Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1914 — TRY TO RATTLE COVELESKIE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRY TO RATTLE COVELESKIE

New York Highlanders Make Persistent* Efforts to Excite Big Pole by Discordant Singing. Players throughout the American league live under the impression that Harry Coveleskie, the Tigers' southpaw, can be rattled by the persistent whistling, singing or playing of “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” At different times this season opposing teams have tried to make the big Pole slip by following up this practice. They have yet to succeed, but ball players are persistent lndlvidualsT New York’s Highlanders started the tune when Coveleskie was pitching a recent game in Detroit/ AH through the first Inning they whistled and sang and stamped their feet in accompaniment. A double

play pulled*' Coveleskie out of a hole in the first period and in the second the Highlanders renewed their efforts. ; through the second inning and into the third they went. Coveleskie, intent on pitching, paid no heed. But behind the bat there was one pdrson who possessed nerves that were not attuned to such music. This was Billy Evans. The league’s best umpire finally lost his smile, and, turning to the New York bench, he bawled: ' “Cut that out, you fellows. What d’ya think this is—a county fair?"

Harry Coveleskie.