Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-02
Proves Wife
Bad Medicine
In Baseball
Peeler Tells Of Big linz
Landing in Peoria =
By WEST BROOK PEGLEB

Most generally around any
Avn ball club I ever worked for
why we always figured the best
way to do about our wives was
not TO leave them mess around
together because otherwise they
may get into fights although. Of
course. in the spring they would
like TO go South with you be-
cause. after all they are only
human and they like TO get
away from the snow and you
can't blame them but, during
the season it is different.
RUT the year Charles Dissenat
took over to manage our
club and Mrs. Dissenat moved
into the dugout TO stimulate
morale. well il wasn't any time
before one day she said every
body has got TO come 10 their
house and bring their wife for
weinie roast because she
wants TO know all the girls bet
ter so we can be one great big
happy family.
Well, my war department, she
Is very sure footed and never
no false moves out OF her SO I
wasn't worried for myself be-
cause / knew she could field her
position in any league but We
had some others that you just :
couldn't see them doing their
stuff with an old soggy hot dog
on paper plate and potp -
salad and baked beans and :
like that and nothing TO drink
but ice tea or fruit punch with
out nothing in il and l knew AZ
plain as day we were going TO
have trouble.
I HAD met Ollie Grummle's old
Il lady down South several times
and knew she was very nice
girl but she had a mind of her
own. like they say, and more
over she was a holster and when
| she went out on a party she
/ didn't want any food except 10
throw it at people in a playful
manner and she certainly wasn't
going 10 get off the ground on
tea. hot or cold or any fruit Juice
or pop.
So, sure enough. Mile
Grummle, she gets wind of IL
that Mrs. DiSsenat's parties are
very dusty so she drops into a
couple Of saloons that she trades
at on the way to the Dissenats
for this jolly family get together
and puts in several layers OF
bourbon and put pint slab in
! her pocketbook and shows up at
the rejoicing practically leaping.
Well, first. Mrs. DisSenat. she
made little speech how charm-
ing the ladies are and we ought
TO see more OF each other and
Millie. who is setting there in
/ the front row Of chairs. she
ups with a deviled egg and I am
| telling you Pennock, himself,
never had better control, and
she pops the boSSS old lady
| right in the eye.
Honey, you damn fool" OIlIe
yelled at his old lady. but she
T..
her plate and there he IN with
baked beans and coleslaw all
over his mug.
pUT Mrs. Dissenat she W.
- off the deviled egg and -
tended not to notice nothing ard
Mile quoted down awhile and
Mrs. DiSsenat went on and on
about how we should all he
! friends and consider each 9TH
er'S feelings so Mile she breaks
OUT again and yellS, then why
don't you dry up"
Mama" Ollie yelled, "please
keep your big trap shut, won't
you please, da-ling?"
well" Mile yelled all the
louder. "it's free country and
IL Is free speech, isn't Il? Who
ever asked for all this bazoo?
I thought II was party, but
here II il like a camp-meeting."
They Quoted Mile down
again, everybody pretending not
10 notice nothing, and finally,
after awhile. we get into a game
of ring around the rosie and
Mile has been gnawing that
slab so she outs with her foot
and trips tho boSs's wife plop on
her face and poor old Ollie
Grummle he like 10 died
GO FINALLY. Mile she said
~ as long as we were having
speeches she would make
speech, herself, so she gets up
and starts 10 say:
"WelI, Of all the lousy parties
ever was AT and. personally. I
think II the manager OF the club
has got anything To say to the
players he ought 10 say II him
self, hut II all the wives 20
popping off you get too many
conflicting ideas and got as
much right as the next one to
shoot Oft my face, but I believe In
minding my own business and I
think II would he n swell idea II
a certain party would keep the
Cab shut"
IN We'll DOOR old Ollie no -