Evening star., 1937-08-01
August I. 1887

landed Buddy Morgan was whistling the
hfiserere as they carried Bill off the field Stiff !"
murmured Con Graham in awe. Stiff as a
|dried herring"
Mike Davis was pleading with Steve, but
Mr. Webb was addressing his teammates and
paying less than no heed to his manager.
Listen, you" Steve was saying, II came up
here to play baseball; not to be kidded by a lot
| of wise guys Anybody else who gets funny with
me is in for dose of that same medicine
A ballplayer said aloud, The Alabama
Wildcat" and Steve stepped forward. who
said that"
Look" pleaded Mike, you can't always be
hunting for trouble
mo? Well then tell them to let me alone.
don't like bein' made fun Of.
Linda Roberts was holding tight to Buddy
Morgan's arm Hes lamb" she sighed "A
great big woolly lamb"
I'm tigers clothing" Buddy turned to the
representatives of the press. Wait here. mugs.
Il be right back
He conferred with Manager Mike Davis and
returned to the reporters Mikes trying to
figure out what he S got besides pitcher. Any
way, he says the sky's the limit. Write anything
you like - but write it. BE funny if you want. !"
Con Graham said mo thanks. That turkey
IAN hit too hard
Linda was starry eyed. She said, Il think
his is going to be lots of fun
She was right Things happened and kept
light on happening. Net results were tabulated
hs follows:
Steve Webb became formally and officially
The Alabama Wildcat He pitched two scoreless
,ames against first division clubs and satisfied
Mike Davis that the Cougars now had an ex-
client chance for the pennant He had one
list fight with his own center fielder which left
he umpire rather uncertain about what sort of
,enalty to inf1ict, and he almost murdered two
tusky players on opposing clubs who, from the
idelines, launched shafts of vitrioliC humor.
>hese battles were staged in the clubhouse
fter the game and were distinctive mainly for
heir brevity and conclusiveness,
Newspapermen loved Steve because he was
old mine of vivid copy. The fans adored him
ecause he was pugnacious and efficient. He
eld aloof from his teammates and was never
ithout chip on his shoulder Such friendly
ventures as were made, he either didn't under
tand or ignored. The team developed an in
,nse dislike for the overgroWn boy, and their
3pinion of him was no more cordial than his of
lem.
! Manager Davis remained awake nights won
lerine. He had acquired the greatest young
litcher in baseball history, and the man was
lisrupting his club. 1t was also increasingly
Evident that Steve Webb was unhappy and
,ore than a trif1e homesick Mike conferred
Alth Buddy Morgan.
"Youre so little" he told Buddy, that this
I,g never thinks of knocking you over. He
light even like you. -
$50 what"
i so do you want to earn a thousand dollars"
II Good Lawd! Jokes you ask.
Pm serious. Look: one of these days Steve
4 going to turn up missing. He's got homesck
.ss in his heart and battle in his eye. And if
Il. don't walk out on us, we're just as bad Oft.
Aven with guy like that, we can't win if he
Ion't be friendly with the boys So that's where
ju come in
1"Clear as mud, Chief. Tell me some more"
l"You're a smart lad Buddy. Handle this
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