The Washington times., 1924-07-22

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cutup your press agents have pic
tured YOU. Ell, Mr.. Koran?
Why, should say SO. said the
% Kindergarten and Sunday school
boys of the Kerry Patch. In st.
Louis, and I've behaved myself so
well that when ain't basebailing,
I'm iii the Senate
The Senate? ~ queried Horan's In
tcrvieWer, amazed.
You heard me the Senate. /
got = lob IN the, Senate. Not 50
bad, Ell
what Senate? The one in wash
ington? Were you one be those In
vestigated in the oil probe2 is that
where you get your alleged wild
reputation? ''
Not so fast. Don't jump at
conclusions. I'm only an honest
ball player. The only oil know
about IS the kind for soaking bats
IA. I'm ia the Senate mi the winter
time, but it's only the Iowa State
Senate, out IN Des MOines. amt
really . Senator; I Just got . job
there, one Of those political Jobs,
/. You know. Something To keep my
mind occupied SO I won't worry
about why 50 many pitchers. arms
are 50 bI00ie. "
Say. Koran" said Aaron Ward.
stepping into the conversation, III
you really work in the Senate you
and ! belong to the same union.
fVA
State Capitol. was going to study
law out there, but baseball inter.
fered. Are you going in for law?''
enough lawyers. I'm just handy
NAH In the Iowa Senate you know,
putting letters and documents
around on the various desks. ii
keeps my arm in shape, and the
road work through the stately
Senatorial corridors is very good for
my wind and keeps me from taking
on weight.
ssThat's the trouble with me now.
I'm overweight. I bump the beam
1T 1856. My best playing weight is
around 1877. laid off for ten days
before joining up with this bunch.
was kinda sick, that's why ]
wasn't playing with Reading.
While I was sick and suffering and
idle / beefed up, and now goodness
knows when I'll be fit enough to
knock some home runs.
"That stuff about me going 70
Jump to the outlaws was al bunk.
i did have some offers, but
wasn't contemplating any wild and
foolish jumps. Us guys In the
Senate have q dignity to uphold,
and we have to be very careful
which way we jump" and the de-
Iightfully drOll MIR. HOraI1 relieved
himself OF q large wink with his
starbOard pepper.
The right-handed pinch hitter In
coming from st. Louis Is automati.
cally endowed with more than an
ordinary youths proficiency at the
national game. The. Mound City
boasts at least 500 OF its native sons
on the rosters of the major and
minor leagues. There Is hardly 4
good ball club any place In the
country that hasn't at least one ST.
,Louisan. The Yanl1s, for instance,
have Catcher Freddie Hoffman,.
Z - nO 0GdtGo Vi LCAAAASyAVelIAAtlt GA4rNcSe1.
chusetts and New York may lead
in material furnished to organized
ball. but when cities are considered
st. Louis leads the whole census list.
And the Kerry Patch that former
tough section or downtown st.
Louis, once largely populated by
Irish; but now taken over by Ital-
tansJ has produced more baseball
talent than any other equal area.
on the map.
So when Koran says he comes
from the Kerry Patch he is writing
himself a good recommendation No.
one probably appreciates 1t better
than Miller Higgins, Horan's new
boss, who once was skipper OF the
st. Louis Cardinals.
Strange that with all the fine
players they have raised and dis.
tributed 30 literally over the coun.
try st: Louis itself remains so long
destitute OF majOA league honOrs OF,
the precious pennant variety,
Koran played semi-prO ball
Ar0und st. Louis. Sand lot dia-
lnOllds are AZ numerous out there
rs shoe factories or fur storage
warehouses. He also played SOC
Ger, ON the Ben MiIIers, He was
o darn good aOccerite, a. any one
would imagine who could IamD
. his solid six foot form. AT the
age Of nineteen and in the year
( 1914 A. ID. the latest crop Of
Kerry Patch cOcIkiness took him
self out into the large world Of
professional ball to make the
/. name Of Koran famous.
He hooked up with Cairo In the
H, /. 4. League. Then he went to
Dayton thinking of making the
cash register business his life work.
But he decided he would rather
punch baseballs over fences than
punch cash registers. SO he de.
parted from Dayton in 1916 or
whereabouts and moved his talents