The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
BASEBALL CODE OF MORALS PERMITS NO CROOKEDNESS

Ddll players than any otner one tnIuB. Most of the time these injuries are accidental, but in the heat of the game 1t Is perfectly natural for a player to complain that a base runner delibertely cut into him with his spikes.
 Rube Waddell Showed He Could.
 Injuring a nan naturally puts him out of business and may stop his only method of making a living. There fore to deliberately hurt man is considered a very mean act.
 One time at the Polo Grounds Mo- Graw. knowing that Rube Waddeli was to pitch against the Giants, nagged him into a throwing contest before the game. He had Waddell throwing his arm off to see who could make the longest peg to the plate. Rube got so interested and he was so weak he couldn't pitch at all. In the old days that was con- sidered strategy and nobody ever thought of criticising McGraw. The other manager simply gave Waddell the dickens of call down fer being sucker.
 Another old tireH'em-o out trick that sometimes worked with young pitch- CTS was to catch them in a chase be- bWCCH Ll0 DdoCSs IhS OpQOSlHs fielders would throw the ball back and forward until the poor pitcher had run his tongue out. They never had any intention of catching rim. They just kept throwing the ball to make him run up and down the base line. That is also a favorite old trick to play on recruits In the spring training camps.
 They had a good laugh on me a few years ago when 1 went out to Homestead, near my home, to play an exhibition game with semi pro team. The grounds were crowded with all my friends.
 I had just bought an automobile and had brought my family out to the negro maid. She didn't know much about baseball. I was the only one who could drive the car and the negro maid didn't feel quite safe even with me driving.
 My folks were enjoying them right field. The. town folks, of course, wanted me to show off a little.
 Not If She Could Help It. We'll, I finally got hold of one and slammed 1t far out into the crowd. rounded second and the home crowd began roofing for me.
 GO home, Honus. score on 1t! Go on, you Honus, run home, run home "'
 With this roofing I did make a run | for 1t and slid in home safely. Jus: as was picking myself up and start ing for the bench here comes the ne- gro maid running for all she was worth.
 Don't do 1t. Mir. Honus! don't do It," she was screaming. Don't you run home Elf you goes off and leaves | in dat car God knows how WA al will ever git home"
 Once Jack O'Conner, the catcher was presented with a large bouquet of flowers with all kinds of cere- monies. Jack knew that he didn't l have any real friends there. He sort l bouquet he had one peek at it and tossed 1t into the air, hitting 1t with his bat. Bits of cabbage flew all over the diamond. They had handed Jack cabbage head with e few flowers stuck around it.
 Fred Clarke once played trick or one of McGraw's young pitchers that the Giant manager has never forgot ten. This young fellow prided him. self on his control.
 Clarke cailed nvs to hi% Ds p "fll IS'S Set yor two dollars you can't throw a ball be- hind the batter.' This was said SC that nobody else could hear it.
 Sure enough, the angry young fel. low did throw one behind the batter that went wild, allowing two men to score and losing the game for Mo Graw.
 The funniest part of that to me wa. that the young pitcher came around that night looking for Clarke so as tc collect his two-dollar bet.
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