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THIC THIS ; seems to be a good spot n nwh nwh - wh ch to pay add tonal t onal tr bute buteto buteto buteto to a fcllo fello v by the name of ot Carl CarlOwcn CarlOwen CarlOwen Owcn Owen Hubbell a p tchcr tcher for Mel MelOtt MelOtt MelOtt Ott s NP Nr v \ 1 \ ork GJanlsrter Giantslfler Giants GJanls GiantsUter Uter \rter rter lfler \ liking hklng taking in III all aU 11 tI U e a tcUmony tccttmony tcUmonyavailable tccttmonyavailable testimonyavailable , available fromleI from ! \ Mel \leI leI Ott Ot ! his fellow fellowGiants fellowGiants fellowGiants Giants and h s s opponents from the the'IatlOnal theational theNational 'IatlOnal IatlOnal \ational ational ' , \ and Amcncin Amerlc"ln Amerlcln Ameracin " league Carl CarlRubbell CarlHubbell CarlHubbell theI I Rubbell Hubbell comes closer doser lo to beingI beingThe beingThe being beingThe I The perfect pcrfect ball pia plajcr player ) cr than any anyoae anyone anyone anyI I oae one we ve ye ever knownThere known knownThere There is of ot course no such vord vordas vordas I Ias as perfect on in m the humaClay human humaC\ humaC \ lay layout layout I out It is the closest approach to toperfect toperfect toperfect perfect on that one must con cons cone . derHere derHere der derHere Here s what Carl Hubbell HubteU \ t tas tasMel as asMel asMel Mel Ott told me Just check checkagainst checkagainst agamst against 11- 11 it- it 11SkIll itSkill it - Skill courage brains modesty modestyhumility modestyhumility modestyhumility humility loyalty stamina stamwa the tbe will willto willto willto to win concentration physical fitness100 fit fitness fit- fit fitnessI00 - - ness-I00 ness I00 ness-100 100 ness - - 100 per cent of which hlch quail quasi quailtIes quasities quailties tIes he has at every startThis start startThis This happens to be a fair collee colleehon colleehon collection hon of at worth vh Ie le mgred ingred ents in m an anage anage anage age where such features as mod modesty modesty modesty esty hum hty lity loyalty loyally starn slam starnIDa slamma stamina IDa ma and concentrat on are oftcn often oftcnwell oftenwell oftenwell well below belo\l belo l \ parSk par parSk Sk 11 courage and bra ns com coin combIDed coinbined cornbmed bIDed bined in one system are rare rareenough rareenough rareenough rareenoughBu enough enoughBu Bu these qual t es are usually ac accompamed accompanied accompamcd compamed companied by arrogance over con confidence confidence confidence fidence phys cal unfitness and spot spotty spotty spotty ty concentrat onAbout on onAbout About Carl Hubbcll Hubbell HubbcllLon HubbellLon Lon tt " "ameke ameke Ilarneke arneke tl tI e a tobacco chewer chewerIrom chewerfrom chewcrfrom Irom from \ Mt 1\1t 1 1t Ida Ark one of the best bestp bestp bestp p chcrs tchers tehers ( m III in the game said rel-ently rel ently recently relentlythat recentlythat rc rcentlythat - > -entlythat entlythat - that Hubbell was the greatest pitch pitcher pitcher er he had ever seenTha seenThat seen seenThat Tha That t tells only half halt the story storylIIel storyMel storyMel lIIel Mel Ott 011 sa d Carl Hubbell is the c kl CARL HUBBELLmost HUBBELL DunBELL HUBBELLmost most remarkable man I ve ye ever everkno everkno everkno kno knon vn -n n - in m baseballWhen baseballWhen baseball baseballWhen When 1-e 1 e te he - started this season With Withthe withthe withthe the Giants back in m April Apnl he was 39 39years 39years 39years years old He had been a star p tch tcher tcher tcher er for 20 years We k eked cked away awayone awayone awayone one game after another back of ot him himHe himHe himHe He never had a complaint complamt . . He had hadlost hadlost hadlost lost six of his first seven starts Hetook He Hetook Hetook took all aU the blame But m in place ot of ot10s1Og oflosing oflosing 10s1Og losing heart he kept work ng just justas justas justas as hard and then won his next SIX SIXstraight sixstraight sixstraight straight startsIt startsIt starts startsIt It doesn t make any difference differenceho differenceho ho v many errors you make back ot of otCarl ofCarl ofCarl Carl He takes the blame He MV nev MVer never never er ) has bas ias an alibi or an excuse Ittook It Ittook Ittook took him five years through seven sevend sevend sevend d ( flerent fferent ferent towns to reach the Gants Gantsm G ants antsin antsin m in 1928 but this never slowed him himdown himdown himdown down He has been their star ever everSlDce eversince eversince SlDce since be he arnvedCarl arrivedCarl arrived arnved arrivedCarl Carl has won 19 games m lD in a arow arow arow row He tanned fanned five of ot the greatest greatesthitters greatesthitters greatesthitters hitters the Amer can league everknew eNer ever eNerknew everknew eNerI I knew in ID succession He has won wonfour wonfour wonour I wonI four ( of ot h s six World Series Senes starts startsI startsHe startsHe startsHe I He won 116 games in five years for forthe forthe lorthe the G ants a remarkable record recordwith recordwith recordwith with only a fa r h tt t tl ! ng ball bail club clubBut clubBut clubBut But that s only a small part of ot the thereal thereal thereal real Carl HubbellStill Hubbell HubbellStill . ' Still Learning Learnl1lg Learningnubbell , jStdl nubbell Dubbe/ Dubbe Hubbell Dubbeafter / ) after 20 years Is still stillleunlng stilllearning stillleirning leunlng learning Wl WI en he sits on the bcnch bench bcnchhe benchhe benchhe he watches watchcs every batter that comes comesto comesto comesto to the plate He e watches every pitch pitcher pitcher pitcher er to see just what he has He Heworks lieworks e eworks works just Ju.t Jut . as hard when he isn ism tp t tp tp p tel tef ( cl ng IIg rig as he does in to the ( he box boa boxThe boaThe boxThe The greatest pitcher of o ( them all allhe allhe allhe he takes takL ' ; nothing nothmg for granted Our Dur Ouring Durlag DurIng ing lag a game even when be he Is on the thebench thebench thebend bench ) he overlooks nothing noth1Og lie lierarely lierarely Herarely rarely says sa > ) s aVord a VordH wordH \ word \Vord Vord wordH H s whole heart and soul are in inthat inthat inthat that ball game-and game and game - - and that s after 20 20years 20years 20years years of competition He is just as askeen askeen askeen keen to wm win now-I now I now - I th nk even keen keenerthan keenerthan keener er-than er than - than te to re was at h s pr meAnd meAnd me meAnd And through ! it t all he is the most mostmodest mostmodest mostmodest modest man I ever kne line v If It Carl Carlwon Carlwon Carlwon won 40 consecut ve ye games if it he hebroke hebroke hebroke broke every p tch ng record he hewould hewould hewould would still sl111 be the same qu et loyal loyalmodest loyalmodest loyalmodest modest fellow fl'lIow fllIow ' trying trY10g to learn-and learn and learnandgiving learnandgiving learn - andgiving giving all the cred cted t to the team teamI I talked " ' with 'Ith Ith several of ot the Gants Gantsabout G ants antsabout antsabout about HubbellHe HubbellHe Hubbell HubbellHe He is Js under one tough hand handcap I ! ( Icap cap a G ant veteran said When WhenCarl WhenCarl WhenCarl Carl pitches we all arc are so keen to tow tow tow w n for h m that we t ghten up We Weknow Weknow Weknow know there s no one like him We d dbreak dbreak dbreak break a leg and an arm to win wm tor for torh forh ( orh h m So at t mes roes we get over anx anxsous anxiousi sous try too hard and lose games gameshe gameshe he should have won But you canmake canmake can Imake make six errors back of Hub and andyou andyou andyou you U II 11 never bear hear a squa vk When IVhen IVhenhe Whenhe Whenhe he loses he is the one . wl .1 1 o 0 takes the theblame theblame theblame blame When he wms-It wms It wins-it wins wins - it s the team teamthat teamthat teamthat that dM did d . ! it |