The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-19


1--WE have q young pitcher in the
box who has a most deceptive delivery.
want you to watch him. and don't
miss any balls or strikes
IAN right l replied. but you had
better keep your eye on that Wash
ington pitcher. He's got something
too. quite a deceptive delivery
Walter blanked his opponents that
day. allowing only q few hits. while
the youngster who opposed the speed
king only lasted few Innings"
Tommy connollypwas on the Job one
day In Boston during a game between
the New YORK Yankees and the Red
Sox.
Roy HartzelI was at bat and with
the count two balls and three strikes
Pitcher Foster shot over third
strike.
you're getting old and you're
blind" cried Hartzell as he turned
away from the plate and walked back
to the bench.
oh. don't know SO much about
that-what's your batting average
retorted Connolly.
"As i was only hitting about .z3s I
had no come back. SO doffed my cap
to the Jump. and said. You win"
The foregoing was told the writer
Wy Ehale 81 a. OS
true.
Here's a little squib about Iris Speaker.
the Boston Red Sox out1elder. who backs
up the story:
Something like ten years ago. ohen
Iris Speaker was playing amateur ball
on the Texas lots. the manager OF the
Cleburne team. in the North Texas
League. saw him in action. sought him
out after the game and said:
I'D like to sign you up TO play with
my club. III pay you ssS a month and
board. Think II over and let me know
tomorrow"
That night Iris went home and told
his folks about some funny guy" kid
ding him. Said he'd give me SO a month
and board. too said Iris. That
shows he was kidding"
But the Cleburne person wasn't. The
next day he hunted up Iris. We'll. what
about my offer7' he asked. i
"Oh. IL listens good-it listens too
darned good" answered Iris. You can't
kid me. mister
kidding! Say. my boy" responded
the Cleburne man. Just to show you that
7 mean business, I'll pay you IS in cash
the minute you sign the contract"
As he spoke the manager extracted a
husky roll OF bills from his jeans. Iris
took one look at the bundle. and then
gasped:
Gimme the eontract-and gimme the
Connie Mack has promised that he
is going to make the other teams sit
up and take notice about the middle
of next season. 1t is kind of Connie
to tip OF his rivals as to when the
White Elephant express is going to
get up speed.
Those who are acquainted with Con- |
ME, however. will consider that he
may not be fixing the real time for HIS !
likely to be the day that the cham |
pionship season of 1916 starts than |
the Fourth of July.
After his 1905 pepnant winners were |
broken up Connie spent several sea-
sons getting together another first |
class combination. The White Ele- |
plants of 1910 surprised him by maxi |
ing good one year before he had ex- |
pected. II Is probable that the Ath- |
plan will be to play Connie Mack to |
have his machine well oiled up next |
April
In exhibiting a lot of raw recruits |
last season, Connie Mack may have |
been concealing the real talent for |
his 1915 combination.
When Frank Slonan, the Pacific Coast |
,choolboy. broke Ted Meredith's worlds
44o-yard running record OF
IS As seconds at San Francisco Saturday
he announcement did not surprise ath-
etic authorities, who believe Sloman will
prove to be- one Of the sensations of the
lge.
In the Coast meet Sloman breezed to
he wire IN the wonderful time of IS Is
,econds, which bettered Meredith's
'choolboy mark made May T.. 1912 in
his city. Meredith wore the colors of
Academy when he put up
lis high-water figures. and improved so
we'll Immediately after that he broke the
worlds record for the SEQ meters and
he ss0-yard distances at the Stockholm
Jlympics.
Just at present Meredith appears to
ave the edge on the sensational young
.tnlete of the far West, for in the
national championship held
elphian virtually ran the youngster into
tartled the athletic followers of the
,orld by coming under the wire in q sec
nds. This equalcd Maxey Longs long
landing figures. thought to be beyond
he reach OF any present-day athlete.
800
Did you know that no Boston baseball
cam has ever lost a world seriesr Sfact.
.mericans won in 1905. 1917 and in tbs
,st one. Braves won last fall