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NOVELTY FURS
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garian boarding house worshipped that less rugged hero, “ Pop ” Anson. In Tompkins Square, Adolph had learned the Yankee art of throwing and catching; but he had never played in a regular game. Now, he took with enthusiasm to vacant-lot baseball.
! Perhaps it expresses his courage and ambition that he chose the hardest position for a man of his pounds and inches — catcher. In those days, catching was catching. The big mitt or “pud” had just arrived; but the vacantlot teams considered this protection cowardly and effeminate. The catcher trusted to the protection of a skimpy mask over his face and a skin-tight, fingerless glove on the left hand. Adolph developed a good peg to second, and became a Machiavelli at working the pitcher for a base on balls. Then one day a foul tip caught him on the little finger of the right hand, bending it L-shaped. Maturity straightened it out a little, but it is still crooked. His deft hands formed the best part of his working capital; he dared not risk them further. So he transferred himself to second base, and found it a position better suited to a man of his size and agility. Of summer afternoons, he sat sometimes on the bleachers, joining in the popular adoration of “ Pop ” Anson and King Kelly.
As soon as they opened the Novelty Fur Company, the partners found one great flaw in their business equipment. They were still deficient in conversational English. With retailers who spoke Hungarian and Yiddish, Max Schosberg got along splendidly. But when his cus