New York, July 1.
He wears, zs Bugs Baer once Said, the longest pair of short pants in the world.
His left arm is abnormally twisted" from throwing that rare pitch, the screwball.
He rever alibis. He never squawks. He never complains. He gets in no controversies. He never boasts.
He's never ill, never holds out. mever makes the headlines but for one reason—ball games won.
He is, and always will Lo, just Carl Hubbell—Carl Hubbell, pitcher, 34, Meeker, Okla., business address, New York Giants.
he season ends and the next day he is on his way to his country home. The season opens and he is the first to report, in better shape th: n any rookie.
For ten veers, come August 10, Carl Hubbell has weaved the pattern of his life from the strands of efficiency, accomplishment, and hu mili In that time he has won 200 major league baseball games for the Giants. He was first spotted in Houston by a Giant scout, Dick Kinsella, who was there, not to spot talent, but to vote or Al Smith in the Democratic Convention of 1928.
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