Evening star., 1950-06-19


Johnsons get by then, the hitters
chary Johnson because though he would nten
tionally, he might let slip"
Mays recalled when Red Lucas broke into the majors He
didn't much virtually nothing" Mays said. He had
screwba goosefles pitch called it. But first he'd throw
your you didn't away he'd slip the
next little closer Then he'd slip in that little goosefesh
srewbah and get out Nobody taking on
him. He stayed for while other pitchers with more
stuff heading for the minors"
When Cochrune Almost Had 1t
may be that Mays current beatthe bushes in the
Pacific Northwe-ptchers perfect gentlemen when it
driving htte but there plenty of big
leaguers today not above aiming hard at chin
in clutch.
year ago Lou Boudreau was often that he
planned formally stressng that coincidence In the
National League Leo Durochers pitchers Others each
year accused of throwing at hitters.
Considering that pitcher throws baseball faster than
90 miles hour and that it requires only something like two
fifths of ball to reach the plate baseball
weapon delivered with the purest of nten
tons Paul Calvert is no beanbal guy nor is ne especially
swift he hit two batters twice in week sending one
Pitcher Portered-to the hospital with broken
Portered lucky wasn't struck in the temple when
pitch sailed" him. At that plate in Yankee
Stadium Mickey Cochrane almost killed
when Hadley, chin specialist, beaned MIN
accidentally.
A Soh When Skeeter Quit
It was with sigh of relief League pitchers
skeer Nevsome Athletics shortsop retire from
majors memory recalls Skeeter took fearful beam
ns The second supposed have finished his career but
continued to play Pitchers and didn't like
might well be curtains.
For the they don't like watch Hank Maesh
Of the White the plate He, too badly hurt on two
occasions believed have traded him last
feared to be gun-shy. He isn't but
he's considered poor insurance risk.
Athletics Valo got it good day.
Sid Hudson of the Mats beanbaer than Johnson,
hit him. Unknown to most people Valo subject to dizzy
spells Walt Masterson who not to throwing fast
hters shoulder blades ribs got panicky
when facing Valo.
about to pitch" said T valo begin
&ofo fhoo fhe hall
high could 1t probably the widest wild pitch
record"
Reaction to Mays Was Varied
STILL Chapman became the only true tragedy in the history
the majors when he bat in the fifth inning
YankeeCeveland at the Polo Grounds (the Yankee
Stadium hadn't been bu Mays tried fast ball, swiftly
rising pitch that seemed to break right at Chapman.
Many accounts reveal that Ray attempting duck bent
further forward and received the ball the side of his head
At o'clock the next morning Chapman died after operation
that hopeless because the blow fierce his skull
split for inch and half and the brain showed
against the bone on the other side.
Three days later in Cleveland Ray buried and his
laid blanket blossoms purchased
at dime apiece
Mays was varied Boston, ball players
pettoned that he be barred forever from baseball although
Carl exonerated by the District Attorney number of
ball players including Ty Cobb declared they'd play
another game until Mays had been dismissed.
Speaker os Much os Anybody
Umpires Bill Dineen Billy testified that Mays
esorted to tickery rough ball than most pitchers
but the late Bill McGeehan crack sports columnist among
those who defended Mays.
contrast to Chapman Mays personally unpopular
because he'd quit the Red and managed join the team
of his choice the Yankees It's said that for long time Pres
dent johnson of the American refused recognize
the legality of the switch.
Eventually the uproar died possibly to iris Speaker
much anybody Speaker who the Indians
then, said that it accident and to h0t that it
anything unfair to Chapman's memory