Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1918 — ELBERFELD RUDE TO FAN [ARTICLE]

ELBERFELD RUDE TO FAN

Kid Elberfeld, Little Rock manager, is as accommodating as any pilot in the Southern league, but sometimes he bolls over when a fan butts in and tries to talk to him merely for the sake of saying something to a bail player. A day or two ago Kid was talking to a Memphis sport writer about his ball club, when one of these butt-ins came up. “Who you gonna pitch today, Elberfeld?” the bug asked. The Kid didn’t say anything to the fan, but kept on talking. “Where are your other pitchers?” the bug persisted. Silence. “Who’s gonna pitch today?” “Say, for the love of Mike,” said the Kid, pulling out a coin •from his pocket, “take this nickel and buy you a score card and find out.” But the fan had fled.