Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-09-26
And They Were Wed i,

Friday morning, bringing with
him a bride, who was Miss Mar.
jorie Fredericka Madden, they
having been married at Boston
Sept. IS. This is the first visit of
Mrs. Mays to this part of the
country, and she is delighted
with thee zarks and its hospitable
people.
The Boston Post gives the fol
lowing account of the wedding
and the Mirror joins in congrat
ulations and best wishes:
When Carl Mays, by twirling
two we'll nigh perfect games,
pitched the Red Sox into the
worlds championship last week
and enrolled his name among the
lists of those who have helped to
make worlds series history, it
was figured that the great sub
marine twirler had just about
rounded out a season of wonder
full achievement. But there was
another chapter tn be added and
yesterday Carl made the story
complete.
For yesterday, at high noon, in
the New Old South Church at
Copley Square, the worlds seri-
es hero added his name to the
list of the seasons benedicts,
and the baseball world will be
more or less surprised this NOR.
ming when it hears that following
the example set by all the other
Red Sox first string pitchers, he
decided that the time for dwell.
ing in single blessedness had
passed.
Without giving any hint saving
to a few of his closest friends,
Carl completed arrangements
days ago and yesterday the Rev,
w. B. Butler, assistant pastor,
said the words that made Carl
and Miss Marjorie Madden OF
Philadelphia one.
Miss Madden, one of the mos,
talented young women that has
attended the New England Con.
servatory of Music for years, has
long been a baseball fan, and she
and Carl became acquainted
shortly after the latter joined the
forces managed by the veteran
Bill Carrigan. Being a young
woman whose future was regard.
ed as unusually bright, her folks
had been. led to expect that
Grand Opera would ultimately
claim her talents.
But the Red Sox hero and his
prowess on the diamond evident,
ly looked better to her than any
wonderful career behind the
footlights.
Never a word says Mays. Many
of the Sox wondered why, after
removing his uniform or finish.
ing one game of a double header
he should leave the clubhouse
and head for the grandstand. The
explanation came later when he
was seen sitting with a handsome
and petite brunette well back
from the Boston bench But
Mays was mute when questioned
and to few of his associates we're
his plans or the identity of his
charming friend made known.
1t wa a quiet little party that
drove up TO the church yesterday
therefore the only attendant of
the pair being Ralph Mcdonald
of Bur lington, Mass, the old
Tufts g 'llege o%utfieldcr, who &C.
ted as best man And just as
soon as the ceremony was com.
pleted the hurried departure for
the Trinity Place station follow
Carl and his bride leaving On the
2 O'Clock West. IN train forMans.
field, Mo where Mays has a very
substantial farm.
1t is doubtful If Carl con e
back to baseball, at least in the
near future. He'will make plans
at once to auction off all the cattle
and furnishings Of his ranch and
then enter the army, for he in.
tends, in spite of his newly mar
ried state, to do his big bit for
Uncle Sam. Maybe the fact that
his brother was badly wounded
in France a few weeks ago has
hurried along Mays in his action
Certain it is that he wants to get