Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-03
my FRANK O. MENKEl =.


'The happiest moment OF my lifer'
"Wild Bill Donovan, who Is serving
time as manager of the Yankees,
paused, looked on into space for q
moment or SO. and then his face
beamed.
Why, | lived that last summer In
Detroit, when l accomplished what
some folks claimed was the impossi'
ble-the striking out OF Ty Cobb. with
the bases full" answered wild Bill"
ICY Pieh started the game and was
knocked out of the box. didn't have
any other pitchers to shove In, 30
went in myself, | passed the first bat
ter. The next one went out on ny.
So did the third. hit the fourth bat
ter In the ribs with q roundhouse
curve. and filled the bases by walking
the next Detroit batter.
Then came Ty Cobb, He was grin.
ming and the crowd was kidding me in
a good natured way. | shot up one TO
Ty and It vas wide. The next one
was wide. Ty kidded me by asking
why didn't put 'em over. The crowd
was giving me the merry ha-ha and
telling me that you used to be
pitcher, BIZ, but that was forty years
ago.
Well, then hitched up my trous-
ers and frightened my belt. ! shot the
next bali over for q called strike. |
put the next one In the groove and
TT didn't make swing ct It. Il was
strike two Ty fouled on the next
two.
with the count two-two Ty proba.
bly, figured that I'd waste bali IN an
effort to get him 70 swing az Il. But
! fooled him. threw 3 roundhouse
curve-and right Into the groove. Ty
made q vicious swing ct it---and
missed.
u had struck out TT Cobb With
the bases full. and the ovation that I
got that Sunday following that little
trick, was the greatest that ever was
given to me during all my baseball
career.
And, let me tell you this little Bill
was sort of proud about that little
stunt
did Ty have any comment TO make
afterwards2"
mot to me, but I hear that be said
to one OF his teammates that the raa-
son he famed was because Cy Pieh
had such crazy delivery that Il
threw him OF his stride and ne wasn't
back in It until after he faced me that
first time.
The second happiest period was in
Washington last summer" he added.
Carroll Brown worked for US and
was knocked out OF the box along
about the NTH inning The game
seemed hopelessly lost for us and so
/ siGnaled that was going In 10
pitch.
When walked into the box old
Clark Grifnth began to give me the
ha-ha and the razzie-dazzie. He yelled
something about the Old Mems Home
&c me and told his boys that Here's
where we make a million runs.
well, now, you know I'm not the
pitcher used 10 be. The old whip
has stiffened up a bit through added
year. and lack of steady work But
ha vent forgotten how 70 throw
twist srs, nor have | forgotten some
of tts weaknesses OF some OF the
clubbs'rs.
Ard 20 | worked on the weaknesses
OF u Csc Washington hitters. with
Grin taunting me and with the crowd
yelling something about .has-been. at
me worked four full innings and
struck out seven Of those Washington
ciubbers When began moving down
the boys GriKB yells became fainter
and fainter and when I'd annexed six
scalps Grit had become almost tongue
tied.
In the last inning Clyde Milan. the
slugger Of the Senators. came Up.
Grin found his vocal apparatus again
and began yelling:
This old guy hasn't got a thing
Clyls, not q thing. Knock the bail
at Of u 3 lot
"Those other boys had orders 10
strike out so as to make ron feel good
you old has-been. but here's this boy
Milan who hasn't got any such or
dars. He's going 10 show you just
Ehs W. all could do II We wanted
MILAN IL one OF those boys who
makes a pitcher work He must nave