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Show WpedMrAniERASfRAirDfivmto Y Hth SJFtillertoa, ' jty J jCfff By FRANK SCHULTB, V Outfielder Chkaqo Cub, and Record- , JiX ....J Breaking Homo Run Hitter Vrp , of 19t1. H9 The worat mistake I ever made vras H last season when. I aimed to hit a H I ball over the right field bleachers and H I popped out to the catcher. No one H noticed that one except myaelf. They RJ Frank 8chulte. Hjl thought I meant to foul out to keep HH from running, nl But the boneheadedest play I ever BI made was down south one spring. We Hl ere In Birmingham. The iveather BB1 bad ben cold and rainy, all jLhrpugh , HHUt the spring trahxlng trip, and all of a sudden when wo reached Birmingham Birming-ham the flan came out and the weather weath-er grew hotter and hotter. You know how a fellow will wilt and weaken down to a dish rag in the first hot days, especially if he has been working work-ing hard to take off weight and haun't hardened up yet. Well, that day was that kind, only worse. There wasn't a breath of air, and the mountain of alas and dndera around the field caught all the heat and sent it back at ub with interest. It came down to the ninth inning and we had a run to the good, although I dont remember remem-ber how we got it. The first man up for Birmingham souBed the ball pant me for two bases, and the chasing of it dldnt help me any. The next drew a baee on balls and the next one hit a fly far out oyer my head. I gave her a chaBo and caught her out near the fence. I saw the runner, going from second to third on tho catch and I out loose as hard as I could throw. I knew It was bad baseball to throw to third, or to throw at all, but I threw and the runner was so surprised sur-prised he slowed up and I caught him five feet from the bag standing up. When I came In after the game ended Chance landed on me all sprawled out in a bunch, wanting to know where I learned the game, whether I wanted to throw my arm out and several other thingB. I said: Til tell you, Frank. I figured it this way: If I caught him it would break up the game. .If I threw wild it also would break It up, and it waa bo hot out there I figured I'd rather throw my arm out than play another inning." He let me win the argument, which is the only one Tve won with the club, but I never tried It again in thnt stage of tho game. |