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Show I in is big i FACTOR 1 Plllfi I 1 Big, League Managers Will j Feature Harmony in I j 1020 Play i Baseball fans hear a lot about har-t har-t ' mony these days. Whenever a good ! team gets down in the nit about mid-season, mid-season, the alibi is always about the - I same lots of quality, but laclc of har'-mony. har'-mony. Noless than a half dozen major i league clubs are- going to work on the "harmony" thing this season, and lh some cases it would seem the "har-mony" "har-mony" is going to be asked to lake i the placo of quality or class. '., One of the latest entrants In the j' "harmony" stake is the Philadelphia .. ' club in the senior circuit. Gavvy Cra-i Cra-i vath, with what was generally conceded con-ceded to be a mediocre crowd, started spring training at Birmingham abso-7 abso-7 lulely content and happy because there I were no loggerheads on the outfit and everybody was ready and willing to ac-I ac-I lually exert himself to put the Phils ft on the race. Maybe Cravath has found Sslf the key to success in the handling of the Quaker crowd, for with ".Dots" Miller, Pauletto, Bancroft, Rixey ,Tra-grcssor, ,Tra-grcssor, Cy Williams and a crop of really promising youngsters, it would beeui he had sufficient class to show ! something worth while. 1 Then the Pirates are entered In the k "harmony" stake, loo, George Gibson I took the helm that was formerly ( I j! handled by Hugo Bezdek, and although I jf he does not seem to have an impres-I impres-I H sivo roster with him at Hot Springs, II Q "Gibby" has the crew acting like a 1 1 family of sweethearts and "playing I (1 their heads off." Toward the close of I jl the 1919 campaign the Pirates were frequently accused of having soured D , on Bezdek. If such was the case, they II , will get an entirely new deal this I spring. I The Boston Bed Sox are entered, too. I Frazee says he let Ruth out because I j the big fellow was a "crab." He. part-I part-I V ctl with Mays for tho same reason he I I: said. When Ruth was tagged and sent I jj along to New York, Frazee said Bar-H Bar-H p row could do more without stars, but IL I1 with harmony harmony, than he could jf do with a dozen Ruths. With such a HI classy field of starters in the "Har-Hj "Har-Hj mony Special," there should be some It grand baseball in the majors this sea-son. sea-son. The fans will be pulling for Cra-Vath Cra-Vath harmony or no harmony, because the Quaker leader is a hard worker Ml Hand was not a popular choice for the a 'managerial berth when he received it. |