New-York tribune., 1922-03-20
Ordered Out Of Came and
Remained Home One
Day-'l' hen Il Rained
By John Kicran


NEW ORLEANS. March ~. You
have to 60 back to the Old Testament
to get a line on "scojtv." the new
Yankee shortstop, who has played in
S32 successive big league games as a
member of the Red Sox team and who
has further announced his Intentions
OF continuing his policy of never miss
ing game "nlie he is regular player
on the Ruppert-Huston forces.
Job was the gentleman in the Bible
who was tormented by boils. among
other aillictions. He triumphod b1
patience Sam "Bumpus' Jones, who
was bunkie Of Scott's with the Red
SoX outfit, declares that "Scottv" com
plled hiS consecutive game record
when at times he was suffering from an
attack OF hollis that would have made
JOB look Ike an advertisement for q
skin food. The Yankee short fielder
won out by bulldog persistency He
simply refused to quit. even when he
appeared on the ball field with
bandages enough to justify the sns-
plcion that he had just lost an argu-
ment with a threshing machine.
W men accused Of this crime. Scottv
Just laughed. mo, no." he grinnei.
Don beilevc all that fellow Jones
tells you. He can lie better than he
can pitch, and that's saying something.
But did have little luck in compjling
that run, and this is it, sure ba55
bolls. All shapes, sizes and previous
conditions of sewitude.
At one time while we were plavinc,
IN Boston in 1920 had one RIGHT i'm
the corner of my eye. II got so bad
ana painful that one 0ay the banda~c
! had over 1t covered the eve So that
couldn't see. Ed Barrow. who was
managing the team, said that was NOT
10 play that afternoon. ! felt rotten
ana oldnt even 20 near the ball park
And say, 10 you know what hammered >
ID Ialhed' Yes sir rained, and there
was no ball game. That night the boil
proNe, and the next day | was back ON
luck, ch ~ ''V'''e
HAD Other Luck, Too
sure 1T was some luck. Not ovcrv-
nody can be so lucky as to have boiis
III 1ne corner OF his eye. He had lot
iioie luck ike That. In that same wear
pi"5ou " series IN Chicago with
.oul yards OF bandagc around his
,mioaV ,.iaV covering boil that Jones
SS"earS was as big as Rhode Island
connecticut and three counties Of Na,.,
orK State. At the same time his loo
was hke young Ncsuvius, i'm ztato
ol continual eruption. He looked Ike
Il travelling emergency ward. He bad
tneSe attacks almost every season
"hlle he was adding game after came
70 ms marvellous record.
Vn' had my share Of bumps on the
held' SAID the "Deacon.' With his
friendly smile. but never pot bm,t
rGal badly I'll tell YOU somotbinr
else ! guess Larry Gardner and ! are
ABOUT the only two players who wear
unese padded shoes to avoid boiro cn+
mat helps lot when you arc taooine,
d Wild lot of base runners with nicoiT
;sharpened spikes. My shoes rot cnf
but not my feet" 0"''
Yeah" volunteered Jones, who was
singing tenor III the duet "I'vn eoo,,
you on that old Red Sox infeld Scottv
when your shoes looked like a remnani
sale at a ribbon counter, but vour H.
tie tootsIes were safe Bv way Of no
haim' might add that YOU couldn't
mt my pitching with paddle"
Inc beacon made a pass ~ him,
ana continued: Il sure had a lot of
luck with That record. | was out at
fhlladelpha one day practicing before
the game ! forget who was TOSSING
them up to the batters, but the man al
the plate hit one back at the pitcher
and caught him right in the shins. !
iaughed mt to die, and hollered ont.
" ny don you pitch out of barrel .
when, kerplunkl Waite Hoyt was
warming up nearby and cut loose with
a wild one that caught me right in
the back of the head / was out for