The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-04
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why ! lived that summer IN De-
troit, when | accomplished what
some folks claimed was the impos-
lsible-the striking out of Ty Cobb
with the bases full" answered Wild
Bill.
"Cy Pieh started the game and
was knocked out of the box didn't
have any other pitchers to shove
in. so | went in myself. passed
the first batter. The next one went
out on q fly. So did the third
hit the fourth batter in the ribs
with a roundhouse curve and filled
the bases by walking the next De
troit hitter.
| Then came Ty Cobb. He was
grinning and the crowd was kidding
me in a good natured way. | shot
tup one to Ty and 1t went 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. but that was forty
years ago
well, then | hitched up my little
panties and frightened my belt. !
shot the next ball over for a called
strike. / put the next on in the
groove and Ty didn't take a swing
at it. 1t was strike two. Ty fouled
off the next two.
with the count two-two Ty prob
ably figured that I'd waste a ball in
an effort to get him to swing at it.
But | fooled him. ! threw a round
house curve-and right into the
groove Ty made a vicious swing
at it--and missed.
Il had struck out Ty Cobb with
the bases full and the ovation that
got the Sunday following that lit
tie trick was the greatest that ever
was given to me during all my base
ball career.
"And let me tell you this little
Bill was sort of proud about that
little stunt"
did Ty have any comment to
make afterward?"
Not to me. but / hear that he
said to one of his teammates that
the reason he famed was because
Cy Pieh had such a crazy delivery
that it threw him off his stride and
he wasn't back in it until after he
faced me that first time"
Bill paused moment.
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 fourth or fifth in
ming. The game seemed hopelessly
lost for US and so ! signalled that |
was going in to pitch.
When / walked into the box old
Clark Griffith began to give me the
sha-ha and the razzle-dazzle. He
yelled something about the old
mems home at me and told his boys
that Here's where we make a mil
lion runs
''Well now you know I'm not the
pitcher | used TO be. The old whip
has stiffened up a bit through adj
ded years and lack of steady work.
But haven't forgotten how TO throw
twisters, nor have | forgotten some
lof the weaknesses of some of the
ielubbers.
"And so | worked on the weak
nesses OF those Washington hitters,
with Grif haunting me and with the
crowd yelling something about has
been az me- | worked four full In
; nings and struck out seven of those
Washington clubbers. When began
moving down the boys Grif's yells
became fainter and fainter and
when | annexed six scalps Grif had
become tongue-tied.
"In the last inning Clyde Milan,
the slugger OF the Senators. came
up. Grif found his vocal apparatus
again and began yelling:
This old guy hasn't got thing.
CLYDE; not a thing. Knock the ball
out of the lot
Those other boys had orders TO
strike out, so as TO make YOU feel
good. you old has-been. but here's
this boy Milan who hasn't got any
such orders. He's going TO show you
lust what We all could do IL We
wanted to-
MILAN" continued Bill. lis one OF
those boys who makes pitcher
work. He must have the ball over
the plate. He's got almost unerring
Judgment as to the good ones and
the had ones. ! knew | was up