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Show Ward Fills Baker's Shoes ' Youth Knocking 'Em Dead -. Aatjotst K BAKERS SHOES ARE SOME! JaRI) V 't' SHOES BirrWARD FILLS 'EM! HE HASAHBnrOF MAKING VMIS 15 VVAR03 FIRST REGULAR . BRILLIANT STOPSt 1 APPEARANCE IN BIG COMPANY? BY DEAN SNYDER. A baseball fan's heart Is a sort of barometer. It shoots up and down, registering his likes and dislikes. ThJs spring there were two big reasons rea-sons why Aaron Ward would nover bo a regular with tho New York Yankees. The chief one was the possible return re-turn of Home Run Baker, long an Idol of tho New York fans. Tho other oth-er was the phenomenal showing of another recruit, Chick Fewster. Both woro lost to the Yankees through misfortune's hand. The death of Baker's wife has kept him out of baseball so far this year and the noar tragic accident to Fowster has made his future very uncortain. But it gave "Ward his chance. Ho was tho sort to make the most of It, Baker's shoes were a good many sizes too big for him when ho eased I Into thorn. He stuck to the task, big as it was, and shot to tho front. And right now he is more than filling fill-ing that pair of shoes. TVeak-hoarted Yankee fans arc rallying ral-lying round the -youngBter who took a tough assignment and made good. His brilliance won them ovor. "Ward is considered one of the finds of tho yoar. He 1b full of dash and pepper. Ho also has tho happy knack of figuring In sensational plays. That's what It takes to appcaso the Polo Ground fans. They go thore to be thrilled. Ward is doing it to them. His noodle works at the samo rato of speed as tho rest of his baseball apparatus. His batting eye is getting keener and surer as tho season progresses. He hits all kinds of pitching and isn't partial to any particular part of 'tho field so they can lay for him. To Aaron Ward Is due a good share of the credit of helping the Yankees swing round from a hard luok ball club Into a fast clicking fighting machine. ma-chine. And It was misfortune that gavo tho follow, who is filling Frank Baker's Bak-er's shoes, his chance to blossom. |