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Los Angeles Wild Over Satchel Paige* * *LANKY BISMARCK HURLERSmoke-Baller Throws Spell Over CityLos Angeles newspapers ire saying many complimentary things this winter about Satchel Paige, elongated Negro hurler who pitched for Bismarck's baseball team last summer.j«»Lihft-»ftstern eitv recently honored, bthe right-hander. with a “Satchel Paige Day,The Los Angeles Times was particularly complimentary to the “big man from the South In a story calling attention to the “Satchel Paige Day game, a clipping of which was sent to a Capital City sports enthusiast by Dale Simon, former manager of a theater here.“The occasion is a doubleheader between the Royal Giants, Satchel’s team, and Joe Pirrone's All-Stars, an aggregation composed of major and minor leagu^plajers,” said the Times. Paige hooks up with Larry French, Pittsburgh Pirate southpaw, in the opener of the twin bill and a rare hurling duel is expected.”This Yarn About Paige Hera the writer explained that “this yam is about Paige, the lanky fire-baller, whose spectacular pitching has made him the toast of Central Ave»»»nue. “Tobegin with, continues thehe's a decided brunette.“But when Mistah Paige fires that fast ball over the plate it Just sort of hisses as it goes past the batter, the writer continues.“Maybe Lefty Grove has a fasterone of the boys who'd just farmed for the fourth time in a recent game, “but I’ll never believe it.”Waa Wild at Rrst The story explains that Satchel was wild at first, “But Satchel isn't wild any more,” it continues. 'He rarely walks more than two batters per game. Paige says he acquired control by throwing baseballs at those stuffed cats at carnivals. And he wound up by keeping himself in cigars and his girl friends in kewpie dolls.“Satchel pitched a one-hit game and fanned 17 batters against the White Kings last Sunday, which proves he knows how to drum up business when he's going to be given a day.“Most ,Ah evah struck out in a game, though,” the Times quotes Paige as saying, “was one time pitchin’ against a Detroit colored team. Ah fanned 27 and struck out the first 18 batters. Ah was hot that day.”The article goes to say that “Satchel’s real first name is Leroy, but hearticle, “Satchel admits that he’s 28: was dubbed Satchel as a boy because years of age and can’t deny that he’s, of his big feet, which are- slightly six feet three and one-half inches = larger than overnight bags. He was tall, weighs 181 and built on the same 5 bom in Mobile and today at White general lines of a telephone pole with-1 Sox Park Satchel Paige is going to be out the crossbars at the top. And j lost a big man from the South’
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Wed, Nov 22, 1933
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