The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-17
DJEVER HEAR tho ono aoUu.
LIZ IL hAS Comlskoy and tho

DJEfE h ComIskoy and tho
homo plates?
Wen, alr. Johnny Callahan was man
aging the white SoX for Commy ut tho
time and the team was going bad ana
then worse. Tho big trouble was tha'
the pitchers lacked control and thern
hardly ever was Wild n bunch oil
pItCAsr. on any team. Cal was working
hard trying To- steady down tho pitch-
ing stan. lilo put two practice pIatos
In tho ground, near tho stand ana TWO
more down by tho warmins-up statioh
and Ia had those pitchers out "orkinx
hard every morning. Commy happened
To DO stroliins along tho grounds ono
day and noticad tho plates.
What arc thsHsT' he asked.
The EruundkeopaT explained. ana
Cumny returned TO the Office
Jimmy no said seriously order
iva dozen mora OF those homo plates
md uIant ON IN a row aoToaA tho noin.
wu'ra going tn mako a"mo OF ""so
u,tchara got ball oVor tho plate IL we
hayo To plant the whole park Win
thom "
NEWER IunAn tho ono about
III IL lLlS Commy and IN. traffic
COP
you air. Comrny had n habit of TAX
Ing money downtown every afternoon
after tho game aud had arranged Win
n bank To koap n safe open To dopoSit
II IN SO usually he was In hurry
ami tho traffic cops on Michigan aVehu"
hiInked whom hla car Lhot past. Down
urnund sixteenth street there was big
Irish policeman on duty. an old acqualn-
tance OF Commy'a. and for several days
his conscience troubled him because no
let Commy drive so rapidly one eve
ming the big car was coming down the
avenue at top speed when this big cop
n.r threw up his hand and slgn2lod for
II TO stop. Tho driver threw on tho
brakes and the car slid to u stop. The
. hiy roliceman came over TO tho car
ami said
"Mls,her Comiskcy. ayther yoyll quilt
drIyIn' NO fast on tho boulevard or
youth take back your season pass.
CAP AnSoN's HANDBOOK
DJEVER t can AD ,ns T %sal rsou a
aand book?
players betting on horHo races ana
sorno Of thom liked To take a chance
o,r, I'm a while. Cap kicked and told
Ih,m that they wsIo suckers and that
,l,v ,ouldn't beat tho game. but thay
Lc,t ON trying. proving Ihsy were Eamn
anyhow
mn pahlan. who Was ono or Tho
.,.,Isst shoTIHIopa that over lived oamo
over a.. no ono day sud remarked mat
ho'd mLa Ia know how tho fourth Tao"
rama nut. and I promised To got tho TO
sui, over tho wire and tnaH motto out
Of tho pfona box 10 him. hft'r that
mn not the result 81 HoIns race oveTy
arnrnoon In tho middle of Tho gam"
A couple Of weeks later va were going
east and on tho train Grinith and Dnh 70
lou got to kidding hnHo about his tough
luck
Never mind" said Cap You follo~H
havn had "A niue run Of luck. but stick
To mo and IN got II hack
All they had been doing was getting
tho roaultA, Innncsntly TomarkinR on tho
bench that thoy had good thing. ana
Cap was iaklng tho beta. ayink that Il
was bottsr L. kSep tho money In tho
club than a. give u Ia tho book makers.
and lhay had been following his suGEoh-
ton.
MES HrrTnIDan LnAnHa ronnh
DJEVER l Ia.H" m tho one I1,' I|%aa
taafnod pnLsr'
Wolf sir. a nuInLaT 81 tho ~iS"s tTAV
Sisd With the team MIA hn""h. "n"
OF tho nhsst women la tho ~"'ld. Ilh"h
~ play In the lIttis p"hoT sama 1" rn"H
The iIIns ga tTalus aoh IL hotels. h'H
HittTldse wife 80 tho llIils catcher
Who was ,ha itay nohaib NJ HIS u""
usv.y had played. aud sha waited to
learn our star p"hsT player was WI
liza nil Hutchinson who, by ~" way
Nas r~s pr tho HTeaiast "f ""l'"H" ana
i.t of ma JDr isaAua pltohars. Mrs.