Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-05 | Page 30 | Joe Wood's Arm in Poor Condition

JOE WOOD'S ARM IN POOR CONDITION The fortunes of war have dealt so severely se-verely with "Smoky Joe" Wood of the Boston Americans that for a while this summer the only way he was able to pitch a game was by having an osteopath os-teopath on the bench to work his shoulder and throw It back Into Joint after every inning. This sounds like a bit of summer sum-mer fiction, but the story is vouched for by Bill James, who got It from the osteopath, who was as much a member of the club for a while as Wood himself. him-self. Wood, according to James, presents another of those baseball paradoxes of n pitcher who seemingly has nothing left but his reputation, and precious little of that, yet who is still able to win, and wfn consistently. "I haven't facts and figures to show for It," said James, "but I think Wood has pitched more four and five-hit games than any other pitcher in the American league. And yet, as far as anyone can see, he hasn't got a thing. Must bo the old bean, I guess, for he is certainly fooling the batters."