The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-09
(By FRANK G. MENKE)

(By FRANK G. MENKE.)
1.-THE happiest moment of my life!
'Wild Bill" Donovan, who is serving
time as manager of the Yankees.
| paused, looked off into space for
moment or so, and then his face
| beamed.
why, lived that last summer in
| Detroit, when l accomplished what
some folks claimed was the impossl'
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. l didn't have
any other pitchers to shove in, so
went in myself, l passed the first bat
ter. The next one went out on a n.y.
So did the third. hit the fourth bat
ter in the ribs with a 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 was wide. The next one
was wide. Ty kidded me by asking
why didn't put EN- over. The crowd
was giving me the merry ha-ha and
telling me that you used to be
pitcher, Bill, but that was forty years
ago.
Well, then ! hitched up my trous-
ers and frightened my belt. | shot the
next ball over for called strike.
put the next one in the groove and
Ty didn't make swing at it. 1t was
strike two. Ty fouled off the next
| two.
with the count two-two Ty proba-
bly, figured that I'd waste ball in an
effort to get him to swing at it. But
l fooled him. l threw a roundhouse
curve-and right into the groove. Ty
made a vicious swing at it-and
missed.
ST had struck out Ty Cobb with
tho bases full, and the ovation that l
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
afterwards"
''Not to me, but hear that he said
to one Of his teammates that the ,rea-
son he famed was because Cy Pieh
had such a crazy delivery that 1t
threw him off his stride and he wasn't
hack in it until after he faced me that
| first time.
1.-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 fifth inning. The game
seemed hopelessly lost for us and so
| I signaled that I was going in to
pitch.
when l walked into the box Old
Clark Griffith began to give me the
ha-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 million runs
"Well, now, you know I'm not the
pitcher | used to be. The old whip
has stiffened up bit through added
years and lack Of steady work. But
| haven't forgotten how to throw
twisters, nor have / forgotten some
of the weaknesses of some of the
| clubbers.
"And so worked on the weaknesses
of those Washington hitters, with
Griff haunting me and with the crowd
yelling something about 'has-been' at
me. worked four full innings and
struck out seven of those Washington
clubbers. When began moving down
the boys Grif's yells became fainter
and fainter and when I'd annexed six
scalps Griff had become almost tongue
| tied
in the last inning Clyde Milan, the
slugger of the Senators, came up.
| Griff found his vocal apparatus again
and began yelling:
""S.his old guy hasn't got a thing,
| CLYDE, not thing. Knock the ball
out of the lot q
These 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 or
ders. He's going to show Fou just
What we all could do If we wanted
%.
.evilan is one of those boys who
| makes a pitcher work He must have