Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-02
RUDE WADDELL
PASSES INTO
GREAT BEYOND
Baseball Expert Writes Of Past
Experience With Famous
Southpaw TwirIer,
By @. B. Keeler.

be Inconvenience.
The ball player in question Is Rube
Waddell. | put it in the present
tense because hate the idea of hav-
ing to write was" about the Rube.
My sentiment for the RUDE arises
from rather an odd mixing up of the
Rube's destinies and my humble own.
in fact Gf you will pardon the per-
sonality), If the Rube had been some
thing else besides what he happened
to be it would be someone else writ
ing this Cor probably a much better
story about him
Strong for Strike outs.
You see l always was attracted by
the queer personality of the Rube
and his mighty feats of pitching. and
especially his ability to pitch EN-
past" the batter. So one day (being
a clerk in an insurance office at the
tin-e) | mistreated a typewriter into
some alleged verses about the Rube,
and showed them ruthlessIy up
against P. II. Whiting, who was then
SPIT ed. Of this paper, and he fell for
them, and the first thing I knew I
was working for a news paper.
Well, that led incidentally to my
making friends with the Rube, who
had innocently got me my job. so to
speak.
I went out and worked on The X G.
Star about the time the RUDE finished
up with the Big Show, 50 that we
hit Glass IA ball spontaneously you
might say. l journeyed about with
the X. c. Blues, and the Rube toiled
4 somewhat erratically) for Joe Can
I tillon in Minneapolis, and collided
with our boys occasionally, and usu-
: ally with severe effects-for the boys
He was still some pitcher.
A "Character Photograph"
b I remember one afternoon | met
Z the RUDE at the entrance to the ball
field in Nicollet Park, Minneapolis
had a Graflex with me and the
Rube had his wel-known ragged
glove and a new uniform coat, excess
sively blue, the kind Joe issued to his
hands
Stick out vour chest, RUDE, and
4 get shot" l suggested.
If there's one thing the Rube likes
II mean Iiked-better than another
it was being photographed. He stuck
out his chest fleXed his mighty shout
ders and drew up his siN-feet-tWo Of
husky manhood
| have that picture to-day II is
the best character picture I ever have !
seen OF pall player nay is pc :
cause the Rube contriVed for that
fleeing instant to look exactly like |
himself-huge, bombastiC indomita- |
BILE. unreliable, thoughtless, straight |
forward. generous great, big, sim
pie minded soul, thinking only about |
one tick ahead of the clock; huDe
WaddeA.
Track Meet Hero.
Il carried big copy of that picture |
North on my next trip ana gave II 10 |
the RUDE. That was the Gay ne Or
ganized a track meet before batting |
practice, and surprised everybody by |
winning nearly all the events. IN the
standing broad jump, ne peat me
nearly two feet-and | USED 70 IhIhh |
something of myself at that game.
! saw the last really great game lle
Rube pitched, IN minneapolis asai ~
the Blues He lost It, too-anu lne
other pitcher was Woikihs ms 80
great game. also; NICK MADDOX; Tor
merly. Of the Pirates, hoW-"nS'
don't know where ne IS
y<ther OF them vas looM,ns 90,
wEfd to the curtain or the Grim
Reaper in that game, however m,
The final score was 10 w. me
Millers got one mt or Nlch' anu oul
boys got two off the Rune put ohe
of them came alter the oiIy u'se "i
balls Of the game ,.,..L
Great Times WIZ Joe
The Rube had no END or iuIlny
times with Joe Cantillon, VINO was
= genuinely fond of the big nIbert 'he
called HIND, and used TO WaleH over
him in the winter months. Joe useu