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Show FANCIFUL IDEAS OF PLAYERS 3ol'y McLarry, Former Cub Player, Is Collector of Bats Different Stick Each Inning. Talking about fanciful notions of ball players, a Los Angeles correspondent corre-spondent furnishes this : -"Polly McLarry has a hobby. He is a collector of bats. Since joining the Angels McLarry, according to Secretary Secre-tary Boots Weber's figures, broke something some-thing less than a thousand bats, and has as many more ordered on the ivny. McLarry has a different bat for every inning, and sometimes he is liable to switch clubs while at the !i iiBi i 1 jgSt i I isiii- i i i i Polly McLarry. plate. Naturally he needs quile a supply sup-ply of weapons on hand. On the other hand, Harry W'olter 1 as yet tn send 17 a rill for a bat to the I.s Angeles club. Harry grabs whatever hat is ticarcst his hand whr n it is his turn lo go up and hit. It makes no difference differ-ence to him who is pitching or how many are on bases. One bat is as good as the next. Wolter gels results from his system, and McLarry punches out bits with his thousand bats, o what's Jie use? i |