New Britain herald., 1922-06-22
FATHER OF WAITE HOYT, HERO OF WORLD SERIES, IN LOCAL OFFICE
Proud Parent Tells Inter. esting Stories of Career of Yankees Pitching Ace

Ade Waite Hoyt, father of Waite Hoyt, star twirier for the New York Yankees, has written the following anecdotes for the Herald dealing with the early life of the pitcher. Mr. Hoyt Is employed as travelling &C., couptant for the Andrews. Swift and company houses and is in this city for two weeks, working at the offices of the company on Commercial street.
 Describes Boy Wonder.
 He has the following to say about his son who Is now rated as one of the best pitchers on the Yankee ball team: Waite. in hts boyhoed days, was no different than the average healthy, rugged American boy. He was full of life and a bit mischievous, but easy to manage and easy to req son with. He took part in all the boy sport swhile at school, and was fairly good in all branches of athletics. H always played to win, but played fair ly, and bitterly resented any attempt of an opponent to do otherwise. He enjoyed practical jokes and was not adverse to an occasional scrap.
 Companion 21 Years.
 "At school. he was extremely popu- lar with some of the teachers and just the opposite with others. He excelled in the study of history, English It, erature, German and physics, but in Latin and mathematics, he did not do so well. Since his marriage last Fed- ruary, l have not seen much of him, but up to that time, he was may pal, and in my companionship of over 21 years with him, I have never known him to be anything else but a rollick- ing carefree boy
 When abouA nine years old. he was a charter member of a desperate gang of juvenile bandits, a daring cotene of fancy cake despoilers, from whose depredations, not one baker in all Flatbush could claim immunity.
 Bun Bandits.
 Their method was simple but ef- fcctive. With capital of about i've pennies, these angel-faced Buster Browns would nonchalantly enter bakeshop, and while one of their number would engage the unsuspect- ing clerk for fully 20 minutes in the selection of nicke's worth of as- sorted cakes, the other desperadoes would be stuffing their pockets and blouses with any cake that happened to be loose from its moorings.
 Liked Jelly Rolls.
 "on one particular day, while operating in a neighborhood shop, conducted by motherly German woman, Master Waite Hoyt, attired in a brand new suit of pearl gray, was among those present. While the us- ual procedure of cake selection was in progress, our young hero annexed himself to a nice fresh jelly roll. To keep the roll from getting restless. he stuffed it under his jacket. The jelly roll was fresh. so fresh that it became impatient and started to run. It oozed out and trickled all over the nice suit and covered the trousers with a big crimson stain. The good old shop woman, noticing the Nttle rivulets of red oozing from the inter- for of the boys clothes, thought that he had been hurt, and asitated be- yond words, she began tep cry out:
 "Och vaitey -,Vaitey Run home quick. you're bleeding"
 Good Control.
 Tn 1917, while playing on the Memphis club of the Southern League, an incident occurred to Waite that is not without a touch of humor, al- though the touch was expensive.
 The club was playing in New Or leans and on the way back to their hotel from the ball park a number of players passed fruit stand with job lot of extremely ripe cantaloupe out. The price was low. All invested,
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