The Washington times., 1929-09-20
CITES
SEVERAL
CASES
BY Babe Ruth

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NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-A
fellow gets a lot of real laughs
out of baseball, and some of
them come when least ex-
pected. Take a tight ball game
we played with the AS not
long ago. The fans were howl
ing for action and the players
themselves were jabbering
away at each other a lot. Half
the fans in the stands, | sup
pose, thought we were about
to start swinging fists.
There had been little argument
at the plate and a moment later
Mickey Cochrane got a walk and
went down to first. AS he came to
the base he and Gehrig started wag-
ging at each other and the fans
began to boo. They thought the
two players were about to mix Il.
Here's what really happened.
Say Lou" Mickey asked as he
came down to the bag. "How's
your laundry coming along"
Laundry? What do you mean,
laundry? l haven't any laundry"
."WeII," was Mickey's come
back, 81 notice you've been col
lecting collars all over the
West?" IA collar is the baseball
term for q zero in the hit
cOlumn.)
Most of the ragging that goes on
before and during a ball game is
entirely good-natured. II some player
has been in a hitting slump, or somc
pitcher has been going badly, he's
| always due for a riding from the
other players,
Benny Paschal stopped Joe Shaute
dead few days ago, when Joe was
Raging him before the game. Ben
had a bad leg and was limping
around and Joe started Raging him
about it. Then when Cleveland took
hitting practice Joe went I'D to bat
and We knew he was going to pitch.
Right away Paschal grabbed
| nat,
Hey Doctor" he yelled. "Hey
Doctor Shaute."
Joe looked around.
How much do l owe you for the
treatment?' Benny howled.
What do you mean." Joe asked.
Why ever since learned you
were going to pitch I'm a well man."
Benny said. Just knowing that I
was sure to get a couple of hits to-
day has made my leg we'll again."
| or course now and then there Is
some real feeling between individ.
uals and clubs. ususaIIy when two
| clubs are right up there fighting for
the pennant lot of friendship is
washed out and it's a fight to the
finish with nobody doing much kid
ding and every comment meant as an
insult.
A few years ago there was a
feud on between the Yankees and
the Washington Senators. Off
the field the boys were friendly
enough but once they put on
their uniforms it was real war.
The same thing was true of the
Yankees and AS last season.
The AS never had anything to
say to us and we ignored them.
When the two teams would meet,
the players would come through the
dugout without speaking, and when
an argument started on the field it
wasn't any kidding matter. They
meant it. When l broke in with the
Red Sox we had a feud on with the
Tigers and for long time after the
feud was over / had strong feeling
against the Detroit club.
But the game Is full of laughs
just the same-and some of the best
laughs come right at moments when
you least expect them, like that
world series game in 1923 when,
with the score tied, a runner on third
and two out, Joe Dugan stepped out
Of the batting box and yelled to Jack
Scott who was pitching:
Hey ScOtty. pull in your ears.
| They look like loving cups"
Copyright, 1899, by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate)