Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-08
Billy
FAAAS
Repartee Of Fans

! All the repartee in baseball is not
confined to the active participants in
the game. Many fast one is hurled
from the grandstand.
| Prior to the final series of the sea-
son with the New York club, Manager
George Sisler had rested the veteran
Tom Zachary for a week so he would
! be in the best possible shape to tame
/ the Yankees.
| All season Zachary had been very
successful against New York and Sis
| Ter figured the weeks rest would give
him an added advantage.
| Zachary early showed that he had
far more stuff than usual, but lack of
work had played havoc with his con-
troll.
In the first three innings he walked
seven of the Yanks, escaping damage
until the third because of some fine
work in the field.
After Zachary had filled the bases
in the third and Manager Sisler walk
ed over to the box, apparently having
decided to take him out, some wag in
the stand must have convinced him
that was the thing to do when he
shouted;
Say, Sisler, thought the Big Pa
rade' was a motion picture"
Later in the same game Babe Ruth,
in trying for difficult catch of foul
fly, was unfortunate enough to step
on the ball as it rebounded from the
stand.
Such an accident last season put
Eddie Collins out of it for several
months and probably shortened his ca
reer by several years
The accident sent Ruth sprawling to
the ground. AS a matter of fact, An
nette Kellerman never made a more
beautiful headfirst slide.
A sprained ankle that forced him
out of the game the next day resulted.
Not knowing that he had stepped on
the ball and believing he had merely
suffered the usual fall that often hap
pens to a fielder in pursuit of fly
ball, none of the Yankees went to his
assistance.
Only the members of the ST. Louis
Browns, seated in the bull pen in left
field commiserated with the Babe.
The fact that none of his team mates
rushed to his assistance was appar-
emily noticed by wise fan, who shout
ed to Ruth as, he limped to the bench
Say, Babe! If you are looking for
sympathy you will find it in the die
tionary under s."
Outfielder Sam Rice of the Washing
ton club is one of the most popular
players on the team. The right field
fans are strong for Samuel, and there
by hangs an interesting tale.
Recently while working in Washing
ton, noticed that Sam would occas-
ionally throw a ball into the pavilion
for the occupants to fight over There's
a reason.
Some years ago wnen Rice was
breaking in at Washington he made a
sensational catch that won for him a
round of applause. Returning to his
position in right field at the close of
the inning, one of the bleacherites
yelled:
Sammy, you is a great fielder, but
the greatest man that ever played in
the position in Washington was Willie
Keller Then he hesitated for mo-
ment and continued:
'And do you know what made him
great with us boys?" Sam was all
attention. lie wanted 10 get INTO the
Keeler class and thought some worth
while advice was on the way.
mo? Well, I'll tell you, Sammy.
Every now and then that fellow Keeler
would throw an old ball up to us
boys
Ever since Sam has been doing that
little thing. With Washington fans in
the right field stands he is more pop
ular than Keeler ever was.