Evening star., 1934-09-12

Craven gave an impatient snort.
They have a dozen different ways.
Sometimes they place money on all
the teams in the race so as to avoid
suspicion. You know the old gag.
Give away a hundred dollars TO win
five hundred. Then they have gang
of confederates going around the
country placing a hundred here and a
hundred Ithere. The old adage about
taking sucker to trim still holds good.
The bookies all go in for it. They
figure money bet on team like the
Blues is in the bag already. But don't
forget one thing: Murallo or any of
his crowd wouldn't bet on a tall
ender unless 1t was taken care Of. You
can Ak q horse race, my boy, but a
pennant race is another story alto
gether So, I don't think Murallo or
any Of the other mobsters will be
bothering their heads about this years
pennant race as far as the Blues are
concerned.
Some guys will always be attracted
by a long shot" Biers took up the con-
versation. "As I was saying Just
Cant somebody shut him up?"
Craven walled.
"As I was saying" Biers went on,
giving Craven sour look, sit was q
real game in the old days and real men
playing 1t, too. Listen, can remember
when Iron Joe McGinnity would pitch
q double-header and win both games
by shut-out. Yes, and what's more
he'd be all ready to go in the box on
the following day and. nine times out
Of ten, do the same thing again."
How far was the pitching mound
from the plate in those days. Doc. p"
Craven asked with a wink at Terry on
the side. He loved to ride the old
man.
Why. you young squirt" Biers was
warming up now and rocked with rage
as he pushed back his typewriter.
Those pitchers were men-Nap
Rucker, Amos Rusie, Ed Walsh and q
dozen others who could pitch the arm
OF carload Of your Groves and War
neckes any day In the week"
How about Carl Hubbell? guess
he's just bum," a stin small voice
piped up from the other side of the
press box. 1t was Mullins, the teleg-
rapher on the Journal.
Doc threw him whitening glance,
sputtered and relapsed into silence.
Either he considered Mullins beneath
his contempt or he was trying to
think up comeback. However, the
old guard wasn't going to take that
kind of gaff. Bill Hover sailed into
action with the decks cleared,
"All right, well give you Hubbell,
but how about catchers? All you guys
know about catching is seeing some
sissy get out there covered with masks
and pads from head to heel. But in
our time, the boys took all the steam
q pitcher had with bare hands and no
chest protector"
Terry got up and went to the water
cooler, then looked down on the dia-
mond. His eyes bulged in admiration.
Suffering southpaws, but will you
look at that baby dig those grounders
out of the dirt?"
The other men looked down. Larry
Doyle was giving a wonderful exhibi-
ton as the new catcher pegged down
toward second.
That boy Doyle Is wonder" Terry
said warmly.
These college boys are all alike, I"
Biers grunted. I've seen 'em come
and I've seen 'em go. A rookie can't
stand the gaff. This Is base ball, pro-
fessionaI ball, not college stuff, and
the rockies wilt like flowers when the
going gets tough"
"But Doyle is tough, Doc" Terry
protested.
"Joie Brown is up to form, all right,
all right" Craven cut in.
Hes a ball player" Hover said.
Hes an old-timer and he's rarin' to
go places and do things. He's ball
players ball player. He's been doing
his best for this team on third and
been doing it for years, and what has
he got to show for it? Nothing" he
ended with disgust. z.1-s2f
Dutch Schatz looks good, Biers
said. HE played nice ball for Balti-
more on first. Pop did some crafty
bargaining to get him. The story is
that Pop made play for one of their
stars and never once showed the least
sign of interest in Schatz until the