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Show 1 "WON IX TUB NINTH" f :: Iti TIM HKST BAIilj J t ST0UY OK YEAR :: L Christy Mathcwson'a great base- ! hall story for boys of all ages, y ,(Wou Iu the Ninth," began m y The Tribune Monday, March 11. y It is tho story of a lot of boys who y go to a great big eastern collogc, y 4 and a lot of other boys who go to y a great big western college for in y : this book Matty has played no fa- y voritcs, and the cast gets just as y good a show as the west, and vice y ! versa, whatever that is. Anyway, y v tho names of the boys at the col- y leges are straugoly similar to the v names of the bigger boys who y figure iu the box scores during tho y season. For example, there is v 2 Hughey .Tonkins in the Matty ? -;- story, and there is Prank Church r in the Matty story, and there is y -I Johnny Evcrson, not to speak of ! I- Minor Black and Babe Radams and I- and Hans Hagncr and oh, well, v I they're all thorc, and they're all - up and doing .something in every ! paragraph of the story, and if the -r fans don't go to "WON IN THE I- NINTH," they're not worthy the -I- name of fans. v |