Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1916 — INCIDENTS OF “BONE” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INCIDENTS OF “BONE”

Queer Things Done by Heinie Zimmerman of Cubs. Left Third Base Unprotected to Carry Bat to Jack Miller—One Play in Cardinal Game Shows He Has / Lots of Cunning. / The recent peculiar Incident in a game In Chicago between the Cardinals and Cubs, when Jack Smith of the Cardinals stole third while Heinie Zimmerman left the base unprotected to carry Jack Miller’s bat to him at the plate, has recalled a good many incidents of “bone” in the Great Zlm’s career, but one must not suppose that all the queer things he figures in are due to mental phases. For instance, Zlm assisted in a play in a game between Cubs and Cards last year that showed he has a lot of craft in hia makeup. The game was a wild, wooly affair in which everything seemed to happen and finally Zimmerman came to baL He had been spiked badly and had been out of the game for days. He drove a ball far to center and limped to second, then hobbled to third. There were two out and two strikes on the battgr. Manager Bresnahan delayed the game. He rushed to third base and ordered Zimmerman to get out and let him run. He asked Manager Huggins’ consent to let him run and still keep Zimmerman In the game. He made everyone In the game and most of the spectators know that he wanted to run for Heinie. Then he whispered to Zimmerman to steal home on the next pitched balL Thrown off guard the Cardinals paid no attention to the cripple and Zimmerman stole home and won the game. One of the funniest things in which Zimmerman has figured occurred In Brooklyn last year, when he walked oft first base, which he had reached on a hit, and had nearly reached second before the paralyzed Superbas awoko and nipped him. It then appeared that Zlm thought three hands were out, and

he was looking for his glove. In the same game he chased a runner caught between bases to the further base, which the harried Superba reached in safety.

Heinie Zimmerman.