Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1920 — MAYS WOULDN’T USE BEANER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAYS WOULDN’T USE BEANER

Manager Barrow of Red Sox Doesn’t Believe (Pitcher Would Intentionally Hit Batsman. Pitcher Carl Mays has been accused of experimenting with the “bean ball.” Ed Barrow, manager of the Red Sox, doesn’t think Carl is that kind of a boy. He says in Mays’ defense:

4 “Mays Is a good fellow, and I don’t believe ho would try to hit a batsman any more than would Walter Johnson. Nobody ever questions Johnson’s fast ball, although sometimes it speeds so close ta the batsman’s head that it looks intentional. It’s unfair to charge Mays with such unsportsmanlike and cowardly tactics. He is a great pitcher and doesn’t hate to resort to letter datinn”

Carl Mays.