The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28

were convinced the ptcncr htu soHie
material edge over them.
Russell Ford, Inventor.
Russell Ford originated the emery oru
,..htoh has since been legisiated from the
game The delivery was so calieu ue
saus. emery paper was used TO roushen
90, ~ the surface The rough part, OF
course heightened the effect OF ar III
non 40 that with practice clever ,on,.
could make the ball break IN NJ, ne. sn
~ freakish ways. Ford. for instance;
su,posediy n spitbau pitcher. never USED
= sp,,,er II was the emery ball instesn'
which nj will he could break In either I'll
rection. ,..,,.,o .,uh
When Ford jumped to the Buftaio eluo
Of the Federal league, and sweeney w ~oo
induced to stay In New horN W. ,a,. ,y,,
In Raw Keating Sweeney taught hea,-
In, The emery hall trick. The secret was
zoo good for Keating to keep all 10 MIN
self. They do say Ray told every pNcnc,
he met n wasn't n secret NJ AZ Ne.,
Long and the first victim exposed was
nom. other than Reating himself I'd
Ale collins had Heating unmnsked before
n SATURDAY crowd ut the Polo grounds.
The emery ball is barred In the major
leagues Anyone using II VIII be sun,
,ectcd To severe discipline. Alert ms nv
players are. no trace OF ms ,v' ,hss.
days Of slow games that the players are
allowed too great leeway In looking bet
4 ,he emery ball They often try to ahb'
themselves with just such tricks as these
A Word 70 the Wise.
one brief year ago Kenny kanm n
the Giants was being held up to ridicule
by n humber of writers OF the outlying
| districts Of the National league. TODAY
these same scribe. are not rihicunnt
Renjamin Those who cannot boost are
not knocking, 1T, u,,.
The tsul, year s ago lay lay with wSS.., r,'Hc IN
| ,n,ny wsy. he permitted certain self
appointed managers to talk him Into tsk-
lnv about himself These managers
hoped To exploit Kauff on the veudey'l.
stage and deluded Benny about the gres'
value OF New York publicity.
Knuff went south 10 Join the Giants
In the spring Of 1918 press "sen,ed as
the equal " Tv Cobb, nj the most con.
servatlve calculation There Il no doub,
the stories in the New York papers went
10 Bcnny's head. When he got bach
To the Polo grounds Benny kauff wa,
too great n hero TO take advice iron
such an archaic manager M John J. NC
Grnw
Rsuu went along his own way fcl
about half the season. And he was .
bad hill player Kenny dint make tbs
fans forget Ty cobb He made then
remember the Georgian peach. bvcy
body thought Of ry whenever h. saw
Rerny-the two were so different, yc'
know McGrsw let Ksuff 20 his own wal
TN the bump OF concelt was hammere,
! into dent Then he pok him IN hand
7 It's quite n masterpiece McGraw ha
made out of the wreck of one short yea
ago There are few better ball player
anywhere than this same centerhclder O
| the Giants Ksuff IL improving ever
n day lie does not swing wildly at every
/ thing now, he uses his noodle aGains
h the opposing pitchers. He can come
(, or 20 get them, he has n strong, se
. curate arm
q A pretty fine bali player 4. Benn
h Kauff. one who win improve steadily 10
some years lie wns wise enough
|. realize failure and 60 take advice fror
q McGraw. since he learned there ar
10 other ways of getting on besides knock
"A ing the ball o,N of the lot. n Kauff ha
" become n real bali player