The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

RTEW 1OHh, July So.-A lev
~ DAYS ago, buried down near
the hem-line IF the third or fourth
sport page was a smallish news
item telling about a mishap that
had occurred to the soupbone Of Big
Ed Morris, the Boston. Red Sox
chucker. 1t seems that Big Ed had
thrown his shoulder out Of gear or
twisted a tendon OF done something
while limbering up or down in what
the ball players call the he'll hole,
or bull pen. OF course there never
is very much news in the Red Sox
and even when their star chucker
gets his soupbone all out Of whack
it isn't enough to get out an extra
edition about.
We'll. from what one Of ny out-of-tovn
scouts reports. the accident which befr"
Big I'd was sufficiently unusual and s1-
citing TO merit much greater attention
than 1t received In the ports PAGES. The
facts Of the case we're quite different in
nature and significance from those re-
vsaied in the routine news report.
Big I'd wasn't hurt down in the he'll
hole or bull pen: he vas hurt IN mid
after a night Of hilarity and no great opti-
mism exists on the Boston club that he
viii ever pitch winning ball again.
IT AM sitting in the lobby of my
i hotel one night" writes the
aforementioned scout. and a big
staggering gent comes in and heads
for the elevator. 1 see that he is in
gay spirits and in a playful mood
and can not help but reflect that
the beverages must be very good in
deed. I am amused at the big
geezer, because as he stands there
with his thumb glued to the eleva-
tor button he takes of his hat and
peels off long. ringing, 'whoopee.'
wei, finally the elevator arrives and
this fellow stumbles in and the door
slams and the people who are sitting in
the lobby smile. went back TO
reading nv form chart. thinking I had
seen the last Of this mug and philosophiE-
inE that a little fun once in a while
wouldn't hurt nobody when the elevator
comes back from wherever il had gone
and stops with a smashing noise at the
tonOY uo0Fs aauu A4tn int uuVE Is puACu
back. whom do you suppose is at the
throttle? Nobody but this big Euy. He
sticks his head out the door. tears of
another ear-bIastinE 'Whoopee.' slams the
door shut and shoots the car back up TO
the top.
Il do not know how long this went
iasso him between stops but he had d no moth,
Ing but impatience for them when he
found out they did not want to climb
aboard and help him holler. BY this time
he needed help 70 boiler. but in all other
respects he was holding out pretty we'll |
about ten or twelve times When large
group Of blue coats sWarmed into the
hotel lobby and advanced on the eleva-
tor in mass formation.
THOUGHT when the big yokel
i got a flash of the coppers he
would calm down, but instead he
took on new cargo OF power and
ambition and started swinging from
all angles. Finally. the f1atfoots
had to take out pair of bracelets
and snap them on his wrists, and
even then he kept on squirming and
wiggling and trying to throw
punches. and the only way they
could get him to surrender was to
twist the iron bands tighter and
harder, and, of course, this didn't
do his pitching arm any good.
1T was a swell show. with a lot of good,
clean fun and IL the other side has as
tough a time getting him out of the box
as the law did getting him out Of the ele-
vator that night I can understand why \
they say he Is great Ditcher-when he 4
Is right"
This. then. is the story of how Big Ed
hurt his arm. I am told that nobody knows
whether his arm is permanently or tenn
porarilY injured. II would be a tough
blow for Big Ed If he we're forced out OF
baseball and a lucrative position as the
result of this sky-larking incident But 10
would be an even tougher blow on Bob
Quinn and his associates who are spending
what limited funds they have at their
command to bring Boston back to posi-
ton Of prestige II once occupied in the
American League.
1t was only year or so ago that
the Yankees made one of their
spectacular bids for Big Ed. l think
the offer was 100000, or at least
that's what the headlines said.