“Morning after morning upon arising he would be unable to raise his arm high enough to use his hair brush. Instead of quitting he stuck all the harder to his task, going out to the ball park hours before the rest of the team and beginning to warm up by throwing a few feet and increasing the distance until he could finally throw the ball from the outfield to the home plate. The players, all eagerness to win, would watch Rad, and when he would succeed in making his customary long distance throw they would look at each other and say the 'Old Hoss' is ready and we can’t be beat, and this proved to be the case nine times out of ten.”