Gunnison Valley News | 1919-07-25 | Page 5 | Lee Fohl, as Backstop, Remembers at Least One Bone Play by Graney

ilE FOKi, AS BACKSTOP, REMEMBERS j I AT LEAST OME BONE PLAY BY GRANEY j Manager of Cleveland American League Team. Lee Fold is one who remembers when Jack Graney was a pitcher. Lee was catching for Columbus when Graney, Gran-ey, then a hurler, was farmed out to that club by Cleveland. Lee caught him in his first game there, and tells the story this way: Gave Block a High One. "Jack had Milwaukee 1 to 0 in the ninth, with a man on second and two out, and Catcher Block at bat. I walked out and told Jack under no conditions to give Block a high one, and returned to my position. But what does Johnny do but pitch Block one right in his groove, and the score was tied. It was called In the eleventh." elev-enth." "Well," said Graney, who was a listener, "I never will forget the first game I played as an outfielder in Cleveland. Joe Birmingham was unable un-able to play and I went to ceuterfield. Ty Cobb hit one to center. Fans Roasted Him. "I thought It was going to drop back of second, and ran up on it, but the blamed thing kept rising and rising, and as I turned toward the fence how that crowd in the centerfield bleachers bleach-ers did roast me! There wasn't a thing they overlooked."