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Show IETElieTiFO!l HHIHTfl ; Chief Bender Spots Fam'i liar Figure Bolting Rivets in Shipyard. A few weeks ago a short, husky, sun- I burned individual walked into the em- : ployment. of lice at Hog Island. He stood in line with the other applicants for employment, em-ployment, and when his turn came he said: "Have you a. job that 1 can fin''" "What can you do?' asked the employment em-ployment clerk. "Anything ai all. Just give me a job," was the renly. The applicant 'was sent to the ship-ways ship-ways and put to work as a bolter-on. He had to tighten the bolts in the steel plates before the riveting machines were put on. His work was satisfactory and he showed such aptitude that af"ter a week he was promoted to foreman. Last Saturday Chief Bender was walking walk-ing through the yards and thought, the overall-clad figure on the side of tha ship looked familiar. The Chief fixed his eagle eye on the man and afier a clos examination uttered a. whoop of joy: "Hey!" he yelled. "Come down here. T want to talk with you. How long hav ( , you been here?" i "About two weeks." shouted the work- j man as he climbed down. "Got a iob ' and I like it." "Come over with me and Play some f baseball," said the Chief. "We nefd you .! on the team. Why didn't you let us i1 know you were working here?" ' T didn't care much about playing with ; all this work on hand." retorted the man ' in overalls as he took off his buckskin 1 gloves. "But now that. 1 have been die- ' , covered. I might as. well play on your b.il! club. Lead me to it'" In this manner the Hog Island baseball ti-am acquired the services of a great third baseman It. was Hans Lobert |