September 27, 1920 - The Times Tribune, Altoona, PA - Three Indians, Cuban, and "Bing" Help Give "The Tobasco Kid" his First Pennant
Look who helped win the first pennant Norman Elberfeld ever set eyes on and could call his own after 28 years
in baseball! Moses Yellowhorse and Chief Wano are Oklahoma Indians. Calvo is a Cuban. They used to call Bing" Miller an Indian, but he isn't. "Bing' looks like one,though. And, oh, how he can sock! He uses the same
English on his bat that made Babe Ruth a Broadway star.The picture of the "Tabasco Kid' himself was taken when the little scrapper was taking an enforced vacation In the grandstand after a bout with the umpires.
in baseball! Moses Yellowhorse and Chief Wano are Oklahoma Indians. Calvo is a Cuban. They used to call Bing" Miller an Indian, but he isn't. "Bing' looks like one,though. And, oh, how he can sock! He uses the same
English on his bat that made Babe Ruth a Broadway star.The picture of the "Tabasco Kid' himself was taken when the little scrapper was taking an enforced vacation In the grandstand after a bout with the umpires.
Monday, Sept. 27, 1920.
THE TIMES TRIBUNE. ALTOONA, PA.
SOME DIXIE BLOSSOMS
Three Indians, Cuban and "Bing" Help Give The"Tabasco Kid" His First Pennant
BY DEAN SNYDER
What a long road it has been for the "Tabasco Kid."
Noman Elberfeld has proven at if one wants a thing bad enough to keep trying the ace card eventually shows and you take the trick.
He has been in baseball for 28 years, including service as both player and manager of big league and minor league clubs, and he is on his first championship team this fall.
The Little Rock Travelers came across and helped him realize his ambition to boast of championship spangles.
Back in 1902 and 1903 he was a crackerjack shortstop for the Detroit club. Then he went up to the New York Americans, where he served both as player and pilot.
GOOD SCRAPPER
He has always been of a fighting ternperment. That's how he acquired the spicy name of the "Tabasco Kid."
Elberfeld has been fined more money and spent more time out of the game for infraction of rules—mostly fighting umpires—than any ball player or manager ever in the minors.
For this reason he is always a good drawing card, for fans know they will either see a fist fight or some nifty umpire baiting if the Kid is on the job. This year he played only a few games when he was pinched for substitutes. Up to this season he has worked regularly.
DEVELOPS PLAYERS
But, for all that, the "Tabasco Kid" is a great developer of ball players, particularly infielders and pitchers. The past year has added a court battle to his long list of baseball pugilism. He fought tooth and nail in the courts to get the services of the two Pacific Coast outlaws, Seaton and Smith, but lost. His opinion was that the pair had not gotten a square deal on the coast.
His 1920 pennant winners are made up of players of many nationalities. Among them are a trio of Indians and a Cuban. But they played pennant ball. That's what suited the "Kid."
"BING'S" CASE
He turned out one "Babe Ruth" slugger in "Bing" Miller. They used to say "Bing" had some Indian blood in his veins but he denies it. It looks like Miller was going to be the subject of one of those winter court maelstroms.
Clark Griffith, of the Washington Americans, made a deal for him, trading a pair of players in the bargain, but it didn't pan out.
The Pittsburg Pirates took a hand and paid a reported price of $10,000 for the Little Rock slugger. Griffith has announced his intentions of going to court over the possession of the Dixie star.
ANOTHER BENDER
The three Indians are Moses Yellowhorse, Tony Brottem, an Chief Wano. Yellowhorse, star pitcher of the Dixie circuit, has also been gobbled up by the Pirates. Gibson sees in him another Chief Bender. Yellowhorse is a full-blooded Pawnee Indian. He won 21 games and lost but 7, and this is his first year in professional baseball.
Wano came to the Travelers as an outfielder, but Elberfeld made a first baseman out of him and did a good job of it. He is also an Oklahoma Indian. The big chief is a tricky base-runner and very fast on his feet.
Brottem, the third redskin, is a catcher. The Pirates have annexed him to pair with Yellowhorse.
The Cuban, Calvo, is an outfielder. He can hit, and has a reputation of being one of the fastest men on the bases in the league.
They're a great bunch—these pennant-winning Travelers— with their many nationalities. But they had the stride to come in under the wire in a hot finish. And the "Tabasco Kid" supplied the wisdom and the old ginger that made them hit on all cylinders.
THE TIMES TRIBUNE. ALTOONA, PA.
SOME DIXIE BLOSSOMS
Three Indians, Cuban and "Bing" Help Give The"Tabasco Kid" His First Pennant
BY DEAN SNYDER
What a long road it has been for the "Tabasco Kid."
Noman Elberfeld has proven at if one wants a thing bad enough to keep trying the ace card eventually shows and you take the trick.
He has been in baseball for 28 years, including service as both player and manager of big league and minor league clubs, and he is on his first championship team this fall.
The Little Rock Travelers came across and helped him realize his ambition to boast of championship spangles.
Back in 1902 and 1903 he was a crackerjack shortstop for the Detroit club. Then he went up to the New York Americans, where he served both as player and pilot.
GOOD SCRAPPER
He has always been of a fighting ternperment. That's how he acquired the spicy name of the "Tabasco Kid."
Elberfeld has been fined more money and spent more time out of the game for infraction of rules—mostly fighting umpires—than any ball player or manager ever in the minors.
For this reason he is always a good drawing card, for fans know they will either see a fist fight or some nifty umpire baiting if the Kid is on the job. This year he played only a few games when he was pinched for substitutes. Up to this season he has worked regularly.
DEVELOPS PLAYERS
But, for all that, the "Tabasco Kid" is a great developer of ball players, particularly infielders and pitchers. The past year has added a court battle to his long list of baseball pugilism. He fought tooth and nail in the courts to get the services of the two Pacific Coast outlaws, Seaton and Smith, but lost. His opinion was that the pair had not gotten a square deal on the coast.
His 1920 pennant winners are made up of players of many nationalities. Among them are a trio of Indians and a Cuban. But they played pennant ball. That's what suited the "Kid."
"BING'S" CASE
He turned out one "Babe Ruth" slugger in "Bing" Miller. They used to say "Bing" had some Indian blood in his veins but he denies it. It looks like Miller was going to be the subject of one of those winter court maelstroms.
Clark Griffith, of the Washington Americans, made a deal for him, trading a pair of players in the bargain, but it didn't pan out.
The Pittsburg Pirates took a hand and paid a reported price of $10,000 for the Little Rock slugger. Griffith has announced his intentions of going to court over the possession of the Dixie star.
ANOTHER BENDER
The three Indians are Moses Yellowhorse, Tony Brottem, an Chief Wano. Yellowhorse, star pitcher of the Dixie circuit, has also been gobbled up by the Pirates. Gibson sees in him another Chief Bender. Yellowhorse is a full-blooded Pawnee Indian. He won 21 games and lost but 7, and this is his first year in professional baseball.
Wano came to the Travelers as an outfielder, but Elberfeld made a first baseman out of him and did a good job of it. He is also an Oklahoma Indian. The big chief is a tricky base-runner and very fast on his feet.
Brottem, the third redskin, is a catcher. The Pirates have annexed him to pair with Yellowhorse.
The Cuban, Calvo, is an outfielder. He can hit, and has a reputation of being one of the fastest men on the bases in the league.
They're a great bunch—these pennant-winning Travelers— with their many nationalities. But they had the stride to come in under the wire in a hot finish. And the "Tabasco Kid" supplied the wisdom and the old ginger that made them hit on all cylinders.