Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-26
He Mixes EN- Up

But Carl is quite clever I'm HE under
handed way. lie mikes them up and
Keeps the batter guessing. Firs2 he
throws the ball straight at the players
head. and this, as has been explained
before is the bean ball If he is un-
fortunate and fails to put his man
down for the count he shifts his attack
and hurls the pellet at his opponents
feet. II the victim has corns and a
bullseye IS scored, the delivery is called
the succotash ball This Is more diff
cult, and it takes an experienced Urder-
handed guy to get away with it.
Mays has a keen sense of humor and
enjoys his pitching very much. Last
year, it will be remembered, he played a
great joke on Frank Thrasher. the At
lanta boy who was breaking into the
league as an Outflelder for Cannie
Mack. Frank was a natural hitter and
was going good until one day NIays
Knocked him cold with his bean ball.
After that Thrasher stood at the plate
with one foot in the grand stand and
couldn't hit q flock of ferryboats. He
lost his job and was sent out Of the
big show, whereupon Mays laughed
heartily in his underhanded way. He had
done something to be proud Of
Scores One BulPs-eye
Carl was in poor form at the starr.
In tbe first inning, with one man on, he
tried TO ruin George Burns He missed
two close ones at Georges head and
the succotash ball was not at all accu-
rate The next, however, hit George in
the ribs, but did not cause enough dam
age TO suit the underhanded twirler.
Larry Gardner, Tillie Walker, Bill
Kopp and others had narrow escapes,
dropping in their tracks just in time
Why Is pitcher like Mays tolerated
In the league?
But enough Of these compliments. The
bal game was not 50 bad, except it
prevented some Of the fans from at
tending the theatre last night. These
twilight games do break into your eve
nings like everything and the worst part
OF II was that Boston copped the COLI
test In addition to using up two hours
and ten minutes of perfectly good time.
Connie also used three pitchers, which
tended to prolong the agony.
We Had Parade
There have been so many parades in
Philadelphia this spring that a young
gentleman named Fahey got the habit
and put on one of his own yesterday
afternoon After succeeding Bill Adams,
VINO was driven to cover after the sec-
ono inning, Mr.. Fahey started to work.
IN the fourth he walked four in a row,
Out through some strange twist Of fate
none OF the paraders scored.
Ihis was so unusual that it deserves
some explanation. Agnew walked and
while Mays was drawing a pass McAvoy
allowed wide one to bounce out of his
NIT Agnew saw chance to Swipe
second, but did not start soon enough
and McAvoy threw him out by a Cou-
PIE OF miles, Then Mays strolled and
was followed by Hooper and Shean
Ihree men We're on the sacks, one out
and It looked like a cluster of runs
Amos Strunk, however hit into light
hlng double play, which was executed
oy Dugan, shannon and Burns, and the
stuff was off
Fahey started another procession ii
me NTH, but after walking the first tive
men Connie called him and told him tt
90 into the clubhouse and play pinochl(
with Adams. Geary then took up the
burden and was treated the same as
The other hurlers.