The Bismarck tribune., 1934-03-13
AS PROBABLE LINEUP TAKES
Had Tough Time Earning
Place IN Major League Baseball
Star HurIer Considered Other
Jobs Until M'craw Adopt
cd Him
BY CARL HUBBELL

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New York Giants Pitcher
Editors Note: This - the last
Of . series Of six articles on base
ball BY Carl Hubbell, pitching aco
Of the New York GiantaL
There was q time when was ready
to quit professional baseball aud find
work at which I could earn q living
the year round.
TO start with, didn't do 30 bad In
baseball. I went from Meeker high
school I'VE won the class G high school
state title) to Gushing In the Okla.
homa State League and won most Of
my games there.
Then Oklahoma City gave me q
chance and I won II and lost l3 with
them, while was trying out my
screw ball" for the first time.
got chance with Detroit. Tho
Tigers took me to spring training
camp at San Antonio and Ty Cobb
looked me over. He saw my screw
ball, my favorite pitch, and shook his
head.
"ThatM ruin your arm" he told
me. Forget it or you won't be pitch.
ing long"
had world Of confidence IN Cobb
and the other coaches, who all told
me the same thing. SO I dropped tho
screw ball and for two years-during
the seasons Of 1926 and 1871 didn't
attempt to use it.
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During all that time I was knock.
ing around with minor clubs. Detroit
had farmed me to Toronto. There I
won seven and lost the same num-
Der. Then they sent mo to Kansas
City, but l didn't have time to get my
trunk unpacked before was ordered
to Decatur In the Three Eye League.
I did little better there. Won Il
and lost Z and when spring training
came around, the Tigers took me- to
San Antonio with them again,
This time, I thought, III stay with
them. But somehow I didn't fit into
George Moriarty's scheme Of thines.
He didn't even seem to know that 7
was around and ! never got into .
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When camp broke up, he sold mo
outright to Beaumont In the Texas
League.
The first spring, when he farmed
me out, didn't mind It 80 much
Just figured needed more seasoning.
but when he shuffled me off the Sec
ond time without even giving me Z
try. began to think baseball wasn't
my line after all.
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On the way to Beaumont I made
myself 9 promise. Il I didn't make
good there and get q chance to 60 up,
I intended to get out Of baseball. I
planned to write some oil company
officials knew and get q Job.
Pitching the class Of ball was in
then didn't pay more than $3.50 or
$500 . month and that only about
four months a year. A pipe-linin9 lob
would be preferable.
I hadn't been any too good without
my screw ball, SO when hit Beau
mont. I decided to take It up again.
After all, figured, I didn't have 90
much to lose II / did hurt nv arm.
! knew I still could throw it, but was
doubtful about my control.
However In q few weeks I had It
working just Is well as when I was
using 1t In the Western League and
managed to win IL games while los
Ing at Beaumont. Then Mcoraw
sent for mo.
It was the screw ball that rot mo
my first tryout with Detroit. It WA
the failure to use It that put me hack
IN the minors and the use Of II again
that brought me to the Giants,
From now on, as long q I'm able
to pitch. it'll be large part Of my
stock In trade.
Perhaps I have enough other stuff
to stay In big time company without
it. but I'd hate to have Manager Bill
Terry repeat ~ Cobbs orders and
tell me to "1et It alone"
THE END