The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
|6[Rs AGAIN PASS
! UP CHANCE TO
GET WADDELL
81. Louis Says All Clubs IN the
League Have Done Likewise
So Great Star Must Pass
To Minor Leagues.
History Will Remember Him as the
Greatest Pitching Machine the
Game Has Ever Known.

Had anybody made the preuiciioh
two or three seasons ago that the
pcfroit club would refuse an oppor-
tuiity TO secure for the insignificant
sum OF $1,000 the man who, in pure
natural ability must be considered as
the greatest pitcher OF all time, the
prnnhat would lmye been consigned To
Il class considerably below me I. >.
weather bureau and Anna Eva ray.
Yet that Is what has happened not
once, but twice. in the past tnrec
years.
The pitcher Is. OF course. the great
George Edward Waddell. Detroil
wouldn't think of taking him at i
time when, though still winner, Con-
ME Mack eventually turned Walden
to the Browns. Ii has happened again.
only a few days ago.
The Detroit management wouldn [
take Waidell for 81 500. the waiver
price: furthermore, il wouldn't accept
him as a gift. And il is doubtful II
there is any other American league
club that is willing 10 stand III the
way of this, the present attempt OF
the management of the Browns. TO
railroad Waddell into the minor
leagues which have for 4 season long
been yawning for him.
All Clubs Waive.
ct. Louis sends out the report that
all American league clubs have walv-
ed claim. IL this is so. il uEooubtediy
marks the Waddell passing. And there
are many who viii rejoice over tho
fact. Though, In 1909, the great Ren-
ben showed thar he could keep MP his
former clip for only part OF game,
as a rule. he was. nevertheless.
Troublesome man Tor any clab 70 lace
particularly an aggregation compris-
ing considerable number OF left
hand hitters. rs was the case last year
for Boston. Detroit Chicago and Wash
ington. AT that. the Rube did not do
50 badly. winning il games and los
ing IA. which was quite some better
than the figures attained by his club
IN it's grand average for the season.
though only parody Of what he once
could do.
There was never pitcher like Wad-
dell AT his best IL Is doubtful II there
will be another in the memory OF the
present generation.
Well over six feet in height. big
boncd and never carrying apparently
an ounce of suDcrfiuous flesh, Waddell
was. and even now remains. a genuine
Apollo from the physical point of view.
tie was man who would have scored
a similar success on the arena OF any
other field of athletic competition. He
played football little and. though he
always regarded IL as Joke. he was
simply wonder Nobody who ever
saw him fight. when his usual good
nature gave way TO a storm of pas
sion, Is likely To forget the sight. To
any form OF athletic competition he
brought that superb physical equip
ment and success was an assured GER
laiilty.
A Physical Marvel.
when at the zenith OF his pitching
ability. Waddcll was simply unhitable.
He was ole Of the few left-handers
who were equally rs effective against
Inc batsnCn whether they addressed
his offerings from the right or the left
side oi the Plate. His drop-curye has
never been eQnalled and the speed
which went with II will remain a base
ball classic as lOHg as baseball Is play
ed
Tut. With all his tremendous
strength aad physical ability. Wadden
lacked balance 10 such a degree that
now he seas staring HIM in the face a
disgrace Which should not have come
To him for many years. Waddeli's
ten-thOnsard-dol,ar arm was directed
by 10-cent head. Even his great con.
stitutiOn. lshting as ii has fought for
more tiIan a decade against the raw
ages of INSANE DISSIPATION. has found
the task TOO much. a man az average
equipment would have lasted only a
few days or one season az The best.
BiIt the baseball world will be- \
icnc time forgetting RUDE Walden.
A Brand New One.
The Lynchburg club has released
Catcher Billy Ross and Outfelder
Owen Jackson with the stipulation
that they are not TO play with any
other club in the Virginia league "a
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