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ASEBALL
By BILLY EVANS
r, Big Laagu» U m p i r »
a n d G e n a r a i M a n a g e r o f th e
C le v e la n d In d i a n i
Baseball has been very kind to me.
I have enjoyed my work. I t has dove
tailed w ith what I kidded myself Into
terming my "lite ra ry ” efforts. I not
only umpired, but also tried to be a
spectator In every game that I have
officiated. I wanted to get both slants.
I t was my very good fortune to
have been the umpire In some of the
greatest games that have been played
In the last 25 years in the Majors. I
have picked out the high spots In these
contests, the unusual happenings, the
superlntlves o f baseball and Intend to
dwell on them a t length In various
articles.
I umpired the first game W alter
Johnson ever pitched. I marveled as
be turned back the slugging Detroit
Tigers In his league debut, using noth
ing but a fast ball. T h a t was all he
knew. H e boasted no curve, slow one
or change of pace. Simply burning
speed.
Johnson In that game, as well as
many others In the early part of his
career, attempted to keep the oppo
sition from hitting the ball by throw
ing it so fast the batters couldn't see
I t H e succeeded quite well.
T h a t may sound like wild exagger
ation, but It Isn’t. I can truthfully
say that W a lte r Johnson Is the only
pitcher who ever caused me to blink
behind my heavy Iron mask. His
speed in the early days was so great
that every now and then, much to my
disgust, I would find myself closing
my eyes and calling them. T h a t’s a
first time confession.
However, It never caused any trou
ble, as the batsman was doubly hand
icapped when pitted against John
son. H e not only had to follow the
W a lte r Johnson.
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flight o f the ball, but also hit I t E v
ery now and then a fte r calling a strike
on a batter with Johnson pitching, he
would turn and say to m e:
"W h a t was that last one, BIU, a fast
one o r a c u rv e t’ Such a query usu
ally brought a look o f Indignation
from me. Then the batter would In
variably reply:
" I ’m not kidding or kicking. I real
ly didn't see the last one and I was
wondering w hether It was a fast one
or curve."
Having wrung such an admission of
Ignorance from the batsman, I would
proceed to tell him w hat I thought It
was without any fea r o f contradiction.
I f I happened to blink on the same
ball and had no better idea of the
pitch than the batter, I still had the
edge.
Charley 8treet first caught Johnson
In the M ajors and Is regarded by W a l
ter as the greatest catcher of all
time. For practically three years he
called for nothing but fast balls from
Johnson.
When
opposing batters
asked him where Johnson's curve
was, he Invariably answered:
“W hy use the hook when you boys
can’t see the fast one?”
The batters, fearful of Johnson's
great speed, would have much pre
ferred looking over Johnson's curve
a fte r be acquired one. The curve
ball, you know, Is not thrown with
nearly se much speed.
W hat are the superlatives of base
ball as 1 have teen them In the M a
jors over a score o f years?
T he umpire, watching the different
teams perform day In and day out,
year a fte r year, sees many unusual
things. I have officiated In more than
8,000 m ajor league games and more
than 80 world series contests. I f
touched briefly on the many events
worthy of mention, I could fill a large-
sized volume.
I
<8 kr Ike Bvll «radical«. In«,»
Willie Munden Retires
W illie Munden of Montreal, one of
the best of modern riders, who had
the leg up on 181 winners. Including
Carlarls In the Coffroth handicap and
T iju ana derby. In 1026. has announced
his retirem ent because o f Increased
weight.
T he earns
whch forced
other crack
Canadian to
difficulties o f poundage
the retirement of many
Jockeys caused the little
give up riding.
Three
London's literary bigwigs were be
Grove Is Fastest Pitcher
CZEJRNE A T W E L L B LU B , the able first baseman of the S t
Louis Browns, who Is built like Red Grange and as dynamic on
the diamond as the redhead was on the gridiron, sat In on a
diacusaion of fast balls In the lobby o f the Montgomery hotel,
West Palm Beach.
“L e fty Grove unquestionably has the fastest ball o f any pitcher In
the American league,” said Lu, who can speak with authority a fte r ten
years o f facing the best boxmen in the circuit.
“W alberg Is fast and so Is Earnshaw,
among the right-handers, but neither has quite
the sip th a t Grove can put on the ball. The
ace of the A’a, In addition, has great control
for a southpaw, W alberg has a better curve
than Grove.”
The subject turned to W a lte r Johnson,
who probably had the fastest ball o f them all,
“I batted against Johnson eight or nine
years ago when I believe he still was faster
than anyone In the league and faster even than
Grove Is now,” said Blue. “But Cobb, Speaker
and the fellows who had known him In his prime
told me I should have seen Johnson when be
was good. I f they were right. I'm glad I didn't
have that to worry about. H e was too good
for me when they said he was about through.”
Lefty Grove.
L
ESTIMATED COST
OF RAISING PULLETS
SAID TO BE FROM ABERDEEN
A professional actor was coaching a
dram atic society.
"You must Infuse more expression
Into your voices,” he said. “W hy, I re
member an actor who could so read a
menu as to make his audience weep.”
T here was a moment’s awed silence,
and then one of the amateurs re
m arked: "H e must have read the
prices.”— Stary Stories.
NOT WELL KNOWN
ROGERS HORNSBY
IS GREAT HITTER
Alexander Gave Him First
Hit Out of Sympathy.
Rogers Hornsby Is a great hitter. He
has been the Rajah o f the National
league for years and led that organiza
tion In batting often. Yet the first h it
he ever got In the big show was given
to him out of sheer sympathy.
Alexander was the pitcher who
handed that sympathetic sock to the
Rajah.
“This kid broke In against us In St.
Louis,” said the Nebraskan, “and I
was pitching when he did. ' The first
couple of times he didn’t do anything.
On his third trip up I said to K llle fe r:
“ ‘Here's a kid breaking In, let’s
hand him one.' ”
•” AU right,’ said K1I, ‘go ahead.’
So I stuck one straight over and he
h it a double. H e certainly gave me
plenty of trouble a fte r t h a t But he
wasn't my toughest. No, sir, the tough
est gent I ever faced was Jimmy Arch
er, the old Cubs’ catcher. I was his
‘cousin’ all rig h t
“H e didn’t h it more than about 240,
but he could hit me. I pitched them
high and low, In and out, fast ball and
curve, but be h it everything. When
ever he saw roe getting ready to pitch
he used to kick his heels In the a ir
and laugh right In ray face.
•1 finally aaid: ‘Darned If I ’m going
to tire myself out trying to pitch to
him.’ So I Just stuck It over and took
a chance.”
An Innovation has been introduced
by the Chicago ( III.) publisher, John
C. Baur, who sponsors the Review fu
tu rity, and the nominators to the 19.30
colt fu tu rity w ill assent to racing the
event of 1033 under the handicap sys
tem. Heretofore it has happened that
one or two colta have stood out over
the other colta and have had easy sail
ing to trim th eir fields.
I t la now proposed to handicap the
youngsters thnt have an edge on the
others to point of speed, and the top
colta or the ones that have shown
superiority w ill be compelled to take
so many feet or yards handicap, while
the others w ill atari from the scratch.
T he system w ill be used extensively
thia season In classes arranged for the
aged trotting horse division.
Loyola university of Loa Angeles has
Just Insured Tom Lleb against death
or accident fo r »50,000.
Thia, w ith
Lleb's three-year contract at a re
ported salary o f $12,000 a year, shows
how highly Loyola values the services
of its new football coach, who, less
than a year ago, was drawing »5,500
as line coach at the University of W is
consin.
A Chicago w rite r thinks tennis la
silly because "a 200 pound six-footer
runs around screaming T w e n ty love,’ ”
And yet. I f a fellow watches tennis
long enough to know there Is no
“T w enty love” In It, he often finds it
attractive.
Another sign o f Impending, If not
actual middle age, la a growing dis
position to postpone the baseball pen
nant prophecy until August or there
after.
The first m ajor league bapehall club
to Inaugurate spring training In the
South was the Baltimore Oriole«, who
went to Macon, Ga., In 1804, under
the leadership of Ned Hanlon.
Sport Mates
Joe T in k e r w ill act as both coach
and business manager of the Buffalo
club.
• • •
Jack Quinn, forty-four-year-old Ath
letic burler, expects to keep on pitch
ing until he’s fifty.
• • e
T he Lehigh university five elected
W arren H . "Buck” Schaub to captain
the team next season.
• • •
T he Big Ten outdoor track cham
pionships w ill be staged at N orthw est
ern university May 23 and 24.
• • •
Judge Em il Fuchs, president of tha
Braves, has arranged to have a band
concert before every game this sea
son.
• • •
Almost any possible solution of tha
argument following the Sharkey-Scott
fight would be agreeable, except fight
ing It over.
• « •
H a rry Medline struck out 61 batters
In four games while aiding the Elis
abeth Center team to win the Junior
baseball championship of Ontario.
• • •
Tom O’Rourke, famous boxing pro
moter and manager, who is now In his
seventy-fourth year, has been actively
engaged In the ring game fo r 46 yean,
• • •
Recent big leaguers on the St. Paul
roster Include W a lter Gerber, ex-
Brown, and Benny Paschal, Wiley
Moore and Johnny Grabowski, ex-
Yanks.
• • •
T he Michigan School for the Blind
has a football team that playa high
school elevens under regular rules, ex
cept for the fact that forward passes
are barred.
• • •
Charley Moran, one of the National
league umpires who officiated In the
world series. Is considered among ths
best Judges of hunting dogs In ths
United States.
• • •
A1 Thomas, W h ite Sox pitcher,
worked 25 complete games In the last
part o f the American league season
o f 1928 and the first part of 1929 sea
son before he had to be taken out of
the box.
• • •
Sign Language
" It Is said that you are always ta lk
ing politics.”
“I fear,” rejoined Senator Sorghum,
“that the habit is very strong.”
"B ut you sometimes shake hands by
the hour without saying a word."
"V ery true. But In this great game,
even shaking hands Is a sort o f sign
language.”— Washington Star.
N o t on Sight
T h rifty Man— Why spend so much
on clothes? Cheap ones are Just as
good. I paid £3 fo r thia suit, and I
guess I f I said I had paid £8 you
would believe me."
Friend (exam ining cloth)— Certain
ly— I f you told me on the telephone.—
Lustlge Sachse.
Absence Makes L andlord Richer
T he poet was famous, but the land
lord was Irate.
" I want my rent, * stated the latter,
“and I want It today. I f I don’t get It,
tomorrow people w ill be pointing out
this house as the place where you
once lived.”
Much S a fe r G uide
W ife— I am afraid our new house
maid is dishonest
Husband —Come now, dear, you
should never Judge by appearances.
W ife— I don’t I Judge by disappear
ances.— Stray Stories.
TO STOP HER
The American Athletic union has 25
district associations throughout the
Vnlted States. The Metropolitan Dis
tric t association, embracing New York
city and vicinity, is the largest with
206 member clubs.
• • •
A freshman who never played bas
ketball before this season Is the only
rookie sure to advance to the U n lve r
slty of M aryland squad next winter.
He Is Ed Melvin, described as 6 feet,
a clever shot, natural guard and a
heads-up player.
Lundgren Gets Ready
Teacher— “W hy should we put a full
stop a fte r the sentence, T h e woman
said she was going a fte r him w ith a
stick’?“ Pupil— "W hy— e r— to keep her
from going too fa r.”
Truth la Ads
T never smoke no cigarettes."
Ths famous player said:
But they had him on ths signboards
Recommending Shanghai Redo.
Poeiticac A lterad
H a ttie —Oh, Evelyn, did be propos«
last night? T e ll me what It was lib e l
Evelyn—Oh, It was very simple
When he began he was on hla knees,
and when be finished I wee on them
Coach Carl Lundgren o f tha Illinois
university baseball team has his men
In good shape to start on the annual
southern training trip . A winner 1»
looked for this veasoiv
Ponltrym en should have available
from »1 to »1-50 to spend for every
pullet they plan to raise, declares
Charles N . Keen, assistant professor
of poultry a t the Colorado Agricul
tu ral college.
‘T o bring Into production a dual
purpose pullet—one wblcb may be
utilized for meat or egg production—
about seven months’ tim e and 30
pounds o f feed are required,” M r.
Keen says. ‘T o bring into production
a pullet of tbe Leghorn type, about
five and one-half months’ tim e and 24
pounds o f feed are necessary.”
O ther Interesting
figures which
have been compiled from authoritative
sources, but which are of course aver
age figures, are given by M r. Keen,
who believes they w ill be of special
Interest now that the new chick sea
son is beginning.
I t la emphasised
that good management In most cases
should produce better than average
results.
Since It generally takes about two
eggs to get one husky chick, and since
□early three chicks must be batched
to get one good p u lle t it has been es
timated that It really requires about
six eggs to obtain one good p u lle t
Several good authorities declare that
It costa about ten cents to produce a
chick. A six-year-old Rhode Island
Red should weigh about three-fourths
of a pound.
A six-week-old Single
Comb W hite Leghorn should weigh
about seven-tenths o f a pound.
A Rhode Island Red should weigh
two pounds at about eleven weeks of
age and should hnve consumed about
7.2 pounds o f feed. A Single Comb
W hite Leghorn should weigh one and
one-half pounds at about ten weeks of
age and should have consumed 6.»
pounds o f feed.
Sanitary Management
Is Baby Chick Need
I f the baby chicks are to keep theli
health and grow vigorously, we must
practice proper sanitary management
We nust keep the house clean, the
ground clean, and the feed that is
given them must be clean and whole
some. The feeding utensils and d rink
ing fountains must be kept as clean
as possible. I t is a good Idea to al
ways keep a good disinfectant on hand,
and every tim e the house Is cleaned
to use a solution of the disinfectant
T he house should be cleaned out at
least once each week and disinfected
whenever necessary. I t should be dis
infected thoroughly a fte r each brood
is placed on range, to guard against
any contagious diseases.
Hard-Boiled Eggs Safe
Food for Baby Chicks
I t la common practice to feed tha
In fe rtile eggs tested out from the In
cubator to baby chicks. In so doing
It Incurs the danger o f Infecting
the chicks w ith pullorum disease (fo r
merly called bacillary w hite diarrhea).
Where eggs form a p art o f the chick’s
diet they should be boiled for at least
five minutes and preferably longer
This boiling w ill destroy tbe germ of
the dreaded chick disease, and then
It la a perfectly safe and good prac
tice to feed the boiled eggs to baby
chicks. One should not run the risk
o f Infecting the brood by feeding the
raw eggs.
Feed for Poults
A F rie n d ly W ord
Jasper— I haven't a good word tot
that feller Jim.
Dexter— W ell, they ain ’t much good
said about him. But I ’ll say one good
thing about Jim. he wasn’t always a»
mean ns he was sometimes.
Outfielder 8pencer H arris, who got
hla first m ajor league tryout with the
Philadelphia Athletics back In 1881,
haa been reclaimed by Connie Mack
from the Detroit Tigers on waivers.
H arris batted .340 for the Minneapolis
A. A. d u b last season. He haa had
three major league trials, but la only
twenty-nine.
U col
Y m , Sirl
With family spats
Confined to ths feat
Married lift
Will be complete.
Bill F le m has completed his twenty-
fifth year as a National league um
pire and has officiated In 14 world se
ries. He claims to have worked In
baseball games In everyone of the
states.
• • •
Tennla was evolved from a game In
troduced to sportsmen o f Nahant.
Mass., In 1878. called aphlrlatlke, which
two young men had learned from a
British officer who had adapted It from
a medieval French game.
J. T. “Jim m y" Sheckard, famous
member of the Chicago Cube of an»th-
er decade, «rill pilot the Franklin and
Marshall college nine through a stren
unua schedule this spring.
Sheckard. regarded hy many critics
ea the greatest left-fielder of all times.
Io»« no tim e In calling his first prac
“ B ill knows his onions, all right."
“Yes; but doesn’t know ’em well
enough not to eat 'em."
Seven Months’ Time and 30
Pounds of Feed.
L ittla turkeys should not be fed
for the first day or two, as they are
absorbing the yolk of tbe egg from
which they came and this Is what na
ture Intended that they should g e t
A fte r tw o days they may be fed
chopped hard-boiled egg and corn
bread crumbs fo r the first week, or
soaked stale bread In m ilk and
squeezed dry. When they begin to
get get nut on the range, they may
he fed morning and night only, as
they get much from the range.
Young Duck Ration
A widely recommended ration that
has been extensively used by duck
raisers, la as follow s: Aa a atarting
ration a mash made up of equal parts
of rolled oats and dried bread la fed.
It la found desirable to add a small
quantity o f sand, one p art to twenty
parts o f the mash, and moistened. As
much as the docks «rill clean up rend
lly la fed five o r six times dally. A ft
e r the ducks are six days old equal
porta o f bran, yellow corn meal, rolled
oata and dry bread can be fed.
Foggy E i m m
Geese M ate in Pairs
“I'm sorry Reggie'« io late In bring
Geesa generally mate In pair*,
ing me home, mother. T here was a though a young gander w ill some
dense fog, and hla ear was held sp."
times mats w ith more than one goose
“Why, It’s a clear, moonlight night, l-ater he w ill usually pick a favorite.
child I”
When mature the easiest way to tell
“So It la I must have been think a gander la to listen to the voice. A
Ing of some other night I"— Hum orist gander haa a voice which la a cross
het ween a whistle and whisper. A
Ho Wee W illi.«
young male hatched In Jane has an
Judge— Too attacked thia man an excellent chance, but I f be la kept
the street. Can you deny It?
in a pew w ith a lot o f other birds of
Accused— Yen, I ean. Tour Honor, It different ages he probably w ill net
you think It w ill help ase any.
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“George Bernard Shaw,” said a
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pride during the carrot course th a t
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longest play th a t had ever been w rit
ten.
"H e said that W ells’ ‘Cllasold’ was
the longest novel aver w ritten , and
th a t Arnold Bennett was going to do
an u p lift book that would be the
longest of Its kind tw ice over.
T h e n Shaw wound up w ith a
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Children In Europe are demanding
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Six-year-old
M ario Conterlo recently appeared sn
the streets o f Paris on hla motor-
driven
unlcycle.
Three-year-old
W arn er Klm pel, son o f a famous
German auto racer, has his own elec
tric racing car, and A lfredo Boni-
fa tti, aged four, drives through the
streets of Rome on a tiny, but
speedy, motor cycle.
HATCHERY
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T h e production o f gold In the U n it
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A R a re Case
Blinks— B ill’s w ife has the utmost
confidence In him, hasn’t she?
Jinks— Say, she even lets trim buy
his hats and suits w ithout going
along to do the choosing fo r him.
The new telescope at Pasadena,
You don’t have to speak; but you Calif., will have 4 lens 16 2-3 feet la
diameter.
have to hear.
Bride Tells Her Secret
OR a young bride of twenty-
to lose her vitality and pep
T one
is disastrous, almost a sacrilege,”
George E. Pillow, of
Franklin, Va. “That, however,” she
continues, "is Just what I did.”
"I had only bean married a few
months to sn athletic husband, who
went everywhere and did every
thing. I tried to keep up with his
pace, and simply collapsed under the
strain. I never was really Hl; just
sallow-skinned, depressed, and life
less. Swimming, dancing, golf, I just
couldn't face them. When I began to
lose my clear complexion, I was
says M rs.
"Then one day a girl friend came
to pay mo a visit. In the bottom of
her little bag of clothes lay a crystal-
clear bottle—Nujoll A short wo
man-to-woman talk—a telephone
call to a neighboring drug store—and
m y future happiness was settled.
"That was a year ago. Now I too
am never without Nujol, which haa
brightened and cleansed my body
like a cake of pure sonp. I oat, sleep,
swim, and hike srith the enthusiasm
of a child. My complexion is all it
used to bo—and bast of all—I am
m y husband's little pal again.”
The wonderful thing about crystal-
dear Nujol b that it b not a medi
cine; it contains no drugs—it cannot
hurt even n baby. It is simply the
internal lubrication which
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How Can They be Won?
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tha poisons out of your body (wo all
have them), and flood tho sunshine
of happiness into your life.
It sounds like a fairy tale, but
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—sold only in sealed pndagsa, with
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