Clipping:The 'crank' as a dangerous lunatic
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| Date | Monday, June 9, 1884 |
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| Text | Mutrie was unceremoniously aroused from his slumbers one morning by the announcement that there was a gentleman down in the parlor who wished to see him. Thinking it was one of the ball-tossers after “mon,” he told them to show the gentleman up stairs to his bedroom. In a moment or two, to his utter astonishment, a strange-looking genius came walking in. He introduced himself to Mutrie as a the greatest pitcher in the world, and claimed that he had a lot of new deliveries that had never been pitched before. Jhim had just been hustled out of a sound sleep and he was in no mood to be annoyed by a crank of this sort, so he put on an awfully tough look, and said: “Why, the boys will knock you out of the lot!” “Oh! no, they won’t,” replied the stranger, producing a fifteen inch file from his boot-leg, which was ground down as sharp as a razor on both sides, and a long keen point on it that would put a lance to the blush. His eyes sparkled like diamonds as they danced about through this head, as he smilingly repeated his remark: “Oh! no, they won’t! for this is what I always use.” Jim was alone with the lunatic. He felt the cold chills creeping up his back, but did not dare to show that he was agitated, even though the chair tickled the seat of his trousers so much that could hardly sit still. Jim’s level head on this occasion pulled him through, and as quick as a flash he said: “I think you are about the best pitcher in the country, and if I can get you to pitch for the Metropolitans they will surely win the championship. Come, let us get a ball and go out, and you pitch it to me.” The maniac consented, and Mutrie breathed more freely, but did not risk a long breath until he had safely lodged him in the hands of the police, when he made to a looking-glass to see the color of his hair. St., quoting an unnamed exchange |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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