NERVES OF BASEBALLERS.
TROUBLESOME "BARRACKER." NEW YORK PROSECUTION. [ifROM OTTR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J NEW YORK, Oct. 5. The manager of a famous baseball team, the Athletics, has had a "barracker," named Donnelly, arrested, and has given evidence that his voice has done more to ruin the morale of the Athletics than any other factor, including the bats of Babe Ruth, the "Sultan of Swat," or any other opposing player. Donnelly was accused of unstringing the nerves of several of the players, to the extent that one had to stand down. Constant "bawling but" of another, known t > Philadelphia as "Bustin' Bill." led to his downfall The nervous systems of two famous fieldsmen were so wrecked by Donnelly's "loud-speaker" that they made frequent errors which lost at ta-jst one game. Donnelly protested to the magistrate that he was "with the Athletics to the ''path." He said his vigorous "rooting" for the home team brought him gifts of baseballs as a reward. The magistrate suggested that the gifts were made by way of winning him over. He turned a deaf ear to the protestations ol Donnelly, and bound him over.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19781, 31 October 1927, Page 10
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188NERVES OF BASEBALLERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19781, 31 October 1927, Page 10
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