Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-05-22

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professor is back in person with
you this week. (The gentlemen
in the rear who muttered "Who
cares" may get his money back
at the. box office.) No, the
guest column has not been as
vet terminated. We have been
so busy the last two weeks we
didn't have a chance to round
up any guest columnist so the
professor will entertain you.
(Please refrain from booing) |
know you are all glad to have
me back. Swoosch Smack!
(Who threw that 'mater.) AL
right readers effin you won't
and don't want to listen to me
I'll talk to myself. Let's inter-
view Worthy, old kid.
@. Will your guest column be
in circulation next week?
A. | expect to have a reason
able facsimile.
@. Do you enjoy your guest
columns Why?
A. | enjoy them very much.
They are always we'll written
and interesting. Several of the
columns touch topics which |
know little or nothing about.
@. 1t wouldn't be hard to
touch such topics would it?
A. Censored.
90. Sorry. What are you
looking so down in the mouth
about ?
A. The Pittsburgh Pirates
traded Little Poison Lloyd Waner
to the Boston Braves for. Pitcher
Nick Strincevich the other day.
@. Why does that make you
look so blue?
A. If you have lot of time
| will tell why l hated to see
L. Waner go to the Braves. The
story all starts Is years ago in
Washington. John McGraw,
manager of the New York
Giants, walked up to Charley
Graham, owner of the San
Francisco Seals, and said: "Okay
Charley, III take Paul Waner for
$4,000. But McGraw was just
a half hour too late for Paul
Waner had been sold to Pitts
burgh. McGraw wanted to buy
P. Waner very bad, but Charley
Stoneham, owner of the Giants,
had paid out $4,000 to Charley
Graham for Outfielder Jimmy
O'Connell in '23 and O'Connell
never did the Giants any
good. Thus Stoneham delayed
too long in buying Paul Waner.
That's how close the Waners
came to being Giants
@. What does P. Waner have
to do with L. Waner and the
Braves?
A.. am coming to that.
Don't interrupt me anymore.
Paul Waner became a regular
with the Pirates and he became
great hitter and fielder. But
he kept insisting he had a bet
ter ball player in his brother
Lloyd. SO it wasn't long before
l.. Waner came to the Pirates.
Soon the brothers were in the
outfield together. For Is years
the brothers were landmarks in
Pittsburgh = like the Carnegie
Museum and the Cathedral of
Learning. There probably new
er will be two better hitters in
baseball. Each weighed about
$50 pounds, but they were wiry
and durable. With the coming
to Manager frankie Frisch the
Waners knew they were on their
way out. Paul was made a free
agent last winter and Lloyd was
recently traded to the Braves.
SO the Pirates, long noted for
great hittters and the Waner
brothers, will start a new era.
All baseball suffers from the
loss of the popular pair, Big
Poison Paul Waner and Little
Poison Lloyd Waner.
@. Very sentimental. Well,
what next on the program
A. Sniff, sniff. There is
nothing more to talk about at
this time. Except to say that /
am thoroughly disappointed in
the ST. Louis Browns. Oh, why
do they have to lose one run ball
games?
@. | wouldn't know. What do
you think of Arky Vaughn's
hitting?
A. This is the first time to-
day I really feel like talking.
For many years, Vaughn has
been my favorite major league
ball player. In 1885 he won the
major league batting title with
a mark of 1856. This year he
is hitting like he did in that ban
ner year of '35. Vaughn has
never been below 800 in the en-
tire baseball career. The Pirate