Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1918 — RESENTED JIBES ON ATTIRE [ARTICLE]

RESENTED JIBES ON ATTIRE

Jack Gilligan Couldn't Stand to Have Other Players Make Fun of His New Shoes. Jack Gilligan, a Des Moines pitcher once with the 'Browns, is noted in baseball circles as a swell dresser. He is fond of handsome ties, shirts and the like, and always looks as if he came directly out of a bandbox. If there’s one thing he can’t stand it is to be guyed about any part of his attire, especially if he thinks the kidders are in earnest. “Once Jack told us all about a pair of shoes he was to purchase,” says Pitcher Paul. Musser, formerly of the White Sox and now In the army. “He said they were corkers, and prepared us for the sight “A few days later he came into the hotel wearing those shoes. They were dandies, all right, cost him sl2, which was a big sum those days. But the boys started In on him at once. “ ‘What size did you. say they were, Jack?’ asked one. “ ‘Eight and a half —why?* “ ‘Oh, nothing; except they look like twelves on you.’ “Gilligan took it in earnest. You couldn’t hire him to wear them after that. And he disposed of them for $2.”