Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-15
THE TEN THOUSAND-DOLLAR ARM
Bruno the Rescue-The Strategy of Pitching When Game
Means Pennant-The Old Fool Goes IN at the
Beginning of the Seventh.
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
The Worlds Most Famous Writer OF Baseball Fiction.


arm. AS he went through his exercises
he shook his head and groaned slightly:
Then he brought out a new jar of DOPE
and the massaging began, and as Bruno
stroked the relic of his former greatness
he laid his plan of campaign.
Nash must 20 in to start the game
His speed had beaten the Canaries in
the opening game of the series; 1t might
carry him through again. Dud Belcher
must be ready to step into the box at
moments notice. In case they should hit
Dud-well he would cross that bridge
when he came to It. Pittman, having
worked the day before, would be out OF
it. No. 1t must be Nash with heicher
In reserve-and after that? Bruno shook
his head and kneaded his arm thought
fully
When the Blue Jays arrived at the club
house they found 1t empty. Bruno was
out behind the bleachers, pitching to the
groundkeeper's 15-year-old son. He put
In an appearance, explained the SITUATION
and issued his orders.
Mash, you'll start. And, Belcher,
want you warming up right through the
game, in case anything should happen.
II Beau has what he had on Wednesday,
there won't be anything to 1t; but 1 want
you to be there ready to hop In"
The Canaries sent in their pet and
pride, Whitley" Collier, and the Blue
I Jays Iell upon MN llht u NUN VI
hawks. In the third inning they ratified
| out a volley of safe hits and piled up
] four runs Whitley went to the bench,
| and Oscar Peterson replaced him in the
box. The hitting stopped abruptly
In the fifth inning the hitting started
on the other side of the diamond. The
| Canaries were gauglng Nashs speed and
meeting 1t solidly. With the bases hlled,
one man in and one out, Bruno tagged
| the Beau and sent Belcher to the rescue
Luck helped Belcher to get the next two
men at the cost of no more than an ad-
ditional run. Score: Blue Jays 4; Ca
naries, 2,
hit, and drove in the third run on three
singles. Brilliant fielding cut them on
lust short of a tied score. Steve Sulli-
van, who was catching, came back TO the
bench dripping wet.
cts the speed, Bruno" he said, "These
fellows are hitting speed today. Now, II
we only had man to go In there With
smeizer moved over and questioned
Belcher.
II pitched my head off to every mar
In that inning" complained Dudi "ant
If you think there wasn't anything OF
the ball. ask Steve. They hit 1t Just th'
same why, that wIngo Jones hit OF
that break ball of mine 30 hard that 1
nearly picked Piggy Off his feet. Goo'
thing he held it, eh? oh. these fellow
are only lucky-thats all. They're jus
shutting their eyes and taking clou
at itg
''Three innings to 60" thought Bruno
three innings"
"steveW he called. Sullivan move
over and sat down by the acting manager
I'm going out 10 warm up for a min
ute" said the old man. Delay this In
ming all you can"
Bruno and the change catcher slippe
, out of the side gate as the last OF IN
I sixth began.
e rs that old fool going in2" demande
7 Nash, stiu smarting from the pepperin
y which he had received.
e You shut upv' snarled Sullivan. "Thes
9 fellows have been numbering speed toda!
Bruno win make suckers OF 'em. Sec
I can you do it7' asked the catch,
;. anxiously. when smelzer came back
o the bench. "How's the arm2"
Sore" said Bruno brieny. I'm tai
ing an awful chance, Steve; but II leal
Dud in there they'll Just about knock hi
endways next inning. I guess the old 81
10 will stand three innings all right, and h
k controls there. That's the main thin
in Wen work that mask trick on EN- II v
TO get a chance. l haven't tried Il again
d this club since June"
When Umpire Burke made the a
10 nouneement at the beginning of the Sc
Is enth there was a feeble cheer from I
is ! stand The fans had an enormous