The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-20
RUSSELL TOWER Of
STRENGTH TO CHICAGO
Yslng Sssthpsw Has Wssked d
Twe.ty-Ni.e Games fer White
Sex This Season.
SECOND YEAR IN THE MAJORS

you fellows were pretty lucky when
you picked UP Reb Russell
| Many times has that remark been heard
by Sox players during the present sea-
son. especially during a recent Western
| trip when big Ed Walsh was conspicuous
by his absence.
Surely Russell has proven tower OF
strength to Callahans team. without his
| services the team probably would be
mingling with such undesirable company
Is Detroit, ST. Louis. and maybe the
Yankees. Russell has twirled brilliant
ball this season. but IL Is expected that
next year he will he hailed throughout
the American League as the greatest left
handler In the circuit. Russell is yet a
mere kid. He has not yet reached the
voting age. when he does. II is limited
he Is to be the peoples choice for one
of the best political Offices in his home
town. Bonham. Tex
A Matter-of-Fact Chap.
Reb Russell Is one of the most matter
of-fact fellows who ever put on spiked
shoes. Nothing ever gets the better of
the big Texan. OF course. he is always
trying to win. but when the club fails
to hit behind him, or when the gang
boots the ball around and aids the run
getting cause Of the opponents. Russell
does not rave and ind fault. He's never
there with an alibi for himself, but is
ever willing to offer to make a boot or
bobble in a pinch
Russell says that winning ball games
in the American League Is no harder for
him than winning them for Walter Nor
ris' team down in Fort Worth. Tex. He
says he uses the same stun here that he
used in the bush. although he readily
admits the Callahan-Gisasonc combination
showed him few stunts that enabled
that didn't break any too well for him
when he was in the minors. This IL his
second season In organised. baseball. He
had been great pitcher IN Bonham, his
home town. and during the latter part of
last season. he was given a tryout with
the Fort Worth CLUB. He made good IN
rush and one Of Galatians friends
"tipped him OF" Callahan put in a
draft for the big fellow and secured him.
Locked. Raw wAen He Reported.
The Bonham lad. one Of the rawest
looking of recruits. reported for duty at
the Sox training camp in California dur
ing the early spring. and Callahan was
none too favorably impressed with him
at the start. When. the clubs were al
vided and sent homeWard Russell went
with the Yannigans under Kid Gleason.
Gleason watched the Bonhsm lad care
fully. and after he had worked one game
he came to the conclusion that he was
Of major league caliber. He wired Man
ager Callahan not to Dispose of Russell
by any means. The reJt OF the Russell
story Ia well known to the Russell fans.
To date. he has pitohed in twenty-nine
games. and. the season Ia scarcely half
~yf~A H. A.
the Sox through the full distance route.
He has lost seven Rather lucky COM
bination. isn't Il?
T Tho big Texan b . glutton for work.
and every afternoon. when not ON the
hilltop, he can be seen In the bull ring
warming up. He loves to take part IN
. game, md gladly trots forth when his
manager calls him, In e. pinch hitter"
and the fact that he has WORKED In
twenty-nine games shows coucausively
that Callahan has great faith IN him In
that capacity. The smart and Wise haze.
ball men throuShout the American
League are universal ia prsflctine that
Russell. after the experiencs he 4 e.in-
ing during the is1s season. wtlI mske
one OF the greatest SsouthpaWs basebsn
has ever known. n there Ara any. more
Hike him In the wiids o. TEXAS, CaIlshon
win BE- glad 70 do bu.,nsas With thsm |
csss esns s1sxpsssea.
with Duke. who hes list asrsved from
the South, IN the box for IL Cleveland
4. C.. the clsyelaudess Sand . epod
JAMS in game 70 ~ piaysd on tkeI
Catholic sunivsrsity ervunda ia Sui.
Ivan viii umpsse behind the hat With
KidwelI on the b0nea Game oafISa ~