Show Shuts Out the Champs Do you happen to know I suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that you are pitching today against the Boston Americans the world champions I never heard of em Raymond said Wheres Boston On the walk to the ball park that tha t afternoon Bugs spent most of the trek throwing rocks at pigeons telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph poles and any target in sight People I had known in Atlanta gave me an odd look after taking a brief glance at my unshaven rough and rowdy-looking rowdy compan compan- ion Knowing what would happen later I wasn't bothered about any social check Raymond started the game by Insulting insulting In in- suiting Jimmy Collins Freddy Parent Parent Par Par- ent George Georgc LaChance and every star on the Boston team He would walk walle from the pitchers pitcher's box up towards towards towards to to- wards the plate and let them know in forcible and smoking language what he thought they all were What the Boston Americans the worlds world's champions didn't know and what I 1 didn't know or anyone else j was this They were facing one of I tilt tle great greatest st spit ball pitchers and andone andone one ont of the greatest natural pitchers of all time If time if you could only keep him third one-third sober which even McGraw McGraw Mc- Mc Graw Not even with four bodyguards Raymond Ramond had speed curves control plus control plus an Ed Walsh I But on this particular occasion Raymond shut out the worlds world's champions 3 to 0 0 O. and allowed them just three scratch singles As we faintly recall the hazy details Raymond Ray mond had 11 strikeouts I Ev Even n half hall sober McGraw told I II I me once once Raymond would have been one of the greatest I I I C l. |