The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-03

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"Wee-ah" 10 not . mere catchword
in the baseball vocabulary of Manager
Hugh Jennings. "Wee-ah" 10 pregnant
With meaning. Popular usage has
made n nuch Of Joke. and yet 1t b
used by Jennings In q spirit far fron
that Of levity.
When Jennings FIRST used the nov
famous battlecry It was In the little.
white-washed Enclosure used for q ball
park away down in Macon. Ga. Jen-
nings had Just !oined the team. TIE
Tigers were fighting and quarreling.
People said Jennings task was hops
less. But before leaving the training
camp In August he had welded then
together into . scoring machine that
has since won two pennants. And hs
did 1t by the force Of his own persoa.
slity. They were drawn to him.
looked up to him. and forgot their
petty disputes.
When they did q good piece Of work
he was always ready with slap on
the back and CHEEKY. favorablt com.
ment. 1t was always:
That's the way-ah!"
BY the time the team reached Ma
con Jennings had pounded this .ex-
preston down to the one stirring
shriek-"Wee-ah!"
That's the way" was not explosive
enough to suit his fighting nature. He
wanted action. and action quickly.
Any three-syllable yell was too tame
for him. And the players understood
the yell Just ~ though he had spoken
English.
"Wee-ah" 1t stands to-day. and will
stand. 1t 10 the keynote of the sue
cess of man great in his chosen pro
fession. There are great authors.
great statesmen. great inventors.
great soldiers. Jennings glory rests
in baseball. But 1t is simply because.
as boy. lifting his thoughts from the
slate pile where he worked in the
Pennsylvania coal mines. he turned
his energy into one certain channel.
His methods are worth studying.
II the business man. the worker.
who for few hours Of recreation goes
to the ball park. would forget the
game awhile. forget the batting ~.
erages of Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner
and all other vain pursuits and make
a personal study Of Jennings and his
work. he would 60 away benefited. 10
freshed, to tackle the worries and
problems of another day
When a run Is needed In the ninth
inning, watch "Hughie." "Matty's"
on third leading of. Cobb is at bat.
The pitcher winds up. Cobb lurching
forwards, chops at the ball-and
misses. There comes the cheering
welcome cry of "Wee-ah!" given a.
only Jennings can give 1t.
One strike on Cobb, but it was not
his fault. He swung a. he should
swing. He did his best. And the cry
goes up that sends the blood coursing
through his veins and drives from his
mind worry because Of his failure.
With one strike against him the
pitcher winds up. Cobb lurches for
ward again, then draws back. It was
a ball and he would take no chances.
Again he hears that cry before he
hears the yell of the umpire's voice.
1t has a ring of confidence and get
there" spirit to it. and he knows with
out thinking that he has done the
right thing. He goes back to the plate
cooler and more determined than
ever.
You can do 1t. Ty-get that run
in"
There is cry. The stands rock
with the roaring. dancing. momentari-
ly mad spectators. The ball has torn
short. low and true over second.