The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-29

over SO much territory and using up
sd many superHuDus letters OF the.
alphabet When a little kid Carl was
badly frightened by a spook OF some
thing. and this stuntcd his growth.
50 he reached an altitude Of only six .
feet and Six inches above the level Of I
the Miami river, which flows through
his native city OF Hamilton, o.
Carl was very fond III baseball as Al
lad, but he played under diiIicultics.t
as his father couldn't sec any virtue
In the American pastimc. II Carl hadf
taken up Notwithstanding or skill
jumping or yodclinE@nr skating ait might
have been nil right With WetlenmannE
pere. but he looked upon baseball as
mere foolishness. Many q time and
Oft the poor little dwarf was given
asWitchtng and sent supperless tn bed /
for indulEing in the forbidden pleas
urcs Of the diamond.
After leaving school Carl undertook|
to learn the machinist'S trade, and heI
was doing fairly we'll when he heard
that the Richmond, Ky. club in the
Blue Grass League was in need Of a
pitcher The manager expressed a
Willingness to give Carl q trial. and
he set ont for Kentucky with hope
beating high in his buzzum. Alas. itI
was not to be realized--thcn. Carl
thought he was 4 pitcher, but the
Richmond manager didn't agree with
him, and after an absence of three
days Carl was back at the machine
shop asking for his old job back.
Everybody thought Carl was cured
of his pitching ambition, but he
wasn't. and the spring OF 1909 found
him in Charleston, NJ. va, where he
Iasted almost month. He put OH
his HoveraIls and went back to tile ma
Chine shop for another year IN 1911
The heard that Il pitcher was needed
..at Flint. NEich. lie was told to report
\ Ill Newark. o.. where lie found the
manager trying tn piece together y
Flint club from the Newark and Lima
outfits This time Carl lasted less
\ than day. and he never saw Flint.
\. When he returned 10 Hamilton he was
fired from his old job at the machine
shop, but managed to make q living.
that summer by playing seni-pro ball
III 1912 he got regular Job with
MaysvilIe Ky. and he did snaNell that
in mid-season he was sold to the
Browns.
Weilman is principally famous as
the Tiger taner. owing to his sue
cess when pItted against the. Detroit
sluggcrs. IN 1916 Cobb, Crawford and
Veach had batting average against
Wetlman of .12T. This Year Carl got
off to a bad start. and the Tigers drove
him from the slab on his first start
and defeated him in two subsequent
games. On May ~ Carl defeated the
Tigers 81 to q, and reneatGd on June 20.
n by the same score. and two days later
tanned the Striped Cats 8 ID 4,
H On the whole Weilman had rather
u a bad season this year. breaking ever
with eighteen victories and the sar1c.
5numher5of defeats. but the. Mound City
/ fans expect much better work from
him in ii 917-
4 Today III Plgilistic Annals.
JOG Walcottts finish as "a fighter 81
/ championship caliher came just ten
Years ago. November 80, 1906 when
Honey Melody smashed the Barbados
II demon all around the ring at Chelsea GO
II Mass, and forced him to quit in the
\ twclfth round. Joe was the undif-
I#puted wc1tcrwetgh champ UP to the
l#tiIne he lost on aa OIL 10 another cullud
gent, Dixie Kid in San francisco il
190l. Dixie then claimed the title. but
#yvalcott fought him d gain q little later
land. rot d draw. q zoe was generally
Hooked upon as champion after that
and fought draws with sam IlanEford
and Joe Cans. Then one night ar q
darkey dance Joe mad some words with
another. African gent. and shot himself
Through the hand. That bullet punched
his meal ticket. all right. Fle was GU
III. the ring until as When he tough
II a draw with Billy Rhodes in Kansas
CITY, and then tackled Honey Melody
] The first bout went fifteen rounds. ant
Honey was given the decision. AZ re
turn match was then made for oven
4 i.ber %. and Melody conclusiEel.
& proved that. Walcott's day was over
\ Joe fought a lot Of bouts after that
l Isbut he was easy for even second
I.raters.