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Show H III PITCHER I ADDED TOATHLETICS Ori Recommendation of In Chief Bender, Mack Signs l Joe Gravesi PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 21. On the advice of Chief Bonder, Btar Indian f pitcher of tho Athletics, the world's J. champions have signed up another cop- Hi per-faced boxman. Tho pitcher is Joe Kij Graves, who makes the third pitcher on W tho Mackmcn's roster hailing from the Rj. littlo town of Brainerd, Minn., the town Ml which produced Bender and Leslie fjni Bush, who gained the limelight last sea- f son when tho youngster defeated the II Giants in ono of tho world series gamos. ) Graves is eighteen years old and lL stands six foot ono inch, in hia stocking 1ft feet. Furthermore, ho ib a Chippewa m, Indian. Tho youngster was reared on the Indian reservation at Wacher, a m'a short distanco from Brainord, and hi mt sponsor is another Indian, Ed Bogors, a lu I former University of Minnesota football m playor. taj 1 Rogers headed an Indian team last iQjg year which played all tho best inde- h I pendent organizations in tho section MIC about Brainord, Walkor and Bomidji. F3 ? Bogers doclarcd that "Graves had the fj U SoodB" and Bhonld make a Btar somo P Graves pitched for tho Brainerd city ml town and mado a good showing. Tho 3j S lad had a world of speed, good control HI f and an assortment of curves. Pos- fre " sessod of an nnruff lod tompor, cool and If) . clear headed, ho pitched tho Bame steady v came, rogardless of any flukeB his W Walkor teammates sometimes made-. . Bogora and tho father of young K Graves advised Joo Graves to throw his , jj fortunes with Connio Mack. Joe'a Mj father is rather partial to Philadel- 3' fihia, for ho went to an Indian school a! hat was maintainod hero once and Jl played ball. Young Graves was born in ? Bed Lake July 31, 1895. He moved j to Walker when very young and got ijljji most of his basoball training there. ' l ! Ho is six feet ono Inch tall, weighs rl 160 pounds, is a left-handed pitcher, 1 11 1 and bats right handed. He is at pros- jik i cnt a Bonior at tho Flandrenu Indian J school at Flandreau, S. D. His father M is tho issue clerk at the agonoy at W Onogam. m |