July 5, 1905 - The Evening World, NYC, NY - Elberfeld Helps Highlanders
Highlanders Make Good with Fans
Sangree Gives Credit for Great Spurt of Local Americans to Elberfeld, the "Tabasco Kid," who Broke Up Two Games
By Allen Sangree
....From a casual quiz in the grand-stand yesterday I learned that the fans here ascribe much of the Highlanders' sudden success to Norman B. Elberfeld, known in baseball annals as "the Tabasco Kid." If this be true then Elberfeld has certainly done a good trick for Frank Farrell, and repaid, in large measure, the kindness that Farrell has shown Elberfeld when laid up with lameness, like sending him the Hot Springs and carrying him for weeks on the payroll when he was of no help to the club.
Elberfeld Like Ulysses of Old
Well, they fooled "the Tobasco Kid" and in the same way. In a round-about manner he was given to understand that ball players believed he was "all in" and that his charley-horse was only a stall. This roused his intent fire to such an extent that he leaped in the game a couple of days ago, and ever since has fairly made things sizzle. Just now he is the backbone of the team, a fountain of tobasco sauce, a terror to pitchers, and a source of delight to the fans.
Broke Up Both Games
Yesterday he practically broke up both games, not only by his timely batting, but by his savage energy that communicated itself to all the others. ... Elberfeld smashed a long single in centre, scoring both Griffith and Keller, himself tallying on Jimmy Williams's ripping two bagger in left. The game was won right there.
In the second game... Keeler made his first hit of the day - a good, safe one in left field. And then again Elberfeld stepped in the pinch and drove Will to third by a long hit to centre. He scored on Williams fly, and the Kid sailed home on Yeager's hit.
Some critics might object to this projecting of Elberfeld as the most consequential factor in these two games. They might ascribe the double victory to Fultz's daring work on the bases; the pitching of Griffith and Chesbro; the stick work of chase and Williams; or they might agree with the players that things just "broke right." But they can get no argument here. Long live "the Tobasco Kid" and
May he help trim Washington again this afternoon.
NOTE: Tobasco and Tabasco both appear in a single article.
Sangree Gives Credit for Great Spurt of Local Americans to Elberfeld, the "Tabasco Kid," who Broke Up Two Games
By Allen Sangree
....From a casual quiz in the grand-stand yesterday I learned that the fans here ascribe much of the Highlanders' sudden success to Norman B. Elberfeld, known in baseball annals as "the Tabasco Kid." If this be true then Elberfeld has certainly done a good trick for Frank Farrell, and repaid, in large measure, the kindness that Farrell has shown Elberfeld when laid up with lameness, like sending him the Hot Springs and carrying him for weeks on the payroll when he was of no help to the club.
Elberfeld Like Ulysses of Old
Well, they fooled "the Tobasco Kid" and in the same way. In a round-about manner he was given to understand that ball players believed he was "all in" and that his charley-horse was only a stall. This roused his intent fire to such an extent that he leaped in the game a couple of days ago, and ever since has fairly made things sizzle. Just now he is the backbone of the team, a fountain of tobasco sauce, a terror to pitchers, and a source of delight to the fans.
Broke Up Both Games
Yesterday he practically broke up both games, not only by his timely batting, but by his savage energy that communicated itself to all the others. ... Elberfeld smashed a long single in centre, scoring both Griffith and Keller, himself tallying on Jimmy Williams's ripping two bagger in left. The game was won right there.
In the second game... Keeler made his first hit of the day - a good, safe one in left field. And then again Elberfeld stepped in the pinch and drove Will to third by a long hit to centre. He scored on Williams fly, and the Kid sailed home on Yeager's hit.
Some critics might object to this projecting of Elberfeld as the most consequential factor in these two games. They might ascribe the double victory to Fultz's daring work on the bases; the pitching of Griffith and Chesbro; the stick work of chase and Williams; or they might agree with the players that things just "broke right." But they can get no argument here. Long live "the Tobasco Kid" and
May he help trim Washington again this afternoon.
NOTE: Tobasco and Tabasco both appear in a single article.
