The Washington times., 1929-07-09


his left ankle several weeks ago, he
was an American League sensation
Then. all of a sudden, his under
hand motion seemed to lose some oi
Its magic and his teammates and
admirers alike wondered.
Many and varied were the
reasons advanced. Some claimed
that his left ankle still bothered
him. while others intiinated that
II was unfair to expect too much
Of rookie his first year up.
And all the whils a little chap by
the name of Dan Cupid winked
knowingly and said nothing. Cupid i
funny that way.
Last night, however, Ad crossed
the little fellow up and admitted
all. The 22-year-old pitcher is en-.
gagged, has beer since June II, and
Is to be married to q Minneapolis
girl In her home town come this
October.
Blushing as furiously as his
bronzed features would permit he
finally broke down under a cross!
examination and spilled the whole
thing right into the respective laps
OF Paul Mccullough, his roommate,
and this reporter.
My fiancee is Miss Lorraine
,O'Brien. the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward O'Brien. of Mime
apolis." he finally confessed. "and
say she's the peach of girl.
.a.nA H.n.. ~..a.sR- n
ing ball with Minneapolis last
September and that was enough
for me. After that Il was a
question Of whether or not she
would have me.
I'VE settled everything when
Miss O'Brien and her mother visited
Washington just before this present
trip. I've been trying to keep the
whole thing secret but now that
It's out go ahead and write your
piece for the paper. Give me a
break. though, and don't. kid me
too much.
A closer investigation revealed
any number of nice things regard
ing the bride.tO-be and the culmi-
nation OF as happy romance as
one could desire.
In the first place she Is a model
and the winner Of no less than
nine beauty contests. according 70
her wooer. Also she has refused
several stage offers. preferring to
be domestic instead.
I'm not going to be like lot
OF guys and pretend that hayent
been little bit love.sick. Ad ad.
mitted manfully. IF you've ever
fallen for real girl you know
what mean. Now that every.
thing is okay, though. I'm going
to buckle down and win some ball
games.
1--WE got the stuff to make
good in this league and I'm go.
Ing To- show it. Ankle or no
ankle. it's not alibis I'm looking
for, It's results. Watch me
bear down and get started"
Listening attentively to every
word aoe the conversation McCul-
lough, last year a teammate of his
roomie while with Minneapolis,
'chimed In.
"Say, Ad," he asked jestingly
1--WE seen lots of girls take q shine
to you and just can't place Miss
O'Brien. Tell me-what's she like?''
tIike?'' the submarine responded
thunderingly. "Why, say, Paul, quit
smiling now. She's the original most
wonderful girl in the world. ! don't
see why she picked me-"
Neither do 1" his friend agreed
laughingly while ducking a number
seven shoe thrown with an under.
hand motion that generally carries
plenty Of speed.
So that, folks, settles the
Liska question for once and all.
The young man Is taking this
step quite seriously, as well he
might, and is determined to get
going Immediately.
Anyone who can't win games
for girl like mine, is plain
cuckoo" he declared in closing.
''Now that this secret is off my
chest look out-I'm going to get
somewhere and / don't care who
knows it."
That the 1929 washington Ma.
tionaIs were oyer-rated in pre-sea-
son predictions as q result of their
excellent spring training record ls
a growing belief in baseball circles
New. Manager Walter Johnson
comes forward to verify this yer-
sion. And while doing so he is
in no way attempting to string
along with the second guessers.
ct took q long time to persuade
me that our club wasn't going to
get somewhere Walter admitted
tonight. Even when We started
out bad and failed to pick mp I
held out hope.
"I'm Just about convinced.
now, though, that there's I0tS
Of room for Improvement In our
ranlKs and the only thing to do
Is to start rebuilding for an.
other year.
"T haven't given up hope OF
landing in the money, understand,
but while doing so, I'm planning to
get some young blood In line for
next year. Looking ahead Il an