Show JACK ROWAN ROW AN BOMBARDED OLD CAPITAL CAPITAL BUILDING B Big Jack Rowan ne of ot cub pitchers who was recently farmed out to Atlanta Is very proud of his throwing arm and hates to think that anybody can throw a ball harder or faster than he That gave the tho Detroit boys bo s a chance to put up a little joke on Jack The team was playing at Columbia the capital of South Carolina The old capitol building still sUit bears the scars of bombard bombardment bombardment ment by civil war cannon balls There are area area a dozen marks where solid loUd shot chipped away the granite and In one place a large share of the corner comer of one massive stone atone was carried away Farmer Fanner Willett another r of pitching recruits showed Rowan the place Jack Jacko he said they have had some great ball players down here Look what Bob Wallace did last year Took off oft the corner of that big rock slick as a whistle Did It on a bet with nothing but buta a baseball Rowan d believe bellee It at first but he got plenty of ot verification He returned to the hotel in a thoughtful mood and slyly borrowed a baseball from Manager Jen Jan Jennings JennIngs flings A few minutes later found him blazing away with that ball bali at a stone corner comer just above the one bearing Sher Shea Shermans Shermans mans autograph He put all his strength str Into the heaves h aves and the sweat rolled down downin in torrents torrent but he break the stone Finally th tb bunch that had been boen hiding and watching him hold In They gave a concerted yell ell and when he ha saw them Rowan admitted that he had found the first throwing feat he was not able to equal V |