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Show I I I C44NZZAIYD C44NZZAIYDr cx > n.MD nMD . n.MDCE //CE CE / ? / BOS LOS r Os ANGELESI ANGELES -I I - I read recently recentlythat recentithat 1 . that Old Moss Mose Grove had signed signedhIs signedhis signehis hIs contract with the Red Sax Sox SaxThat SoxThat SoxThat That s Old Mose Mase s sixteenth majar major majarlcague majorleague majoileague lcague league can contract tract . He HesIgned Hesigned _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sIgned his first 'OneWIth onewith ' one 'One , 'with with ' WIth the Athletlcsaway Athleticsaway Athletics Athletlcs away back in m 1925He 1925He 1925 { He was 25 years 1925I oldthen old y-then y then : ) ; - - I thcn then and had comeup come came 'fl fl ' _ f 1.ap 1ap . . . . ' lip up to the big show . . , . \ 'after after ' ' after five years in 7d- 7d 7d5 7dBaltimore ) ? - > ' " " * ! " 5 1 " 1BaltImare iBaltimore BaltImare Baltimore The lateJack late \ ' " "Jack Jack " i . Jack Dunn had kepthim kept : , . 1hlm < / / - 1 ! 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" the Orioles OrIales ruled Grantland Grantlandthe Grantlandthe Grantlandthe the InternatIanalRice InternationalRice International InternatIanal Rice Riceleague Riceleague Riceleague league as the Yankees Yankees Yan Yankces kces kees rule the American league now nowIt nowIt nowIt It was good goad business busmess tor far for Jack to tohold tohold tohold hold onto onta his ball players tor far for a few fewyears fewyears fewyears years They pulled in m the crowds crowdsat crowdsat crowdsat at the turnst Ics lcs lea they won wan pennants pennantsand pennantsand pennantsand and Little World SerIcs-and SerIcs and Series-and Series Series - and the thelanger thelonger thelonger langer longer they remained remamed In us Baltimore Baltimorethe Baltimorethe Baltimorethe the more eager the rnaor major maJar league leagueclub leagueclub leagueclub club owners were wcre to buy them and andthe andthe andthe the bigger the price they broughtJack brought broughtJack Jack Bentley-Jae Bentley Jae Bentley-Joe Joe Bentley - - Joe Baley-lIIax Baley lIIax Boley-Max Boley Max BaleylIIaxBlShapGravcall BoleyMaxBishopGroveall Boley - MaxBishop BlShap-Gravc-all BlShap Gravc all Bishop-Grove--all Bishop Grove - - Grove - - - all brought braught box bax car ear carfigures earfigures carfigures figures when Dunn ' one 'One ' of 'Of baseball 5 s 5shrewdest sshrewdest sshrewdest shrewdest traders sent them to tomarket tomarket tomarket market Grove Grave brought braught $ 5100 $100 100 600 I 1 Idan 1don Idon dan don t know knaw " what "hat hat vihat the GOO $600 600 $ $ GOB was far for forAmusement farAmusement lorAmusement Amusement tax possibly passlbly possiblyOffered possiblyOffered Offered to McGraw IIIcGraw McGrawAt At the time the story stary was-and was and was - and so sofar sofar sotar far as I know it may have been beentruethat beentruethat beentrue true-that true that - - that John Jahn McGraw had turned turnedDunn turnedDunn turnedDunn Dunn down dawn when he offered the bIg bIgleft bigleft bigleft left hander to the th " . GiantsThat Giants GiantsThat That happened in 1925 The price pricewas pricewas pricewas was $100 100 $ OOO-wlth OOO wlth 000-with 000 with 000 - - with perhaps a httle little httle'Off littleoil littleoS 'Off Off oil ' tor for the Giants Giant , ; But lIIcGraw McGraw McGrawwasn lIIcGrawwasn McGrawwasn wasn t payine paymg paying $100 100 $ 000 for far a . pitcherw pitcher pitcherA A ' V r g gwf wf , , w < " 4 \ eW eWI eWa I a co/ co co4 \ / h 4 hi i ' : 1 . - , . - - - . MOSE 111081 : GROVEIn GROVE GROVEIn In 1925 He lIe had just iust won wan four faor pen pennants pennants pennants nants in a row-thereby row thereby row - thereby cracking crackmg an anaU anall anall aU all timerecord tunerecard tunerecord for rar the major majar leagucsand leaguesand leagues leagucs -and and - and It looked loaked as though he be mIght mIghtI mightgo might50 ga go ' on 'On from fram there So S'O ' he wasn t m in mI interested interestedAt terested terestedI terestedAt At any rate that s the storyThe story stary storyThe The Yankees ' cousinMeanwhile Cousin Cousm CousinMeanwhile Meanwhile Dunn had some sort sortof sortof sortof of agreement with Connie Mack that thatcalled thatcalled thatcalled called for far him in the natural caurse course caurseof courseof courseot of events to send his better players playersover playersover playersover over the short shart line from BaltImare Baltimore Baltimoreto BaltImareto to Philadelphia and m in the spring sprtng of of1925 1925 Grove arrived at the train tram ng ngcamp ngcamp ngcamp camp of the AthleticsHe AthleticsHe Athletics AthleticsHe He was young eager and t reless relessHe relessHe relessHe He had a strong strang back and a rubber rubberarm rubberarm rubberarm arm But he wasn t a pitcher He Hewas Hewas Hewas was a thrower thrawer He won wan 10 games lit in in1925 1925 13 m In 1926 and 20 in m 1927Those 1927 1927Those Those Thase were the tbe years in m which he hewas hewas hewas was a first cousm causm cousin to t'O ' the Yankees YankeesIn Yankeesln In ln the ball players argot argat a cousm COUSin Is Isa isa isa a pitcher that the hitters like llke to ta factand facLand face facL fact . -and and - - and there wasn t a pitcher In En the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan league the Yankees I ked kedany kedany Redany any better than Grove Grave All they had hadto hadto to do da was to ta wait walt him aut-or aut or out-or out out - - or burry hurry burryhImand hurryhimand hurryhim hIm-and hIm and - and then slue slug himAs him himAs As he acquired poise he became becamemare becamemore becamemore mare more effective not nat only aga nst the theother theother theother other clubs but against agamst the Yankees Yankeesas as well wcll H s figures m in the vIctory vIctorycalumn victorycolumn victorycolumn calumn column mounted mounied He won wan 24 games gamesIn gamesin gamesin In 1928 sl pped to 20 In 199 l99 ? ' ' rose ta to to28 28 in 10 1930 and to ta 31 in m 1931 He Hewon Hewon Hewon won 25 in m 1932 and although he hedropped hedropped hedropped dropped to ta 24 in m 1933 he led tle tleleague te teleague theleague ) league agam-as agam as again-as again agam - as he had in III 19 198 ? ' ' 8 1930 and 1931 In the winter wmter of 1933 he was saId sold soldto saIdta soldto ta to the Red Sox for ( or $125 125 $ 000 In 1934 1934he 1934he 1934he he had trouble trauble with his arm and andwan andwon andwon wan won only ao1y e ght games while lasmg losing losingas lasmgas as many-and many and many - and it was right aftcr after aftcrthat afterthat afterthat that that he became a real p tcher tcherHe tcherHe tcherHe He was forced farced to out aut think the bat batters batters batters ters and in doing damg that he became became'One becameone becameone 'One One ' of the greatest pitchers in m the thehlstary thehistory thehistory hlstary history of baseball . . Learning Learmng Hoiv How to PitchThe Pitch Ptlch PitchThe The time bme had come came when he badto bad badt'O hadto t'O tO ' do more mare than Just rear backstretch backstretch back ; stretch out and whip that CrtbaU tirLball firt.bafl firtbafl . at atthe atthe atthe the bitters hitters The ' old 'Old blaze had died died'Out diedout diedout 'Out Out ' in bis his fast ball baU He Be conldn caoldn couldn t i fool faol tool faolthe toolthe | the bitters hitters with ft It any more Be He had hadt'O hadto hadto t'O tO ' do somethint something be he badn hadn t done dane be- be before before be before - - fore He lie had to ta stop and thlnk- thlnk think- think thlnkto thinkto think thinkto - to study the hit hitters hittere ten ; and develop a acurve acurve ftcurve curve ball a chance change of pace ball balland balland balland and a slow slaw ball and brnsh brllsh brush up 'On On 'OnhIs onhis ' onbis hIs control And when he bad had done doneall doneall doneall all that he was a Pltchtr-a Pltchtr a pitcher-a pitcher pitcher - a real realpitcher realpitcher realpitcher pitcher |