Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-12 | Page 5 | Youngster Has Tough Time in Series

YOUNGSTER HAS TOUGH TIME IN SERIES Buddy Myer Gets His is Chance ance in ini Big i Classic r By FRANK GETTY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Oct 12 Some Some o othe or of orthe the sensations of the boy who stood on the burning deck eck lec are boing ex experienced by Buddy Myer Iyer th the kid hid on the the hot corner for Wash Wash-i ington When Charles Sylvester Myer Myers Myers folk back in Ellisville Miss raised l their boy to be a ball player neither they or Buddy expected to to- have hav him thrust into a critical l situation in the worlds world's series hi his very very first firs year N Ahll be right glad when it its it's over drawled the haired black-haired eyed black-eyed young south southerner who wh who was only 21 last March A misdirected slant of one of VI VIe Vic I Aldridge's fast balls bails raised a bump behind the ear of ot Ossie Bluege th the Senators' Senators third sacker out burg last Thursday The bump raised Buddy into unexpected prominence In Jn the Washington lineup With villi Roger displaying displaying displaying display display- ing unexpected weakness in fielding Held field Helding ing this handicapped the worlds world's champions with one o of the weakest weakes left sides of an an infield ever put Ina in ina ina a worlds world's series aeries Myer l got through the remainder of lof the second game in Pittsburg without any particular difficulties and for some reason the Pirates di did not take advantage of their opportunity opportunity to lay them down to Buddy In Saturdays Saturday's Ys Y's game By Sunday however the Corsairs Corsairs' Board of strategy awoke to the fact fac that th they y were neglecting a soft spot and the Pirates proceeded to tomake tomake tomake make the deck hot for the southern boy Young Myer l was up on severa several occasions with men on base and displayed displayed dis- dis played a regrettable weakness a abat at bat his average to date being due to a couple of rather flukey hits to deliver cost Buddy Buddy Buddy Bud dy dy his chances Washington got Myer Myel from New Orleans last August in time to make the youngster eligible for the world series Buddy made a name for himself as s' s a fielder in the sou south tho