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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1923)
Famous Pitcher Now Discard ■L. _ _ _ _ Story of Mails’ & Rise in Majors L i k e Fiction Hero of 1929 World Base ball Series Is (riven tbe '(rate b\ Cleveland Manager. K> FltAMi MFNKK. ' opyrluht. |!|»s. LHI ED among the hast Kill Btorles on sporting page r, there appeared the other day an item of just a few lines which read: " I he Cleveland Indians have re leased W a I ( er Alails to the Oak land rluh, in the l'arifir Coast league.” And R" an ath leie, whose spec tular work two seasons ago made him the most eon ■pit nous play r of his time, has passed from leg league view, without a salute without a goodbye. .V wonder man then—a has-been *^i lie stor; ot Walter Mails la one, which, in telling, sounds more like fiction than a cold array of estab lished facts It may bo n ailed that the In dians. the White Sox and the Yan kees raced nose to nose all through the fading days of 1 !• -0 in one of the o out thrilling flag battles in history. For three months they were so close together that nearly every victory cl* defeat changed their standings. imlians hooked (mod. The Indians looked like sure tiling , folks fur a while—and then catne the ' • hath of Hay Chapman, due to being hit i*n the head by one of Carl Mays’ terrific underhand balls. The passing of Chapman, one of the mightiest i cgs in the great human machine, al- ' most wrecked its morale. And then, j to fill the Indian cup of mis- , fortune to overflowing, the pitching 1 staff practically collapsed as Septem ber came upon us. “The Indians are through,” fandom decided. So it seemed. And then from out of obscurity came Walter Mails, portside flipper; Mails, the bril liant. yet ever the eccentric. “If good pitching is all you need to win the pennant," Mails confided # to Tris Speaker, “why. don’t you wor ry any more. Hit t ie Walter is here— and the old sou per is in great shape." # Sent Out S. O. S. Signals. . When Mails was secured late in August, there was no intent bv Speak er to try him out in the 1020 fight. But when Mails arrived in the Indian camp, Coveleskie's arm was woozy s from the strain; dim Ragby was floun ^^ing and Ray Caldwell was showing ’ distress signals. So Speaker, having no one else to | work one afternoon, shoved Mails on to the mound. Mails won his game in brilliant fashion. A few days later he was tried again. And ho won. The rest of the story? Well, is details how Mails pitched seven games for thn Indians in the final weeks «>f the 1020 fight — and won them all. No more brilliant per- ; formative ever w as turned in than | that by the southpaw, who led a , forlorn hope to the heights of tile baseball world. (>nl Series Chance. Mails got ;i world series chance j against the Dodgers in the third com- i bn t; going in ns a reliever for Paid will Jin piii hi d ii 2 :1 innings—and j held tlio 1 >odgers runless. His next chance came in the sixth game, when he started for the In dians and finished the Brooklynites. Mails shut out the Dodgers that day, making a total of 15 2 3 world series innings pitched without a run being scored against him. Monte Cristo had nothing on Mails when the world series was done. For throughout the length nnd breadth of the land he was hailed 11s the con dtiering hero—the superman — the lion of the hour. But since then — well. Mails has never been the same. His work in !!' 1 \\.,h fair, his showing in 1922 had. And so they’ve discarded—shunted from the majors—one of the most spec tacular pitching records of all time. Dundee Presbyterians Beat First Christians tk« - Accurate caging by Robertson and the defensive playing of Church at guard were factors in Dundee Pres 1 yterians' victory of er the First Christians last night in the feature class B Church league game at the V last night. Robertson o#llooted 10 points for the Dundces. Benamo Jewish crew held First Re butted scoreless in the first half and won, 16 to 3. while Grace ,M. K. won front Grace I.utheran, 12 to 4. Benson M. K. heat Pearl M. E.. 21 to o. Last night’s contests wound up the first half of the class B division. Play in the second half will start next Thursday. Lawler and Dygert Lose In Hand Ball Hawthorne and Ritchie will play McGuire and White next Monday for the handball doubles championship of the Omaha Y. M. C. A. Hawthorne and Ritchie won their way into the final bracket yesterday by defeating Ed Lawler and Ed Dy sort. Tilden Plays Hardy. Chicago. Jan. 5.—William T. Til den, national tennis star, was given his first test at the net game since he underwent an operation in which the first joint on his service band was ^^mputated. when lie met Sam Hardy, captain of the team that brought the Davis Cup back from New Zealand, in 1920, on indoor, courts here today. In practice at Philadelphia, a week ago. Tilden found that the operation did not hamper his playing ability. Chief Jockey of Year .Martin Kator. by riding Joe Blair to victory in the last race of the old year at the Tijuana track, won the American jockey, championship for 1922, by defeating ‘Thick” l*ang. New Orleans rider, by one winning mount. Kator brought home thrde winners on the last Tijuana card. H.s total for the year was 187 winners against Lang's l?(i. Ilovv Knifed (i rouse Drums. Of all the characteristics of the ruffed grouse its habit of drumming is probably the most interesting and remarkable. This handsome game bird sure does make a racket when he gets going, and the method by which lie does Ids drumming has long been a subject of much argument. This noise is difficult to describe by mere wotals, but the best combination goes like this. Thump—thump— thump, thump; hump, thump, rap, rub, i r r r-r-r. It is a rolling tattoo, sounding something like the beating of a. drum, and once an outdoors mail hears it he will never forget it. Just how tills bird produces such a racket puzzled many naturalists many years ago. Thoreau was ready to swear that t lie grouse struck its wings together- behind its back. For a long time woodsmen told the stry of how the grouse Chose a hollow log on which to drum and by beating Ibis hollow log with it wings produced its remarkable call. Hut that kind of an explanation will not stand today and it is quite generally conceded that the bird beats nothing but air. Its wings do not strike any substance whatever, neither do they meet be hind the bird's back. Many woodsmen have seen the cock grouse drumming on a log; photo graphs have even been made of the bird when lie was acting like a wire less broadcasting station; but the old liny beats the air so fast that not even a photo could throw much light on how ho does it. llis wings become merely blurs and neither the human rye nor the camera could register clearly. Ken Bush tells of an interesting ex perience with a grouse which gave him a closeup of that bird during its drumming act. lie was hunting in ttie Michigan woods and flushing a cock grouse knocked it down witli on shot if his gun. As lie approached the bird lying upon the ground and stopped to pick it tip, it began to drum, in de scribing this stunt Ben says: ‘ Stand ing there I saw that tlie bird fluffed , ut feathers just like a strutting tur key cock. The rapid whirls of its wings did not strike the body and the sound, the drumming, xvas produced by the beat of concave wings upon the air.” Right you are, Ben, and tms race is now quite generally understood, al though wo suppose that the old story of the grouse hammering a hollow log like a kettle drummer beating a drum will persist for many years just as the yarn about the porcupine being able to shoot or throw his quills Is still go ing the rounds. Another thing, it is quite well known that'the coek grouse drums in order to call a hen. Chap man speaks of it as an announcement that the bird is at the old rendezvous —a place which the handsome male has used many times to call to the hen so that even In autumn or winter when this king bird finds himself In the vicinity of this old rendezvous he cannot resist the temptation to mount his perch, fluff out his feathers, and let go that rolling drumbeat that was his springtime song of love. It also seems reasonable to suppose that this drumming may be a chal lenge to rival birds. Others believe that It Is simply an expression of the bird’s vanity. Certainly a grouse can bo proud of his looks, as few game birds are handsomer. It’s no wonder they call the grouse the “king of the | woods" and once you hear his drum j ming specialty and see him in ail his 1 glory you can readily believe that he j is the king. “Billy” Rolfe to Fight Glenn Milligan Next ^eek Atlantic, la., Jan. 5.—(Special.) — "Billy" Rolfe, Omaha welter, will meet Glenn Milligan of Sioux City in an eight-round go here next Monday eve ning. at the local l-llks club. Roife is in the city training for a bout. There will be a good bunch of preliminaries to the main event. Grit! Proceeds Build Stadium. Annapoh*. Md.. Jr,r» r> —Th'tt the Navy Athletic association realized practically sufficient funds* from the Navy-University of Pennsyqivanta football game in Philadelphia and the Navy-Penn State game in Washington : this last season to cover the cost of I the new baseball field and stadium now in course of construction on the government reservation here, is re | vealed in the report of Commander j Douglas L. Howard, secretary-treas urer. News relating to crime is suppress 1 ed by police in Tokyo. Japan. I RUBE WADDELL A GREAT CLOWN Greatest <>f I’itrhers Thought All (•allies Should Have ( in us t Finish. THK Japanese frog (hat never saw Tokio, uml the limn who never heard Caruso sing, run make a complete trio when hooked n|* with the bird who never saw Itnl>e Waddell call the fielders in. Hube was one of the jesters of baseball. Ills top joke was allowing his outfielders to take the ninth in ning off for supper. Topsy llartr.ol, Socks Hey bold and Danny Murphy would cluster ill the diamond while Rube would turn the spigot on. No # matter how fast he had been throw ing In fore that. Rube always bad some extra speed left in tbe tank. When Ituhe railed the sentries In any kind of a pop fly to the out field would have been gosd for il home run. He didn't always fan Ihe side, lint they either recited “Casey at Hie Itat" with gestures or rolled to the Intirld. Grabbing a single w Mi six infleld ers on active patrol duty was no cinch. While Connie Mack would he marcelling Ills hair with anxiety. Rube would get rid of his opponents in one, two. three business. I’hilailelphia fans never saw Ihe Kuhc Hop on this act. He would call for it when the score stood ten to six or one to iirtthing at all. \nd lie would not pitch until the three lawn gendarmes were playing mar bles with the inllplders. Topsy llart zel would try and sneak out on the Rube, but Waddell wouldn't stand for it. He seemed to have the edge on the hatters. But any man who can fan from 12 to 18 batters a game hasn’t got much use for outfielder*. Rube's act wasn't so tough as it seemed when you figure that Rube's pitching looked like butterflies with, special delivery stamps on their wings. His real downing was at night, lie had a liolib fur playing bar tender across the river in Camden, V ,1. Whenever lie jumped (lie team, Connie could always dig him up over the Delaware dealing out enough beer to swim across for a nickel. The nickels are still here, but the brew answers not the call of its mate. Itulie and liis great catcher, Os sie Schreckengost. are both gone now. Connie bought a farm for the Rube, but lie wouldn't slay on it. He had to have the bright lights even if they were only on a soap sign in Camden. They buried him down in Texas. And no matter where he is now he will be sure to call his three field ers In. If it isn’t heaven, they'll do well to stay out. Hagen Breaks Course Record in Match San Francisco, Jan. • — Walter Hagen, British open golf champion, established a course record at the Lakeside flolf club ! d.-s vi «icril*v j when he negotiated the 3 8-hole course in 68. Par for the course is 74. Hagen, paired with Joe Kirkwood, in a foursome wMth Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutchinson, the event being a 36-hole best ball match. The medal scores were: Hagen, 35-33-6S; Kirk wood. 38-38-76; Sarazen, 37-36-73; Hutchinson, 36-34-70. U. S. Awaits New Move in Reparations Crisis (Continued From l‘n*e One.) for hia utterance after most care fully weighing the possible effects of what he would say. It was desired to avoid any possible impression that America was seeking to force its views upon the allies. It also was Mr. Hughes' purpose to emphasize in every way the wholly friendly object of his hint, particular ly to France, for there is no lack of tinderstanding in Washington of the peculiar difficulties of French states wuen or of the trend of the French public opinion. Not Without Hope. It would he going much too far to say that President Harding and his advisors are without hope- that a way cut of the tangle will be disclosed before drastic action Is taken by the French; yet there appears to be no definite grounds for their hopes so far as was learned today. There is still time, however, If France con cludes that some such course as Mr. Hughes suggested would be a w ise one to pursue. Ambassador Jusserand was among Secretary Hughes’ callers late today. Presumably, he went to the State de partment under the instructions ca bled by Premier Poincare to amplify the statement he had already made of France's reason for rejecting the Ger man proposal for a one generation peace pact among the powers directly Interested In the Rhine problem. ■ There was no word either from the ' embassy, or from the department, as | to the nature of the visit. “Words I have said to the secretary : are his property to do with as he j will,’ is all Mr. Jusserand would say afterward. Mr. Hughes, however, declined to make any statement, whatever. Be fore the ambassador called, Mr. Hughes had/ spent considerable time in conference with Ambassador liar i vey. As had been the case with every previous meeting, however, no state i ment of the nature of the conversa tions was obtainable from any au t horizod source. “Fair exchange is no robbery." Swap something you have for some thing you want through a three-line “Want'' Ad in the “SWAP COLUMN" of The Omaha Bee. NO SWAP—NO FAX' Millard Man Re-Elected Head of Poultrvmeni _ * Location of 19lM Show Not Decided l pon—Secretary ‘Gives Out List of the Prize \\ inner*. Fremont, Xeb . .Tan. 5.—(Special.)-— A. C. Andr- ws. Millard, was re-elected president of the Nebraska State Poul try association at tlie annual meet ing on the eve of the close of the Jsth annual poultry show. Owing to illness in the family. President An drews was unable to he present at the session. Other officers re-elected for the * coming year, are Nols Peterson, j Mason City, secretary; John Burn ham, Adams, treasurer: John Skinner, Herman, director. County Agent llavison of Adams county was elected director, the only new officer chosen. Potation of the 1924 poultry show has not yet been decided upon. It is planned to choose a site for the next convention following the Nebraska state fair. Prizes in the different classes of poultry were announced by Secretary Itussell Palmer as follows; Barred Plymouth Rocks, E. C. Jewell, He Witt. White Plymouth Rocks, William ; White, Rock Farms, Cedar Bluffs. Buff Plymouth Rocks, Mrs. Ross Oglive, Alexander. White Wyandottes, E E. Hanson. University Place. Silver Wyandotts, W. I/. Hawk. Fremont Buff Wvandottcs. W. J. Gow, Nor folk. Partridge Wyandottes, J. W. Mc Elvin, Farnum. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, Henry Whiteman, Lincoln. Hose Comb Rhode Island Reds, Charley Junker, Cambridge. Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites, Martin Norborg, Franklin. Black Langshans, Earl McGlun, Adams. Light Brahmas, G. F. Robertson, Omaha. .Single Comb White Leghorns, Tony Vanderhill, Falls City. Buff Leghorns, V. P. Johnson, Saranvllle. Single Comb Anconas, AkSar-Ben Ancona Farms. Omaha. Rose Comb Anconas, Ross Bcems. Lincoln. 1 Sparks Tiie percentage o£ fans who prefer jazz to music is not readily computa ble. It may bo fair, or not, to judge the whole by a part, but if tiie re .suit of the canvass of fans in the northwest is a safe criterion then classical music has reached a place in Uie estimation of the majority of listeners-in which leaves no doubt on the subject. Banco music and jazz are not synonomous. • In case the broadcasting stations in England do not give a class of pro gram desired by the fans over there, they will be picking up stations in this country to supply their entertain gnent. Several numbers transmitted from WJZ were beard in Croydon recently and that is somewhat over 3,000 miles away. To eliminate the body capacity as much ns possible, I mounted my vari ometer about 4 inches from the panel and used longer shafts. As this did not entirely cut out the capicitance I procured some rubber tubing that would fit over the shaft tightly, cut cut 3-4-inch of tiie shafting and used the tubing as a coupling. This has been my only remedy for body ca pacity. Before doing this I was only able to pick up 225 miles, now 1 re ceive 2,015 miles. I use no amplifi cation, just two variometers and a varjocoupler.—H. C. Detector crystals which are most sensitive to radio signals are usually the crystals most affected by con tact with the air resulting in oxida tion of the surface of tiie crystal and a decrease in the sensitivity. The crystal may be chipped or scraped with a knife to expose a fresh sur face. I found by mounting a switch shaft and knob in combination with a heavy rubber washer mounted so as to tight ly fit against my variable condenser dial, helped very much In tuning and also presented a neat appearanco on the panel.—Dr. C. C. R. __» o cure'for"it, but welcom® relief is often brought by— VieKS VAPORUB Over 17 Million Jars Used Yearly is guaranteed by 30 yearn service to millionn of Americans. 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