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Show THIS OLD TIMER WOULD PRAY Mickey Welch, Once Famous Pitcher With Giants, Relied on Religion in Tight Pinches. Veteran fans will recall that famous, old-time New York Giant pitcher by the name of Michael (Mickey) Welclu The New York roster shows that he twirled for that noted club from ths years JsS.-j to 1S'.I2, Inclusive. Welch was a religious man. We have this on the word of a man who caught him on a club in New York state before Mickey reached the big brush. Here's the way this catcher, whose name Is Wilson, tells of his experience ex-perience with Welch: "We'd be in a tight hole," says this former catcher, "and I'd see Mickey's lips move. I'd Immediately set myself for the shock, because I knew he was going to send across the swiftest he had in his collection. And when I say swift I mean one that would take a fellow off his pins if he wasn't ready. Mickey always said a prayer when in a tight place." |