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Show DEVORE DELIGHTS IN STORY Catcher Toff, Appointed Umpire In Eastern League, Announces Bat-- -' teries in Novel Way. Next to the story about McGraw telling him that he had three deaf men and 18 dummies on the Giants, Josh Devore delights in telling the one about Catcher Jack Toff. After being : released by Toronto, Toff was ap--pointed an umpire in the then Eastern.' league and his first assignment happened hap-pened to be in the Canadian city where he had formerly played. Taking: the megaphone to announce the batteries, bat-teries, Toff shouted: "Mueller and' Stanage for Newark; Rudolph and Mc-Ginley Mc-Ginley for us!" |