Show Blister on Groves Grove's Finger Stirs Stirs' Talk 4 4 Says Hes He's Had One All Year t fc Spin Delivery Irritates Bobs Bob's Hand By Henry McLemore- McLemore re United Press Correspondent PHILADELPHIA Pa Pi Oct OcL 6 5 Being an avid collector of at rare old blisters the tho- ones of ot Achilles Achilles' heel heeland and Paul Revere 1 k knee are my r Z prizes It was only I f natural that J should call Miste Mister Lefty Letty Grove a and n d ask aak to see sea his col lection the one o 0 ohis on his pitching fin ger This pitch a lug Ing finger linger blister bUster I had been told was wu a beauty an an worthy of ot any col collection lection 1 I n a nth t h Ii world Mister G 1 r o 0 v was mighty nice nic and at the a ap pointed hour I pre pre- Grovo Grove santed myself at his door After a few minutes of at chatter he slowly lowly withdrew his left hand band from his hi hip pocket and held It out for formy formy formy my Inspection Frankly I l' was dis dis- dis- dis appointed For tho the blister bUster of at which I C heard so much the much the blister bUster which hu has this whole town talking was talking was n not not- t- t nearly so fine as the one tr rr the right shoulder of at Atlas which I 1 Picked u up for tor a n. song and little better than the rather ather ordinary on one from the left hand of Oscar OHara O'Hara who rowed stroke oar when Wash Wash- into ington crossed tho Delaware i The Grove Grov blister bUster was no larger than a small shoe button and of imp im urn- p perfect shape EXAGGERATE BLISTER Youre disappointed are aren aret arent t you Grove ked asked I thought you'd be I gum guess you hav b tiona penn penned by the base writers They have described It Jt I as a being as large as a doorknob Yes Yea I am zun disappointed I X said wd after awhile It looks to be like the same sort of ot blister bUster you have been having all nIl season Certainly It does does' not hot resemble a world series blister e Youre right the tho great Tel left t hander replied That blister is 18 no worse or no better than the ones I have had all aU year And that's what makes me laugh The Tho baseball experts experts ex ex- ex- ex Perth have told the world at large that the current edition may prevent me from doing any more serious pitching during the series The Theother Theother Theother other ones didn't prevent me from tram doing a bit of serious pitching so why should this one 1 Here's Heres the dope on the tho famous Grove blisters You can take It or leave it Or both The cause of the tho blisters bUsters is simple MIDDLE RUDDLE FINGER He spins the ball off oft the middle finger of at his left hand and the constant constant constant con con- stant friction makes It imperative that something give His finger being less Jess tough than horsehide always al ways yields He has quit trying to treat them Ho He put everything on them from a motorman's glove to but found that unless his finger was bare baro his pitching was bad Now to use uso his own words Grove Just lets let's em bleed They hurt Wo We didn't tell teU him bUn so but maybe Its It's a good thing the man suffers Butters l m bUsters blisters For after all all a a. man who can win 31 games and lose Jose but four while bothered with blisters bUsters would would-be be liable to win twice that many If It there were no blisters And If It a man mcm ever wins win 62 games In one season they'll bo be sure Bure to build him hima a Do monument monument and and arent aren't you sick of such monuments I am I. I |