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Show Y'gotta Hand It To Walter H y - - - - sss i (BY DEAN SNYDER, "Duster" Walter Mails doesn't be-1 licve in being just an ordinary guy or a near-great fella. He craves the spotlight full blast. The world sene.-i Just concludc-d - I happily fcr Cleveland and so fusao for Brooklyn gave the kid from Call-, fornla just wnat ne craved. The ''Ouster earned every dollar In ins is&KS check. The kid pitched real ball when he hit the big league white way. His six straight wins for the Indians si the fag end of th schedule without turn bat k gave Speaker a pennant w inner. K1 I PTJL. He Jumpe.i into the big serle wirh all the confidence In the wor,.d and whipped Un.!e WHberi Robinson's re-braced re-braced castoffs. Walter dldr.'t win his; i Brooklyn game, but he was not called In to it until after It was Dodger! gravy If he bad started In that third game at Rbbets Field the series would i ' have been over just one day sooner He took his turn in Cleveland and the score wis only 1-0. but In the roaster's favor. HI M IKE8 IT Malls ha. mane his own limelight. Why shouldn't he walk up and down I in It? He has more faith In himself as a pitcher than a faith healer. Three men on the bases and none! down don'l worry the kid any. In fact. ' he rather l.kes those headachy situ-j itions. Like the Rube Waddell Of old. he would call in all the fielders to stand n Jmirlngly around while he attempted at-tempted to str.ke out the next three men up and retire the s:df. WORTH LOT. A left arm like the one Malls own! lis worth several thou all right. It's a cinch his 1921 contract win show a big score for Walter. Cleveland has been in need of an effective southpaw ror a long time If Mails had be.-n In an Ind in uniform uni-form all ye-!r the Speakerltes would I have been far enough ahead by the i time the final dash set In that Jim Dunn wouldn't have had to make up last minute world series plans. MAKES B M L HOP. When he throws a ball it hops His, . delivery Is easy Nothing phony about! it But he starts the ball on its Journey platewards With an odd little1 snap. That's whit makes the battinr averages of opposing players shrink. Hfl gave Manager Speaker the best he had everv time Tie was called uoon His work was just as careful anil effective ef-fective as u relief pitcher as if he had been given the honor of starling the' ga me HOMES G A LORE Like anyone who becomes famous, he could have a home anywhere Seattle claims him as s home-town er Ho lets them kid themselves into believing it What's the dlff? But if you want to see Walter this winter you'll have to go to California, where he was born San Qnentln was his blrTh place, but he's stopping in Sacra-: mento now The passing of Walter Johnson j famed speed king this year leaves a niche that the coastr would like tot fill in baseball. ALTER THE any. i The Waahinjeton pitcher earned the! name of being called Walter the Great, you'll remember. Well, this kid from California shoots S ball just about as swift as :ie. Kansan did in his prime He does it' l BbbbbbbbbbbbI ssssssssssl SS ' - Here aiT R few closoups if "Duster" f Walter Mail- t the hull park, where lic'll flr-t uttraet join attention, ft looks like (he pit lure at the ip ver T -crioii- anri wondering whether he'll f win i to u oi 2 to t in by somt othfr f -ituiii margin. Center picture shows . him leaving the club hous. after winning the game contented, tired, j and half smiling Bottom i- the ex- ( prceslon he wears Lhe reel of the eve- I tiiu animated, chattj and -nuiin:. il full blast left-handed, which makes it all the H better tor the club supporting him and H all the worse for the opposition. H Walter the Great that's the title the Duster' is shooting at. It's no fault lo love limelight - J providing you've get the goods to man- H ufacture it. Certainly not. H |