The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
RAYS GREAT WORK

Harry Bay had a delightful experience in Boston one day when his team (Cleve- land) was playing that city back in 1894. Harry was getting plenty of work that day. Seemingly he was the target for the Boston batsmen. for long about the ninth he had amassed 10 putouts. The crowd began pulling for him to top the rec ord if he had the opportunity, The game stretched into an extra-inning affair, and with Il putouts to his credit and the game closely contested, he was offered hard one when big George LaChance hit out a screaming liner that headed to- wards the fence. The outfield contained an overflow crowd, and was circled by many rows of standing spectators. Bay set his face towards the fence, and as he neared the crowd shouted, Let me through, puease," and that Boston crowd of red-hot fans didn't do thing but make way and opened wide path Bay dashed through and didn't stop until he bumped into the fence; there he threw up his gloved hand. ana to his joy felt tne ball stick there. When Harry squeezed that ball he knew the game was over; that he had made the catch of his life; that he had accepted 12 chances; that the game was in Boston where the crowds are Always fair, and that Cleveland won the game
 MACS FEAT
 In a game played April 26, 1906 Jack Mccarthy. playing center field for the Chicago Cubs was the hero of garn> between his team and Pittsburg In that contest Mac made three plays tsAt hap per, in baseball rarely or never Three double plays and taking place almost con secutively between Jack and the catcher is feat that no records can be found in baseball that equal it. McCarthy's throws came in the sixth, eighth ana ninth rounds of a desperately contested game, ending with the score to in favor of the Cubs. On each occasion Pittshprg batsman smashed the ball Tar out in center. Mac would make the eaten and the runner at third would be waiting for him and then dash for the plate. but was met every time by Catcher ONeil, the ball coming to him every time as tfues and so fast that he had time enough to kid the runner before applying the ball that disillusioned him of the joy he thought he had won
 REULBACH'S CAREER
 Ed Reulbach who won his laurels with the Chicago Cubs from 1905 until 1913. los- ing but P games out of the 2l5 he pitched for that organization, had a varied and thrilling career before he hooked up with big league outfit. During his college days. which were spent with Notre Dame, Ed pitched for summer resort clubs dur ing his vacation.
 Tn the summer of 1904 he was hired by millionaire sport to pitch for team supported by him at $100 per week, and to make it interesting, allowed him n for every strikeout he registered. Reul- bach was a sensation and his reputation, , spread Now the big collegian was 2 giant in size, with speed and curves equal to a MathewAon or Waddell. and he won more than h:s regular stipend Dy tanning the amateur batsmen that in- fested tho list of clubs he raced: i, The, Waterbury club of the New Eng land league heard of theSwondertul stunts tho big boy was pulling off and aFranged . eame pnrpdsely to test him out and possibly sign hiyA The Waterbury man. aeement couldn't hire him. but this is what Reulf~rh did to this team Held thsm to A<it. allowed no runs and whsffed ls e'h meant 1y extra dollars to him. Ys tnis boy wasS some hurier nil. rlghts, and enc ot the greatest the Chicfxo z Nationals had during Frai-< Chance's day.