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Show ler tipm is ah.va ys hancinic t lie shadev of a weak arm tliat may give out ;il any UlDP, Drii-ii jp about ton pounds Imavinr Ih.'in lio way in hui Is us fas! as ever. The inerey.sprt wriht has made him stronger and he is hitting the hall hnrdnr. Jlis rietiu-s on the bases, which was the sensafinn of the season in l!(1T, is just iis mur-li in evidenc- this ppaeon. and, in addition, MINer and Butler are almoin as rast as the first baseman, when . I hey pet on Ih-e sacks. J r Dr's's,,,J 0fr hark into t ho i big show, and he should, beyond question, ! he should gu to a team with a inanac'Tt of the Pat Mm-an t-pe rather than one vt the Hughoy ,lcnninj;s strije. (Jood work, can lie coaxed nut of Leo. but lie simp'.v ! rannut (In lii:s best vhen his jiiunager ia '. "ridine" liini cout i una lly. TJll!cr has pi'oved something IbpS faints ll; ve bnen in m rd of fi.r scvera I seasons, a reliable "elean-up" hillr-. llo ' has Hip ju.n'-li when ii is needed and ' conies tlimu) villi it villi pb-asing" fru-queney. fru-queney. Ht . I'aul IMnnerr Fcrss. he:: ' 1 fpere's How Speaker Became a Star and I' His Tip to Rookies1 lino and others in the same circuit. With a club which finished seventh Speaker batted .u5U and was the league 's leading swattrr. Back he drifted to the Boston Ked Sox in the fall of 1908 and in 31 games he batted but .220, but it must bo remembered re-membered that he fafd such .brilliant hill artists as Ed Walsh, Bill Donovan. Cv Young, TJoc White, Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Nick AU-roeJc, AU-roeJc, Walter Johnson, as well as' Eddie Jofs and Rube "Waddcll, who have passed ;-nvnv. The 1900 spring started the Tris Speaker career the career which has made him oue of the greatest all-around all-around baseball players baseball lias ever produced. He has become the greatest outfielder of the present age. When he came in he saw such stars as Cobb, C r a w f o r d , La j o i ft , ( ! e o r g e St one, Pat Dougherty, Kobe Ferris, Willie Keeler, Hal Chase, Thonev, Bob Wallace, Prank Isbell, Bill Bradley and others, but onlv Tyrus remains in the vnrd today. They were in their prime when Tris was starting out and this is his eleventh season in the majors. The .box scores of the Bostou Red Sox were watched daily by Doak Roberts Rob-erts and he was vindicated. fledges, over in St. Louis, always recites re-cites this Speaker incident when lie is asked to relate a story on his life as owner of the St. Louis Browns. I 1 ' Bad jM.c AJcer taken Roberts ' tip. my franchise would have benn wort h a ' million instead of $500, 000 when 1 sold." claims Hedges. Year by year Speaker- advanced. His .220 average of 1903 jumped and jumped and jumped. He went to the femes for drives over his head, he raced in back of second for low liners at his shoes and batted over .300 until he reached a par with Ty Cobb. There was a shift in owners at Clove-land Clove-land with Charley Somers retiring and with fresh money out to produce a" wiu-ncr wiu-ncr for the Forest City. Bought by Cleveland. j ' We '11 t;et the beft player in i be . American league, M the stockholders ; decided one day. "Pay any price and! get someone to make this club,'' was1 their decision and with the late Robert j McRoy commissioned to close the deal i for 'the best player in the American league, ' Tris Speaker was selected. He was bought pause for .f.i7.t0' Yes, the same player who was offered a few years aeo for nothing, the same plaver "who later brought $00. Tut up as the mode) outfielder, the greatnt in the game today iu fielding, in catching any sort of a fly, high or low, to his lct't. to his riL'ht, in front of him. oxer his head, iu throwing and a terrific batter. Tris Speaker does not admit his reputation. lie handles it iu this fashion: (,T am no different from the rc-t as I see it. None of my ancestors v. ere ball plavers, so I can't call it an hered-itarv hered-itarv trait. I ?nig)it say that playing bail' was forced upon me. The kids at home formed a t-am and asked me t-; pilch. I think the only reason they wanted me for their pitcher was bc-:ause bc-:ause I was the biggest in the neighbor-lood. neighbor-lood. ''Riding horses is what 1 loved, but when I entered Fort Worth Polytechnic Polytech-nic institute I was toid that riding horses wasn 't allowed. "Baseball was the leading branch of athletics at the school, and I just kept at it like the other boys. I considered con-sidered it more of a pastime than a busiuess until they sent rue up to Bus-ton Bus-ton iu the fall or'"lOI7. Looking at all of those people in the stands and reading read-ing so much about the big league players, play-ers, soon decided that there might, be a pretty good future in front of me. "Not until T joined Little. Rock in the spring of PJnS did 1 give baseball ail of my attention, and from then on baseball, and only baseball, occupied occu-pied my time. "As all football players are not gridiron grid-iron stars, so it is with baseball. However, How-ever, it is my advice to the young bail player to keep at it. until someone of more experience toils you that baseball base-ball is not your game. "The important points in outficlding, as I sec them, are to watch your pitcher and your batter. "These are points which, will not be reached entirety through a correspondence correspon-dence course. "They should be picked up through your own experience, such as .shifting for certain batters. "T have seen outfielders play a deep field in a close game when the other j team puts the first batter on first base, j With a hit-and-run play coming the I batter is not going to try to hit to the I fences. i ' ' He is up there t o just meet the ball, shove it through the infield or place it over the heads of the infield-ers. infield-ers. By !ayine in. the outfielder will catch many low liners and probably throw out the runner who tries to reach third. "This, as f see it, is one of th se-crets se-crets whi-'h they call inside baseball. There's nothing inside about that. Common Com-mon sense teaches you not to lea n against the fence. Southpaw Hurlers. "We have our choppy hitters and our long dislan-'e hitters. The outfielder must pay attention to his own territory, terri-tory, and the one who studies cio--e v the style of his batter is the one who helps his team. "There are no points of eec recall rec-all out hatting. There are gnod bat- tors and weak bntt'T--. Fori unatel v. il have the power to hit. F:;t of ail, ; get a correct pose, a correct stand and 1 a straight swing. 'F"ok our for throwing the front, font to thr. -dde. Ynu can't mt the ! bad squarely by throv nig yo'jrse'.f out j cf babnir-i"'. . I ha v.- be-u asked ab-iA b-ft- ! handed hitters being w :;k a-airt eu-! handed pitching. 1 do noi attri'he! .his to anc trak of sfbrn-'e, but to the i fact that 'iel'thanded better- do nor g-"- j :,Mi'-h pr::i-tice agr.;ar l-'ChanA-.l pitch-' i n g . T ; ; k e any league, n y c ' i ; : , and' you will sec three to four righthanded pit chers against one left ha uder. "Naturally a little Pod i or is nol expected ex-pected to hit as far as a big fodkm, but. for the boy of medium sb-e, my tip is to get ail the batting practice possiblenot possi-blenot the 'few minutes before each game, but hours in the morning; and hours in the afternoon. Pradieo ma ken perfect, and this fits ball ing just as the other cases in life. i"'When it comes to pitching, I would call Joe Wood, the equal of anything 1 have o v e r s e e u si n c e 1 h a e b e e n in the game and without, a superior. ' Wood, wdien he won the pen nan t in Boston in I0H!, was in a class bv himself. He had a. fast ball, as fast as they make, and one of the sharpest J curves T. have looked at. And don't1 forget that the American league, lias j turned out some wonderful pitchers. I "The greatest, player to come, in of j recent years, in mv opinion, is Ceorge i Sisler. ' " i "To be a pitcher, then an outfielder, ! and next a first base ma u wi ! hout a stretch of minor league experience, is something unusual. lie is a smart, clever ball player, and should last for many years. j A Manager? Not. j "Last winter, immediately after I was discharged from the service, 1 read accounts where I was to be.oa;e the manager of the Cleveland dub. Put tn long as Tris can hit over A!'iq rind lie iu demand and wanted as an outfielder, he is not going to become a manager. " ft took me more than ten vcars to be called a baseball star, as thov call it. All the glory you have attained as a mere player you lo-.e as a manager in one season, don't forget thut. '1 he manager has to digest all of the. knock s. and it's up to him to m::ke a piT.natA winner out of rare materia!, or he i doesn 'f k now a thing a . 'out t ho game, j as he is told. i I "After I have finished mv placing j career, I may take a wh-pd; at' the I managerial end. For tic- pr r' nt not lor Tris ; he ' sat ; -A'md u p!a v ! center fi-Id ar.d w;:k up Pj p;at"e' ! v.-hcu it's liis turn. Let the fohi-r : fellow kick the umpire iu th shir-s. "; Several re.-i.r.K- are , i.tered iu tlje : Tris f-aker book. fA- ( Marred, on a swat ri n g jot; rnov b;n -i; in j ;i - A. . which landed him in' first pia.-o for . nine f-m-re.-.v: v. e;!s11a-. ' x a .m : the verge t.f makir ' it t' n iu a in-v ' but S poke:- st.-p;-e, in a-;d i, r-rrnpi- i . j The r-'ord in I'.tJo to.- t'::'n-i:r j;, ;, aerage of ; wh;!- 'i'v j a .7 s.-co, d ! with a;:i. ' ; jLEO DRESSEN AG AIT J PLAYS GREAT DALL ' Th i.unrli and I.- . .;.,, ar.rl I -r r.ii. r h:t: - .. , . .- ;,, , :i-.-..(lp in ;;.. ,. aNj.v. 'ai;, !;';' ,'.'r b . x l.ef n liinii.- h :i :- . ;:.:: f '., :- ,.; j ii'.cni, in t'ne cariy K...v.-. hui. uvu liji'. ';;. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) TiBERDASHERY clerk offers - all sorts of inducements to fit taste of his customers. , t Take the suit away, wear it a ' and if it isn-t satisfactory bring " and pick out another1 ' is a ' offer made bv the man-be A Antcr. An offer made by l? as. owner of the Hous- ' w the Tcxas league to advance ,1 , the major league stands ! A .tb baseball line. 4B , '".secured Tris, a red-faced, 'fl A!'1"? liiJ off the Texas tf V J , 0(1 to makc a ball plaver 5i """''o-buster. Tris loved K -tC la,ni4t an'l there wasn't a h i tT'n'1 ""bbarJ City, Tex., too X ii AhlmA tame- K -'I Sr'rJ l,atte'! tT Hous- I? H a . C,)wiler Roberts was con-B con-B "'i in ft "'ro was a big league & ll nt ut this iron-jawed naff na-ff . A 'e ."onoho-hustiiifr might some P M,' 1D.s0l'ious iniurv. ti A,,d ?ak Roberts was guidiuct I "Pit, , x'i broncho-busting was K, ' HcA bc h,s professional career. h i i , Tn .ow realized that if he K JtVLu ."'a.v from the native tl 'W ' ,Btlck t0 baseball and not V. 'ltT(l saddle. T? 'i l iZL Wh-V fot ,li t of Kl Jt th A 0 blS: league and ecr- '.:Jl lLPpor,"nit.V of becoming a S a n' ? wo."ld S''t Tris to forget II ::A "s Roberts had two :i'an 1 11(,lses, owner of the 0 the m.?""0 cll,h' f Iff '-'i ,agCr- Tcxils 'caR"n toss-H, toss-H, ''li, h fex1ressCfl the Missouri K '11 tL , ? and hftro was one who h i'i plaver k3 of "B won- SiAcf8 Offered. K l "Lvl'ation was made to S 'aattpj I, ,Tns Speaker, who hal !oAi Fhc offer was passed f? i l'r' tuc "anager, but Mc- c !,,kln-' for big leaguers of K ,v.; ',' niu o quit bringing ffl I'wl, A, ,tl' answer Hedges 'sent III TpfnA, 'cr,s. but the Houston K Tri,? t Svo up. lie was going C -'to An vhe biC ''-ague, and re- rj?.A Hcdgo. tnr,rRotiatisi,s aftor fli aciied T I i 01 -v- Another mes-V mes-V 11 "edges, and here's what v. 0 tn's youngster Speaker on mv personal recommendation. If be doesn't make good I'll give you 175 acres of Texas black lands." Another conference between Hedges and McAlecr. The Browns were trailing trail-ing down at the bottom and experimenting experi-menting with Texas leaguers. "Tell Roberts to keep .Speaker and his 175 acres of Texas soil. I don't want another Texas leaguer on my I team. I've got a bunch of 'cm now, and I'm in last place," was McAlecr 's final shot to the Houston owner. Was there ever such a bargain in baseball? "If he doesn't make good, I'll give you 17.1 acres of Texas black lands! ' ' Roberts was determined. St. Louis wasn't the onlv city in the major league circuit." There were fifteen other franchises, and the next stop was Boston the Boston Americans, who had (.ieorge Huff of Illinois university uni-versity as a scolit. The message was forwarded to Boston. Bos-ton. "Head your scout down here to look at a voungster named .Speaker If vou don't, want him J 'U pay all expenses," ex-penses," Roberts flashed to the Boston Bos-ton Red 8ox, and Huff was instructed to visit the Texas league. When Speaker hit two over the right field fence, Huff, who was in the grand stand, accepted the' invitation and carried his rookie on to Boston, where Tris plaved in three games during dur-ing the close of the 111"" season, but wiThout causing anv disturbance. Ho returned to his Texas home and during the winter waited and waited for the big league contract.. It did not arrive.' ami' Tris decided that he was a bloomer as a major leaguer. Boston Gets Tris. The spring of 1P1S was at. hand, still no contract, so Tris. acquainted with tho .baseball laws, discovered that he was a free agent. Xo contract, no claim on his services and he went out on his own hook, offered himself to the other major league clubs, but without response. . His friend, Roberts, was called in for help and Roberts placed him with the Little Rock club in the spring of UliiS. Boston discovered ils mistake and iniiucdiatelv arrauged with Little Rock for the k of the club during the JjlilS season for $.11 Mt. This transaction transac-tion was closed and Tris was in the Southern league. In the Southern league Speaker had Jake B.-ribert. Zack Wheat. Briscoe Lord, "Theo. " Breitenstein, Hub Per- |