On this date (July 14, 1903), stinging from a loss to Cleveland three days earlier, Rube Waddell rebounded with a 7-hit shutout of the White Sox and 14 strikeouts. Philadelphia North American His trick of fooling fourteen batsmen is the season’s record. While dallying with batsmen who did not have the unhealthy strike-out habit, the actor permitted seven hits and two men nipped off six of the seven. But Mr. Waddell was pretty much the whole show. Any gent who fans fourteen of his fellow beings should of necessity be It. “Rube” never was in better trim, and Mr. Schreck also was full of pepper. The great catcher had his annual hair cut Saturday night, and few recognized him, but the man behind the bat was Mr. Schreck just the same. Since his last game “Rube” has been itching to square himself, and prove he is still the big smoke. He knew he was all right, but still that Saturday affair made him look bad. By helping others in distress he helped himself. Peace of mind was what George Edward required, and he sought it soon after the bumping the Blues gave him. Kept an Army in Fish Did you read in the papers the other day about Mother Jones and her army subsisting on catfish in the jungles of New Jersey? Well, it was none other than Mr. Waddell, the kind-hearted and sympathetic angler, who supplied the famished crew with fish. When he heard of their plight Rube took the lien of march just one meal ahead of the army. It was he who yanked reluctant catfish and ells from the Raritan canal and hung them on the bushes ready for the pan. Every time the army met up with a bunch of fish it went into camp and feasted on hot cat like Mother Jones used to cook. Mr. Waddell returned from this outing of mercy greatly refreshed in body and spirit, and tackled another Coxey army that is sorry now it met him. The White Sox, and particularly Mr. Isbell, were tangled up with a curve that seemed to have more angles than a scythe handle. Mr. Isbell made no less than four navy yard home runs, and three times did Mr. Jones push his bat through the listless air.
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