Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1920 — “BONEHEAD” PLAY PULLED OFF BY DAVE ALTIZER IS RECALLED BY GABBY STREET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“BONEHEAD” PLAY PULLED OFF BY DAVE ALTIZER IS RECALLED BY GABBY STREET

Gabby Street was interested in the report that Dave Altizer would manage a minor league team this year. “I hope,” said Street, “he doesn t let any of his players pull off any plays like

that one he made when he and I were with Washington. I suppose you have beard of It, but here it Is again: “We were playing the St Louis Browns and they had us beat 3 to 2 and two out in our last half of the ninth Inning. We had runners on second and third and the count was two . and three on Altizer. The next strike was right over and Umpire Jack Sheridan called it “But the ball whizzed out of Hack Spencer’s mitt and bounded against the grandstand and kept on bounding when the slow-moving Spencer chased after it The runners from third and second came racing over the plate, and what was Altizer doing? “I’ll tell you. He was standing there at the plate arguing with Sheridan that It, ought to have been the fourth ball Instead of a strike, and while he stood and argued Spencer finally got the a nd fired nto flrßt

base. It made the last out of the game and Dave’s failure to run cost us those two runs and a game. “And“then they talk about Merkle,” added Street, with grimace.

Dave Altizer.