Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1915 — Hard Man to Pitch To. [ARTICLE]

Hard Man to Pitch To.

If there is any man in the world harder to pitch to than Miller Huggins, the average National league twirler hasn’t yet lamped the individual. One day when Huggins was batting against Vic Willis, then with the Pirates, the Rabbit fouled oft 12 consecutive balls. Vie was an easy going cuss, but he becamg highly incensed, and yelled to the umpire: “Get a batter! I’m tired of throwing the ball to a bunch of nothing like that guy up there now!” "Beg pardon, but I can’t help you.” replied the ump. "You will have to get rid of Huggins first. The rules say so, and I can’t go behind the rules, you know.”