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Show I Great Asset to Washington I 7- exemplified by neriu I mHA! good goods come In ter of f n V. r.uel, attorney at law and ' erlcan league forf fenne - I I Nats, who has been porting m the me for nine I seasons and been catching 100 0 r mo.e w)ie at t,n s I! years. Never has Ituel weighed more han 1-0 P ,eless, ,,e hns ' I his weight has gone below the UO . q .berSi ,nclud J I behind the plate day after day an , cn. gM s JCoveleskle and 0 hor 1 I ing Walter Johnson, the eed W.ng Knn J. t i " - i ' T i ' V ? - " ' ysi , "....--.iiiiii,:?. t t : t Muddy Ruel. hur,e,Wltf ,mou ubmnrine pitch- t Mays, the famous - QSe .. er, nnd a r MnB hut " wildness made them j easy to handle. fc m ;; In fact, the day ( " e DVotenew l,ow much speed V. LowdermHk ever bad" n Ruel "He never really tmew a j everything on the hall tlmt He M e 3e of he might kill some bat- .. ter. So he was content to throw half-speed ball. "That reminds me that I was .. catching Carl Mays the day he threw the ball that resulted in - t Ray Chapman's death. Ray was a great boy. Everyone . kcu ..o . . . f yelled at him, but It was too late. He never had a chance I "Marherry will throw more fast halls in a game ton J r toto $ son did toward the close of his career, but when Walter "anted 10 J threw a real fast one. It was faster than any Marberry ever threw me. I "I believe Herb Fennoek Is the craftiest pitcher I ever caulir m s T f control is almost perfect and when it comes to generalship I .. I believe he has an equal. m,. f "Had a pitcher once, Bill Mercy, now In the Coast leaime, w bo .. f used to cross me up now and then, so one day 1 told him we would i work without signals. We won that one. " f "Yes, a catcher now and then switches signs with h s pitcher ana I Inflelders for you know a smart base runner can grab the s gns rrom second base. A switch In signs Is likely to be dangerous to the batter .. t In fact, I have seen more than one batter hit seriously with a pltci eo. - t ball right after I had substituted a switch in signals. He would tmm .. $ a fast one was coining and would step right Into a curve." t Of course, Muddy as he is known rather than Herold, cannot go t. on catching forever, but when be does pass out of the big league picture .. I as a catcher Washington Is going to have its troubles replacing him. t He was a particularly great asset to the Nats in '24 and '2,. the two f years that Washington won the American league pennant. He caught J J all but five games for the Nats In '24 and batted close to the 300 mark. tl..i..i..i..i..i..i..i-i..i..i-K-1-I-I' Mill Ii.I-H-H-W-M-I-1"!-!"! lWfrHH-H-H- |