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...Sing." "Show us how you struck," the prosecutor orders Judd Gray, and up stands the little salesman, removes his spectacles, and "cocks" the very sash weight with which he bludgeoned his mistress' sleeping husband. "[He] has," notes Runyon, "a sash-weight stance much like the batting form of Waner, of the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . He is a right-hand hitter." And for the thousands of women whose interest in the Pirates is small, Runyon has other generous helpings to spoon out. "Mrs. Snyder," he notes, "the woman who has been called a Jezebel [came] stepping along briskly in her patent...
Meanwhile smart Joe McCarthy, who kept insisting that his Yankees could win, was not missing a trick. He picked up the veteran Paul Waner, released by the Dodgers, for pinch-hitting duties - and saw him deliver the first time up. From Newark he called up strong-arm rookie pitchers Mel Queen and Floyd Bevens-and already had a 6-1 record for the two to back his judgment. And the apple of McCarthy's managerial eye, speedy Second Baseman George Stirnweiss, was going strong as ever: he had stolen 49 bases in 55 attempts and was leading the League...
...Boston Braves' baffler throws a poky knuckle ball that dips and waltzes down & out just as it reaches the plate. Said the Dodgers' Mickey Owen last week: "What we needed was a net." Tobin walked Paul Waner, the first man up; breezed by the next 26; walked Waner again in the ninth, struck out Dixie Walker to end the game (2 to 0). Tobin himself hit a home run for good measure. Afterwards he guessed aloud that he was just about 'as happy as the time he hit three home runs against the Chicago Cubs...
Paul ("Big Poison") Waner of the Boston Braves may never land in Baseball's Hall of Fame. But in his home park . last week he got the 3,000th hit of his big-league career. In the long history of baseball, only six others have accomplished this feat. They are Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Napoleon Lajoie, and Pop Anson-Immortals...
...club have been invited to tonight's get-together which begins at 7:45 o'clock. Other students who wish to attend the discussion may do so after paying a small fee at the door. Very likely additional members of the Brave team, besides Fernandez, Miller, and Waner, will be on hand at tonight's Varsity club's meeting...