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Show 4 NEARLY GOT IN Pat Duncan, left fielder of the ; Cincinnati Reds, tells a story J j ; about the colonel of his regl- ; ; ment during the war who wanted want-ed to raise a strong ball team. ; He succeeded In rounding up ; ; eight and sought a ninth. ; The men were drawn up in :; : line and the colonel addressed ! them, asking If there was any ; ! other soldier there who bad good baseball experience that he fall out A man stepped forward named . ; Brown, who had played about ; twelve years In a Class D ; league. The colonel asked brief-; brief-; ly what be had done. "Well, If you've been In the ; ; game so long how comes It you 1 ! haven't gone to a big league?" !; ! he Inquired. "I came close once," replied Private Brown. "I was playing j ! shortstop and they picked the ' second baseman." |