The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-20

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tho rnuulry I" l"ln Ia m"tlhn "r'"'''
triumph Rr""lfF ,,,,
uron IA wonderfuI lIt,l" a"pn" nmd wn"
rormIItcd to pli la ~ Young mn
mii rIpp woro hnvIuG dinner together
In colonel rlrpr room. Thoy had "l'P-
ped away from tn" crowd I" '"'H over
the old days ,,,.
col rIpr Is known now IN TN" daddy
of WaIly i'Ipp. the tlrst ban"mnn OF ia"
Kew York Yankees. but long h"r"rn
WnIly arrived on earth nlll i1pp was
nna OF the q A. x OF baseball. an cN-
ni,vcr who sIunE II wicked bat in his
day and who for years mad" trlpN WIN
,hc cleveland team md lived WIN inc
nlayers twenty-five years ago nc ana
~ Young were pnls--nnd lh"y nag ioIr-
m
snd hc old boys Sometimes, when u
name was mentioned their eyes w"r" n
hit dim but mostly II way or inc joyous
times that they talked
",'y" | asked when IN" subject came
,,,L "a ,hr scandal Of the whit" Son.
dld anything like THAT "r"r happen III
your time" so,o,..,
we never had any Scnndn. In my ,,,n',
| remember tn" nearest we ever Gums H
In II We picked up n pretty kuod hnIi
nlnyhr who might have been II Ereht on"
Inn no got To running around with ia"
wroI,E bunch or uulHldcrr. H." R"'
nh TOO friendly with noin" rportn WI"
didn't look good to nm and va got III
10 .u.nic,nus We never ruHpcOt"' eel
him uf trying 10 throw AMY ball Hnm"'
ar OF doing any OF TINT mort OF w"rh.
Lut hero wnr anrIrr inlIl and wc figured
no might givr tho t"nm bad r"pu'"
"wnnt ala YOU do" Inform tho mana
80 Didn't hnv" /" toll the m"naE"r
- hc wnr ono or tn" R"nR No Ju",
threw him out OF III" "lVh houH" ana
cmriIed his locker after him. ] nEur"
that hniI PLAYERS cnn Lecp tho old gam"
clrnn always II thCyll d" that way
with my player WHO ah"wr signs or
mixing up in crooked work $500,
What did tho owners snya about It"
we didn't inquire. owner" IN th"'''
da\s didn't Interfere much with III"
playIng end Of tho game and W" 20,
along all right"
nm TIpp. by tho way. hns other boy"
besides m" handsome lad VINO mas I'M
proved go much "a u first baScman sim"
he came to the Yankees There arc SIX
Of tn, boys, every on" baseball or
football blayor Father Ben who ~
with tho lGul!sts in their mission work
i'm Chicago. might have been the best,
had he not joined the clergy. tn" kId
of the family. now IL, threatens 10 ne
greater than Wally.
That family has a record which prob
ably Is unexCcllcd In tho history or the
United States military organ ,zati"n. on
tho six boys Ave entered the service
ono in the infantry. ono in the navy.
Wally in aviation. another boy in tn"
ambulance serVl Ice and Father Zen was
n chaplain Five boys In i've dinHrcnf
branches Of the service and n KID at
hotnA trying to get into any that was
oman was not enough 10 suit IN" lipp
family. ,.,
II tx safe now to tell the yarn. When
Colonel TlllinghaEt Houston was organ
izing his engineers to 90 I" Franc"
where they made splendid record. IA"
received "A call from his old pal l'lll
ripr The colonel was around hftN-
seven wears old and l'ipp ""nf"Ss"s {"
something like siNty-thrce they hhd
known each other for years
I.lpp wanted liuuSt"n Ia taxi" him Int"
the engineers lie had long oNr"rlrh'"
Ia engineering w"rL In roni1'ii"h Win
his hurln1s-.
"Why You old slim" raid ii"uHt"r'
"ynu'Ir Iun old q" homo and buy
bonds.
Me old mn ret0Tioh. why drrn
ynu. I'm younger than y"u ar" ~
my Owe
lie nrpurh T"; mnd nud nlIn"Hi hI"l,"
hIr lnuu rrrndhhlp with IiuuHi"n 10