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Show ROBERTSON BECOMES PIQUED; MAKES GOOD Giant G-ardener Wakes Up When MeGraw Me-Graw Buya Eddy Rousch to Play Eight Field. Gotham! tcs are touting Dave Robertson Robert-son as the greatest right fielder In the ! game. After glancing over the 1916 ; showing- of the southerner. It would seem , that no one'justly can dispute the claim. Dave is field inir in magnificent style; he i Is a wonderful thrower, as fast on the 1 bases as any man in the National league and, gosh, how he Is hitting. Robertson was a pitcher once upon a time. He came to the Giants some years ago for a twirling tryout. He failed and was shooed off to the bushes. There he hurt his pitching wing. He had about decided to quit baseball when his man-iiiier, man-iiiier, realizing that he had great batting sKtIh, Influenced him to linger and to try 1 for nn outfield berth? Robertson came hack to the Giants last ! season as a gardener. He was given re-prated re-prated trials nnd showed flashesof brilliancy. bril-liancy. But MeGraw became discouraged hccaitse Dave didn't seem to throw his heart Into his work. His parents are wealthy and he has enough money of his own to enable him to loaf for the rest of his days. But he likes to play the game; yet he used to play it more in the spirit of fun than In the serious way necessary nec-essary for big leaguers. "Dave Robertson is as good a ball player play-er as he wants to be," MeGraw said last year. "Ho will be a star of the first magnitude mag-nitude at any time he really makes tip his mind tn throw himself Into the work." During the winter Robertson hosted some hone In the neighborhood of his hip. Kveryone immediately declared that he was through forever nnd ever ns a big leaguer. Dave remained in drydoek until Into in the spring. Then ho reported to the Giants. In the meantime MeCfraw bought Eddie Ronsoh to play right field for the Giants. When Robertson turned up MeGraw told him that he didn't think he would be able to use him in any other but utility roles. That pinned Mr. Robertson. "That hone fracture is all mended." he told MeGraw. "And I'm ready tn plav. Put me In that pa me now and I'll play baseball like I never played it before." Invent it ally Robertson sot his chance. The rest is history too recent to need- repeating. |