Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 14 | Waner Brothers Perform in Pittsburg Outfield

WANER V N R B BROTHERS PERFORM O M IN P PITTSBURG qU I LI CHILDHOOD rr PL BIG HELP I IN MAJORS MAJOR Paul Waner Celeba His Birthday Lloyd 21 PITTSBURG 3 April 16 AP AP- AP pride and land tradition of ot the UTe W family o of Ada Okla Oka for y has rested in the tact fact that that that- Waner once had llad an offer to ball with the famous old Chlo White St Stockings But the now flow now has a a greater and tw bad badge e of ot the distinction pr prof pre press of dads dad's two strapping and nd Lloyd as regulars In nj outfield of the PIral Pira ran Even more remarkable than rare spectacle of ot brothers 1 i trolling the same outfield is sensational manner maimer in wh have jumped to fame in t first year under the big t tPaul tPaul Paul who celebrates his twe fourth birthday today came the Buccaneers with a as a slugger gained on the coast He cost Barney fuss tuss som something JI like e convinced the Pirate owner was cheap at this price bylls In ing the club in batting with a mark of ot that him around the top of ot the lea lean clouting list Pauls Paul's little brother LI just turned 21 I. 1 jump Jumped d to the Jors bra from the obscurity of oti in the South Atlantic where he exhibited family's traditional batting wh He ousted he veteran Barto Barn Bar to start the se SOn in left leU I Ifor for tor the Pirates The Waner boys ascribe V hitting prowess ro not only to fact tact that they were born raised in baeb baseball ll atmosphere also to their corncob pi ct I 1 have never batted a c ci ball baIl thrown b by any pitcher I Iwas was as hard to hit as the theja I Ithe the boys used to throw at down on the t farm rm Paul says corncob thrown hard enough en n ugh naturally takes all aU kinds of ot usual sho shoots ts and jumps We Wea i ia a stick for a a bat and pI pt that game every very day in the That's where I 1 learned h hOw w follow tollow the ball Only one one either cither family S Sall se seas as all modern records go rivals rivals' wan Waner r clan clanin in having broIn broin bro brot in similar positions on the theT major league team The B boys Zeke and Jesse Juse j gether Jether on the Giants' Giants pitcHing for tor several seasons but Jesse wears a Brooklyn uniform JUle l Bob and Emil both outfielders but in diU leagues leaa 4 The Pirates would have small sm all records by having toJi of ot brothers In the fold If Morrison had bad made the gra ua a pitcher The brother of or veteran Johnny rison vison was ws released d after alter the raining tr trip