Francis “Red” Donahue was a teammate of Napoleon Lajoie in Philadelphia and Cleveland. During a road trip in New York with the Indians in 1904 he told a story to Elmer Ellsworth Bates of The Cleveland News:
“I never come to New York without recalling the first time (Fred) Dutch Hartman of the old New York team ever saw Lajoie in a game. Hartman had just began playing third base for the Giants and he had to be coached all the time by his teammates.
Fred “Dutch” Hartman
“The Phillies came over here and when Larry came to bat Hartman appealed to his fellow players for instructions.
“‘Play in for this fellow,’ was the tip. ‘He’s liable to bunt.’
“Hartman went in about 30 feet and pushing his cap back on his head waited for the bunt. The pitcher swung up a nice one and Larry smashed it. The ball went away at awful speed. It brushed the top of Hartman’s head, struck squarely in the middle of his cap and carried that piece of headgear with it clear out against the left field fence. The other 17 players roared, but Hartman couldn’t see the joke.
Napoleon Lajoie
“‘I thought you said he would bunt,’ said he.
”That was a Lajoie bunt’ said (Giants center fielder George) Van Haltren. Wait and see him hit one with no cap to interfere with the ball.”
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