3con- 'avoiding; lt. There^is not -a;spectator ;to J pitchers who occupy positions with the Napoleon Lajoie played ball in Fall ' to/second vbase Cand jhe sis klikely _be* home {and ':,three Ibaggers. *By and ;\u25a0; Cincinnati; is ''another. ty-.whose Idol sidered to.be the; greatest' shortstop by /goes ,toi ganie • : .; , Jruns s^:l 3 major league teams. River.-Mass.', before he became 'a. mem- .who a: but i£3.; aware of home sbefor cJthe fplay$is £oven \A /-;.,•>' :by.fth«a"fans" .began! to i; are.-.injembryb/j; There;,- has /-been-, such- his admirers, and so on" through the**liat .- thesfactUhati"Wagner,tV7ith^thatVwon-j •^MathewEon.i-^Lajoie, -Wagner.^and; ; playersadvise^thie^/:to ;-;go sweep of phlyers^that •buiinonij.of. them stands" popular because he is a win- of th3major ;leagues. .- He began •1 Cleveland Brotherhood \ af:his! \irood, \u25a0poworful'hiinds.pnlli tiie ; league;* clubs. Lajoie;|j |neverjlias ilpst\ toithis fday.Wicalled; "Hans iWagner II.".-1 His n name lay of $23,000- a..year. All the idols -one was in 1906,: .hearts Philadelphia; by : nearest approach to i . of the populace'; -York^merlcanSr 1 whichiDavis ball Troin:the; {fround^wherea lessTagrilbl^ ;'draws faijarge|salary,!jiotf6rily|because |f£fiTJierefisJan6ther,|player|ingCh|cagoa is iLobert. j/-Keep ? an:-eye on;him.V;He which, have bf-cn mentioned, could a trlße because of.'lll-. rapping the ball over convenient fences | % 'hardly put "for; \u25a0when. he fell off man \ would*neyei'X.have^beehß able to helislsecbndjbaseman^of the:,Cleveland^ £whogis San 'idol because sof' isympathy;^ ,isllikely|to'lbe,shigh idol.to-Cincinnati' -be under cnts tent leas J v : \u25a0 nee* contracted in the spring. At;tlfat; for iaome/ runs 'or iiitting it overVth'o: touchit: ? "IlHUs"?.Waj;ner-is*thc*in^laf: club,tbutTfor"the;reabon^that he