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Show st. flnur PITCHER - DESTINED TO GO UP! j Davis Gets Credit for Win-' ning Pennant; Seeks Try- j out With Saints. j Special to The Tribune. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, Sept. 1. St. Anthony is still celebrating the win- ; ning 'be pennant in the Snake River-Yellowstone River-Yellowstone leaoue for the second successive suc-cessive time. Local fans are unani- : nious in giving credit for the great ; work of the St. Anthony club to D. K. ("Dick") Davis, talented young pitcher ! of the champions, who won ten games j j during the season without a loss. He i joined the St. Anthony club the middle j of June, when it was in third place, j and by his consistent pitching edged I out Ashton in the final contest of the ! season by one full game. ! j Davis includes in his pitching reper- 1 , 01Te everything possessed by success- : -''V ful hurlors. He has speed, curve?, : change of pace and an elusive spit ball, with excellent control. He is cool and collected under fire, possesses nerve and IT courage in the pinches and exhibits i stamina and ability to stand the gaff, I for the want -of which many an ambi- ! v tions and otherwise capable ball player 'v has failed to reach his goal. Effective All Around. During the past season he fanned 122 batsmen in eleven games, allowed an average of less than two earned runs per contest, walked seventeen men and hit four, and won most' of his victories k, handily and all of them impressively. His most noteworthy feat of the season was against the Dillon, Mont., club, composed largely of players from the disbanded Northwestern league, in which he struck out sixteen and allowed one lone hit, but lost the game, 3 to 2, on a combination of errors. He is also what is rare among pitchers, a hard and consistent hitter, batting all kinds of pitching effectively, and finished the season with an average of .452. Davis is 21 years old, is 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighs 180 pounds. He was born at Wood's Cross, Utah, of Welsh parentage. He played with Winnipeg Win-nipeg of the Canadian league two years ago, had a tryout with the Milwaukee American association club, and was pitcher for the University of Utah var. sity club parts of two seasons. In private pri-vate life Davis follows farming. He is modest and unassuming, temperate and clean in habits and, withal, an intelligent in-telligent and likable gentleman. It is Hkelv that he will seek a trial with the Salt Lake club. Tiny Hall Strategist. Much credit is also due to the wise generalship and all-round good playing of Ray ("Tiny") Hall, captain and . . shortstop. I Ji Hall was born in Rigby, Idaho, twen- ty-six years ago. He is a blacksmith bv trade and a first-class amateur ball , plaver by profession. He has played ball for the last six years in 'the highest amateur circles of" Idaho, where he is recognized as a fast fielder, accurate accu-rate thrower, scientific and timely bats-f' bats-f' , man and daring base runner. Those who know Hall and have watched his plav. entertain little doubt that he could have made good in professional baseball had he been so disposed. |