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Show Dcerfoot Outfielder Here on Way to Camp Herr, Pittsburg EMJMET MUXVEY. j b I N If j i LAWGE sertiou of flie expected speed of Die 1P19 Salt Lake baseball club j A arrived in town yesterday in the person of Emmet Mulvey, who is slated for the center fielding job. Mul saw a few of the sights yesterday afternoon, and at noon today ho will beat it for Pittsburg, where he will enter Camp Herr for training. Mulvey is a hitter, having demonstrated superior excellence in that branch of the service with Baltimore last year. In 128 games he peppered the old applo for a count of .307. A significant point about Mul's offense was that he led the International league in run getting. (Some ball players seem to think that getting safe hits is more important than getting runs; hut the truth is far from such. Mulvey crossed the pan eighty-one times Inst year ahead of the ball. His record of drawing sixty-two passes giarks ti i in a waiter. Emmet, started his baseball career at tit, Louis. He went to the McAlester lub of tho Western association and helped that town win a pennant. Last year he played with Baltimore, but the St. Louis Browns had a string on him, which they cut only through friendship for Eddie Herr. Mulvey is a trim looking lad and of the typo that possesses swiftness. He Is in top furm and says he will be out there with bells ringing when he comes back from Pittsburg. ' His record la6t year was: ! Offense Games 12S, at bat 4S6, runs 81, hits 140, total bases 197, doubles 24, triples 9, home runs 2, sacrifice hits 14, stolen bases 17, bases on balls 62, struck out 39, batting percentage .307. Defense Gaines 12S, putouts 200, assists 27, errors 15. Fielding percentage .938. ' - |