Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-11

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lf reg could have looked through thu
key hole Of Keenc's door nj that precise
moment he might have been enlIghten
J ed. The thing which allied the star
pitcher was the same thing which has
driven so many brilliant performers
out Of the big leagues and back to the
bushes. Ia RIck's peculiar case Il was
a brown quart bottle with q red and
yellow label on fhe side.
During the winter tile habit gained
strength. Lacking the cheek Of train.
Ing and hnrd exercise. Keene bid him.
SELF In n small southern town and gave
himself M to self indulgence.
Kecne hoped that With the beginning
Of. the spring trimming the appetite
would desert him and he'd set himself
al,out The annual task OF .'inIlmbering
The old soup bone" The nrm was as
strnug as.fvpr. Int the steadiness and
the control which made him a great
pitcher were missing. and nobody
knew u better than KeeDe' himself
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me roar Whit, yrae,sd Eeene when
-. .n,er.d The dlamond won, "a
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ths arst hail shot twisting uver the
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sptirs yonn.rsIl int,ali h,.pan to hark.
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-(,it NJ ,em Riekr.
( i. was this sudden yelpinr behind
t-eens which ,nfor,nad, ths h,v. nitcher.
that his teammates had not been sure
of him. They were encouraging him
3ust A they encouraged Delaney and
the other doubtfur ones. Ii was a
shock to Keene's professional pride.
He set his Jaw at a lighting angle and
began to find the corners Of the plate
with BIS curve ball. and for SIX innings.
be made the Gamecocks wear q path.
from the visitors bench to the plates
snd back again. He would show 'em
that there was nothing the matter with
him.
IN the seventh inning Rick BEGAN by
missing the plate with dis arst ban. I.
he followed with two more curves
xvl1,f5, rrepfs v-;ae. trtaa = EAST sb.,l ana
,usf era,ed the battef,s sbonldef
The Cannrcock coacberr wfIooped de-
risIreiy al their man logged down -
f,rst i,ase.