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Ex-Big Leaguer Werber Has Many Stories to Choose From
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"That was a bad error. And I never heard from Mr. Mack again. A while later, Mr. Giles called from Cincinnati and said, 'Bill, we've acquired your contract from Mr. Mack.' "
Story No. 5:
A) The time doctors informed him of the need to amputate his infected left leg by telling him, "We either have to cut off your head, or cut off your leg," and Werber chose the latter?
B) The time legendary Yankees second baseman Tony Lazzeri replaced Ruth's eyewash with water and appalled the hulking slugger by guzzling it down?
C) The times Ruth and Gehrig would team up against catcher Bill Dickey and Werber for long games of bridge during train rides?
Or, D) The time Lazzeri preyed upon Ruth's indifference toward lesser teammates by "introducing" Ruth to a "new kid we signed out of Harvard" -- and whom Ruth greeted with enthusiastic warmness -- but who was actually a relief pitcher named Myles Thomas, who had been their teammate for four seasons.
Let's try C), since it involves Ruth drinking -- always a fine story.
"The minute we'd start down the train line, Ruth would yell, 'Cut the cards!' He'd take a glass full of ice about this tall" -- Werber holds his hands about eight inches apart -- "and fill it with Seagram's, then add about this much water" -- he holds two fingers about an inch apart. "And he'd sit there and sip it.
"And he liked to irritate Gehrig. He'd give him good bids for a while, but then he'd start giving 'funky' bids. That's what Gehrig would call them, 'funky' bids. And Gehrig would get upset and eventually throw his cards on the table and say, 'How much do we owe you?' And usually it was about $3 or $3.50."
Story No. 6:
A) The times the nattily attired Ruth patiently signed autographs for kids even as they walked all over his shiny, white dress shoes?
B) The time Grove, Werber's teammate in Boston, taught him how to butter corn on the cob by slathering butter on a piece of bread, then twisting the corn inside the bread?
