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Great pitcher that he was, Waddell's weakness was his crav- ing for drink, To cure him, Con- nie Mack never paid him his salary but doled out bare spend- ing money and banked the rest. waking them up, got the shock of his life. Rube Waddell had done exactly as he was told. He had awakened all the players during the, night and had suc- ceeded in borrowing sixteen dol- lars in two-dollar lots, the play- ers giving up the money to get rid of him. Rube became a star pitcher for the Pirates but the manager finally had to get rid of hiln. Everything the Rube did was a classic in goofiness. One day, he was pitching in a tight ball game. After retiring the opposition in the fifth inning, Rube went to the bench. While his team mates were batting, he heard the clang of fire engines just outside the park. Fires always fascinated the Rube. So he slipped out of the park quietly, chased the en- gines for about ten blocks and saw the fire. It was nearly dusk when the fire was brought under control. Then, and only then, Rube Wad- dell reminded himself of the game he was pitching and hur- ried back to the ball park. He rushed back to the field, but the game was over and all the players and fans as well had long since gone home. Pittsurgh traded the Rube away. He landed eventually with Connie Mack and the Ath- letics. Connie spent a fortune on detectives to locate his wan- dering pitching ace who, from time to time, disappeared from the club for days and weeks at a time. Once, after having been AWOL for two weeks, Rube re- ported back to the club and.acted as though nothing had happened. When asked by the angry Con- nie Mack if he was ready to pitch, Rube .replied, "Mr. Mack, I'm always ready to pitch. I kept in shape all the time I was away by pitching for a team up in the sticks and I won ten games. Stick me in there and see if I ain't right." So Connie tossed him in there and the cool and powerful Rube proceeded to pitch himself a two-hit shutout. And that was after having pitched and won ten games on the sly, making a total of 11 victories in 11 days — but only one for the record. In 1913, Rube Waddell's team was in Spring training in the little town of Hickman, Ken- tucky, On the banks of the great Mississippi River. Waddell was pitching One afternoon, when the cry of "The levee has broken!" roared through the air. Panic broke loose. Men, women and children ran for their lives. But Waddell, the baseball clown, did tiot run. He tore off his baseball shirt and, stripped to waist,• joined the many other brave men who pitched in to pile up BACKACHE ay _oWarning Backache is often caused by lazy kidney action. When kidneys gel out of order. excess acids and wastes remain in the agstem. Then backathe, disturbed rest or that tired-out and heavy-headed feeling may soon follow That's the time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's stimulate the kidneys to normal action. Then you feel better—sleep better—work better. Get Dodd's Kidney Pills now. 61 IT MAY BE YOUR LIVER in the Robe's name, The Robe was hard put to it to raise the money for his benders and had to work out a number of schemes for getting the money he needed. One method, he, used was to walk into a bar and offer the bartender an autographed baseball, The ball, he solemnly told him, was the one that he had used in some stirring duel with some other great pitcher of the day There were always duplicates, but the recipients never found put until long after the Rube had stag- gered op his way to come other bar. In 1905 the A's won the pen- nant and every member of the team was presented with a dia- mond-studded watch fob. Rube Waddell was proud of his good- luck piece and cherished it highly. Then one afternoon he came to Connie Mack on the verge of tears. "I've lost my fob, Mr. Mack." he wailed. "What'll I do?" Mr. Mack suggested an ad in the papers offering a ten dollar reward for its return and when, Rube said he had no money for the ad, Mr, Mack offered to pay for it himself. Shortly after midnight, Connie Mack was awakened by the tele- phone. An excited voice greeted him, "Say, Mr. Mack, my watch fob's been found! There's a guy here holding it. Please come down right away and pay him the ten bucks!" Connie dressed and went down to the corner saloon where he paid the reward and left with the Rube, who was overwhelmed with his good fortune. After they'd ,gone a few blocks, the big hurler suddenly stopped • in his tracks. "Excuse me, Mr. Mack," cried the Rube. "I gotta find out where that guy found my fob!" And off he dashed. In a few minutes, Rube was back in the saloon, earnestly drinking up the ten-buck reward with the man who had pretended to find the fob. Then the door of the saloon swung open and in walked Connie Mack. He' walked o v e r to his thirsty pitcher, peeled another t e n- dollar bill from his roll and dropped it on the bar. "Here's another ten dollars for the reward in advance, Rube. Just in case you lose your fob again!" The story of Rube Waddell's debut in major league baseball is characteristically Waddell, In the late 90's, Fred Clarke, on the advice of a fan, signed up Rube Waddell for the Pittsburgh Pi- rates, sight unseen. Three nights later, manager Clarke' was awak- ened from a deep sleep at 3.30 in the morning by heavy pound- ing at his door. "Who is it?" roared the sleepy manager, "A friend. Open up!" replied a voice outside. Clarke opened the door and a big, lanky fellow rushed at' him. "Hello, Fred," he greeted the amazed manager. "How are you, old boy. Say, let me have two bucks, will you?" "Who are y o u, anyway?" thundered the surprised man- ager. "I'm your new pitcher! You know me. I'm Waddell, world's greatest pitcher, and I need two dollars because I'm hungry!" To get rid of the loon, manager Clarke said, "Look, Waddell. I'm broke. You go down to the desk and get the hotel room numbers of my players. You can visit them all, It's the custom of new players to call on the old players as soon as they get in town. I guess some of the boys will have two dollars left for you," Next morning, Clarke, who had figured that the players would have brained Waddell for PagliaCei, the legendary clown of epera, sang while his heart was breaking, but Rube Waddell, the legendary clown of baseball, Made diamond history while a sports world rocked with laugh- ter, One would have to look far and wide, however, to find a player as eccentric and unpre, dictable as Rube Waddell, one- time pitcher for Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics. Before turning to some of the mad things the Rube came up with, it, might be well to point out that he still holds the major league record of 343 strike-outs in a season hung up with the A's in 1904, This ability as a pitcher lends point to the following bit of lunacy, On a day when the. St. Louis Browns were scheduled to meet the A's, the Browns' pitcher, knowing that he had to work against the great Waddell, chal- lenged the Rube to a contest for a $5 bet, The Brown pitcher claimed that he could throw a baseball further .than the Rube. Several hours before game time, the two pitchers went to the empty ball park and marched out to centerfield to start their contest. T h e Brown pitcher threw first and made what he considered a pretty decent heave towards home plate. The Rube curled his lips in disdain. "If that's the best you can do," he sneered, "give the ball to a man who can really toss one," The Rube heaved one. The Brown Ditcher voiced amaze- ' ment. "That was a lucky throw," he protested. "You couldn't do that again!" The Rube merely laughed and once again made an incredible peg from centerfield to home plate. Still the St. Louis pitcher pre- tended amazement. So, for al- most two hours, the loopy Rube ,Jcept throwing the ball from One end of the field to the other. Finally the Browns' pitcher paid the $5, certain that the eccentric Waddell would be so tired at game time that he wouldn't have a thing left in, his arm. All that Rube Waddell did that afternoon was shut out the Browns, striking out fourteen men in the process! On the way to the clubhouse after the game, the Rube caught up with the de- jected. St. Louis pitcher. "Say," grinned Waddell. "That was swell practice you gave me this morning. Here's a buck back for you!" 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The man, Felix Koel- lier, a German, then forged a statement saying he had been run over by a trolley. In due course his toe was amputated and he was awarded $9,000 for the "loss" of his toe. Koellier did not stop at that. He later injured one of his eyes, and this time was awarded $90,000. His accidents became so fre- quent that the insurance people became suspicious and police were called in. His unfor- tunate "accidents" were inves- tigated and the whole business came to light. He was arrested and sentenced to four years' im- prisonment. Swindling insurance ,compan- ies has been a fav,ourite occupa- tion of crooks for a long time and to cope with frauds the companies formed their own detective branches. These suc- ceeded in checking many false claims, but at one time it was estimated that for every case they exposed ten went unde- tected. ' One man, told that he was dying, got a friend to imper- sonate him at a medical exam- ination. The dying man then insured himself and six months later died. When his family claimed death benefits it came to light that he had been dying at the time he was insured. The company, after investigating the case, contested the claim in court and the whole plot was revealed. These Cockroaches Were Valuable Cockroaches are universally re- garded as pests fit only for ex- termination, but one which re- cently invaded the studio of a woman artist in Chicago has be- come famous all over the United States. The- artist woke one morning to find the cockroach nibbling at her freshly painted canvas. And suddenly she realized that the cockroach had given the surface a texture she could 'never dupli- cate. Art critics who have since studied it say that the texture is unique and extraordinarily at- tractive, It has made the picture Very valuable. Thirty years ago an American Mining engineer in Mexico was guided to a gold, mine liy eoek- roaches. The mine was known to the Spaniards in the days of Cortez who, because of the large ntliziy her of cockroaches near the en- trance, called it Ciidardelia—the coekroach, It yielded h Steady supply of gold until 1812, 'Then it Was Sealed up and its site forgotten although its story VMS ,rethein,.• befed. The young' craning engirieer in 1626, finding a rock swaring. With eockroaches; followed their trail,' after recalling the' story.. It led hint to the mine which; - after more than a derittiry of idleness,, Was reopened :arid worked Once: triOte,. yielding * vast anitrittit of gold, Faulty English Cost Their Lives t!tr.,,,771 A tarin labourer, recently re- turned to. Mexico. City from the United States, and known only as ",El Chine (the Chinese), killed one man and seriously wounded two others because they could not speak English as well as he could, According to Senora lierminia Sanchez, proprietress of a gen- eral store, the man came into her store and asked for beer. She refused, for he had obviously had too much already. The man then turned to Ro- dolfe, Modesto and Felipe, three friends enjoying a quiet beer on a hot night, and tried to en- gage them in conversation in English, Angered at their halting at- tempts to "humour" a drunk, the labourer said, "Yop and your friends don't speak an English as pure as mine and Shake- spear's." There could be no re- ply to this and the drunk sup- posedly departed, But outside he lay in wait for the three friends. When they left, Senora Sanchez heard a series of shots. Rushing out she saw her three customers sprawl- ed on the pavement. Felipe was dead, and the other two are so seriously hurt they are not ex- pected to recover. • Meanwhile the police are try- ing to locate the man so proud of his "pure English." A Modern Saint. When things are not going too well with folk in the Possilpark district of Glasgow, someone is sure to say: "Try Harry!" It is not that Harry is a wealthy man. He is a lamp- lighter. Some call him Harry the Lamplighter. Many know him better as Harry the Saint. Often on his rounds he • has seen some old person who could not afford to have his shoes re- paired, so he has'taken the shoes home and mended them free of charge. But Harry mends more than broken boots and shoes.. He mends broken friendships and broken homes, too. Recently a young engaged couple had a quarrel. It seemed they would part. Harry invited them to his home and talked to them. The quarrel was made up. A married couple had come to . the parting of the ways. Harry took them home for tea. He spoke such common sense that they agreed to give their mar- riage another trial. Now they are reported to be' reconciled and happy. Sometimes Harry sets aside a day to bake cakes for all the children in the district. Once he found a young couple who were in danger of losing their home because they could not pay the rent. Harry paid it. Old folk bless him. He does their shopping, lights their fires, and helps them tidy up. Some try to repay him for his kind- nesses, but he always' refuses. Harry used to be a steeplejack, but six years ago he fell 50 feet from a roof and had to give up his job. Now, as a lamplighter, his responsibility is to see that the streets of Possilpark are properly illuminated. But the locals bless him for more than that. DOGS THAT HAD GOLDEN PAWS A dog that was being exer- cised on a piece of heathland just outside a German town not long ago suddently started dig- ging feverishly. Two minutes later the animal had turned up a large ,quantity of valuable coins which, are believed to have lain in the ground unsus- pected for centuries. Many dogs 'have earned much more than their keep and brought great wealth to their masters by scratching up treas- ure. A terrier owned by a farmer at Ballaghadereen, in County Roscommon, found fortune in a rabbit-hole which consisted of $12,000 in bank- notes, $150 in gold and some valuable documents,• Thirty-two years ago, an Alaskan gold rush was started by the discovery of a tiny piece of gold in a stray dog's paw, In Australia, too, a dog scratched at a hole' and exposed a mass of yellowship rock. The dog's Own- er started a mine in which gold valued at more than $30,000 Was found. But for a dog, one Of the world's richest sapphire ledges might still be undiscovered. This dog, owned by a badger- trapper in Montana, was fond of burrowing, One day the trap- per noticed the animal scraping up many glittering pieces of stone. He Collected thein, staked a claim and Welt !bade iticitiit. TO-day that trapper is very lien. Having sold 'the dog's find to it jeweller in New York for $2060, be rettirried to the spot and foufid so many SapPhires that he was able 'to amass a great fOrtiine, a. 16ttit 37 '055 sandoags to stop the roaring flood on its path of destruction, Rube Waddell worked like a demon from mid-afternoon till three o'clock the following morn- ing. When the flood finally was unoer control and the town had , been saved, Waddell returned to his hotel room, a worn and weary man, but happy in the know- ledge that he had helped save lives arid property. Rube Waddell was never the same after that day. He came down with a cold and never quite rec6vered. He died, at 37, a tragic victim of tuberculosis. And the day the Great Umpire yanked the Rube out of the box for good, the calendar read — April 1, 1914. Rube Waddell, the hilarious c l o w n of baseball, bowed off the stage of life, as be- fitted a clown — on April Fool's Day! He lies buried in a forgotten grave at San Antonio, Texas, but not forgotten by baseball mem- ory. Rube Waddell may have been' a clown. But what a pitcher he was! And what a man! Waste Not, Want Not Have you a gold mine in your basement or attic? When it comes time for a general clean- up you may find that you have. Take a good look to see if there's any wood or other material that can be salvaged from discarded pieces of furniture. Old doors and table tops often yield good, straight lengths of wood that can be stored away to emerge later as gaily painted garden furniture, shelves or bookcases. Even an old broom handle can be a diamond-in-the-rough when you need a rod for a 'clothes closet or legs for a small out- door table. The same thrifty principle applies to dowels from old chairs as well as metal rods, hinges and the like. Old furniture often contains wood' of an unusually good quality, even though hidden tin- der several layers of paint. • A liquid remover and a piece of sandpaper, then a new coat of paint or varnish will work won- ders with a 'forgotten piece of furniture. Who knows? Your "gold mine" may produce a val- uable collector's item. Treat' Paint Brush With Respect It's quite true that "you get what you pay for" and buying cheap paint brushes is not eco- nomical. The bristles will soon fall out and the finished paint job will look anything but pro- fessional. A good paint brush will last indefinitely of you give it pro- per care. This consists of care- ful cleaning and storing after every paint job. To clean brushes of, enamel, house, paint or oil-base paint, swish in turpentine until all loose paint is removed.. Then wash in warm water and soap, wrap in several thicknesses of paper and put away. 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