| Show i STARS STAR'S STARS WHO WHO WHO-V WILL SH SHINE NEXT NEXT MO MONTH TH 1 J I I EDDIE PLANK MACKIAN SOUTHPAW I t I JH- JH BASEBALL ALL To BE HERE THE 2 rC- rC IID I C c p ii f a G I i I PLANK is A BACHELOR I I j AND A MOST I i ENTHUSIAST C A AUTOMOBILIST I act ft 0 g A hi tT i I TOE QU II A t liE M R. R P PLANK W 1 ON HIS FARM AT r C PA i EDWARD EDIA 5 S. PLANK PLANKs Ms s CROSS CROSS- s HAVE Nr S VEL LeQ Le Q mE m L 7 CH DV Cy SLA e GORDON GORDO t 1913 t by Wf Wheeler elfr Syndicate 1 I S. S Plank i 10 la eccentric He lie I fitch pitches hitches s with wih hi his left arm arm which Is la I slang for tor being a southpaw and ho 1 iN h iNa I a 1 bAchelor b It I is hard to toll tedi tl of which t achievement he is il tho the prouder because nearly nearh all al professional ball bal players g get et t married AH am at soon HS as the they appear regularly regularly regu regu- larl In 1 the lie batting ort order r. r Mr 1 Plank 1 Is I n a t model young oung oun man and andone andone nr one at whom the Sunday school superintendents superintendents super super- point with wih pride ride H Ho He does docs not mi drink or ChE chew ChEan an and th therefore there t- t fore It has haR for I always s been Impossible him to throw threw the thc spitball No 0 pitcher pilcher ever e cI did aid i this Ruce without a great collection of or fine cut in his hII I cheek Mr Ir Plank depends on ln straight straightaway ht away le legit lesH fl stuff Muff ture to deceive Planks Plank's understructure resembles a hairpin and hi his upp upper r half looks like an exclamation point Ho lie has hS been us using using us- us In ing this model for fol crOl cross croas fire Cre purposes several se years now an and with great great sue suc- cogs that thal he ha has sent several capable first basemen basem n of ot the Athletics 4 to n the chiropodists chiropodist's for repairs because h he hp steps on their toes However er Conate Connie Con ate nie Mck Mack 1 ha has be been n looking for an ex exact exact ox- ox act duplicate In left handers for many act duplicate In left left-handers leC-handers leC for many they ha have practically stopped slopped building hem along the Plank lines as s Vents Old I IE n. n E S. S P ank is getting Seln to b be so 10 o old h he blushes wh when n you ou ask aak him his age agelike I Ilko like a 1902 mo model el automobile By Dv consulting con on suiting the family Bible Dible however howe It I was WI az discovered tIsco that he has haa had thirty thirty- t eight summers and ant winters too tor or that mutter matter although h docs does not boast about the lie winters because ho spent them in Gett Gettysburg Pa Mr Ir Plank flank hag hiis been pitching In Inthe Inthe th the bl big len league for Cor a n matter of ot thirteen thir te teen n years and he still stil manages to puuae a whole lot of batters batten Eddie was wag born In Get Gettysburg burg la Ia shortly after the battle batte as can be seen by the tho tip on his age ale in the 16 lie preceding paragraph antI and he has never or nc outgrown I it going back there to winter as ball bail bal players M say The Tho veterans mi missed sed him himat himat at nt th hair lr reunion on the battlefield on the Fourth of last Ju July but was bU busy winning a ball game gamo gamo tt at that time Plank lank Went ant to Gettysburg college when a mere mero youth and made such a good record In th the pitchers pitcher B bo box that Connie Mack heard heart of oC him hini and in- in vIr him in writing to visit the Ath- Ath h 4 The faculty has haH hardly heard ol ot him since except by hearsay He lie le re replied re- re Illo plied In person to the R. R H S. S V. V P. P anti and has been sticking aroun around over ever r o since Some Somo days das he doesn't win hardly a n ball bali bal game amt Ho He IK is bl big and good good natured and popular with the other pla players In spite of oC his easy temperament he has hasa a stiff str spine when In iii battle an and never ne JI gives up I n a Pl Plank nl Is lR a farmer at nt heart anti and has accumulated a neat net little fortune in baseball wh which Ich he has invested In agriculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag nt at lt Gettysburg IIo H. H in Is f. f also an driving his own and Harry liar Har ry n Daviss Davis's car Harr Harry lives across the river from Philadelphia an and 1 frequently takes him to the ferry The Tho car generally stops about at tho en city hall hail on the return and the cause Is found hal to be a lack hack of gasoline Yos Yes says af Davis Dl tho the next net day when hen Plank complains about It It that car cardoes docs does run better r when you ou put gasoline In and oil 01 it Plank has another great dl distinction He lie Is 11 practically aly the on only left left-hander lef-hander lef who has ha ever broken into and not been nicknamed Rub Rube The Athletics Athletics Ath Ath- lete call un him Bunny j Ath-j |
