Evening star., 1928-04-08

| fessional ball. And there are others
who are still to be found around the
ball parks that used to echo TO their
| names. But no more are their feats
sending the fans home hoarse with
shouting. They are merely part of the
| army OF groundkeepers. trainers and
ticket takers on the pay roll of every big
league park.
But OF the other old-timers, those
! who have turned their backs on base
| ball forever, quite a few have done as
well or better than the dashing Buck"
Herzog. Hi Myers, the Brooklyn star,
is a banker now in his home town of
| Kens1ngton, Ohio. John ("Doc'O
Lavan is not only physical director of
the Kansas City Athletic Club but is
also a prominent physician. Ed Reul-
bach. who played with L.avan on the
historic Chicago Cub machine of 1908,
Is now sales manager of one of the larg-
est piano companies In New York City,
while "Orvie" Overall, another ex-Cub,
has become prosperous as realty dealer
in Versalia, Calf, according to last
| accounts.
The Incompatible Hans Wagner
| considered by John McGraw, but by few
others. as Cobb's superior-and Napo-
leon Lajoie, the graceful Frenchman.
| have been successful after completing
| two decades in the majors. Wagner
operates big sporting goods store in
Pittsburgh, while Lajoie has a tire con-
Germ In Cleveland, these being the cities
for which they played.
Many other ex-Stars have entered
| lines allied in some way with base ball
or other sports. Johnny Killing the Chi
cago catcher. is now proprietor in Kan
sas City of the largest bowling alley and
poolroom in the West Bill Wambs-
gans, whose claim to fame rests upon
his execution of an unassisted triple
play in the 1920 world series, is a pro-
fessional basket ball player in Cleveland
where he played base ball AL Demaree,
who formerly pitched for the Giants
has become we'll known sports COL
| umnist and cartoonist.
'Wahoo Sam" Crawford, Cobb's team
mate for years and rated as one of the
hardest hitters who ever lived, devel-
oped a novel idea. He established on
the Pacific Coast a base bail university
for the training of young players. The
''Wahoo," with the aid of the present
lively ball. would have outdriver
Ruth, many old-timers declare.
THE balmy climate of the Pacific
Coast and the chance of picking uI
movie" money have attracted many OF
the ex-stars. One of the most colorfu
of these is Walter "Duster" Mails, also
known to fans as The Great Mails.
With Cleveland he helped win a pen.
nant in 1920 and went on to beat
Brooklyn In the world series that year.
One day. pitching for Oakland in one
| OF those 1-to-0 duels, "DuSter' stopped
In the midst of a ninth-inning rally
with Jim Poole. a dangerous hitter, al
bat. 1t was a dramatic moment a.
Mails raised his hand, and q hush fel
over the stands.
1t was the last inning two men were
out, three were on and the count waS
three and two on Poole. One run was
needed to tie. two would win-a hi
would sew up the ball game.
jim" said "Dusters so all in thG
stands could hear, the next pitch viii
decide. One of us is going to be a bum
| after turn IL lose. / am The Great
Mails and The Great Mails can't af-
ford to be a bum. I'm going TO strike
you out with fast one through the
groove"
Then, turning TO the stands. he sol.
emnly announced: Ladies and gentle
men. do or don't on the very mex
pitch"
'Duster." the Rube Waddell OF tn,
Coast, carefully, wound UP and cut loos.
with a pitch straight down the alley
Poole, his bat on his shoulder, took thi
third strike and the game was Mails
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