Show I FA FATES TEST TAUNT AUNT DI Dl Di MAG MAGGI Seal Rookies Rookie e eTo To Hit Tra Tia For Florid Floridi Editors Editor's note Joe slowly shaking off the his pro Christmas operation L In out out-o town out town retreat Mean other members of the World World- gram ram sports staff continue to hit in this space s By DANIEL NEW YORK Jan 17 Up in th the north beach section of oil of Francisco there lives a young by y the name of at Dl Di Maggio toned Giuseppe who awaIt fast approaching baseball tri tr season seMon with mixed aj doubt some me measure of trepId With the limits of ot his travel fined tIned to the Pacific Coast J It circuit and fabulous opulent nt I York an amazing frightening this thia year old Italian from the Funston preparing to join the tho Yankee Yanke their St. St Petersburg Fla Fin f ground i Until he ho joined the tho San Pt Fr FTH I Cisco Seals SaIs tl three r Q years ago Jo Jot Jo j l never nover had been the bay to Oakland m. m c cl brother Vincent who at tb ti time timo was nn an outfielder oa on Oil t tb Seals and by a strange quirk o fate was WM destined to lose hU hl histo poi to Joe had bein bringing bade back t It tho the family circle marvelous stork storta of f Los Angeles and Ho Holl O 4 af of of the great empire of the west est and its Us Seattle and P Po POland land Yo Young ng lg Impressionable 1 l had marveled and ho ha h ha dreamed And now he finds thi he Is Is heading for New York way ay of Florida t 1 Behind Di Di Maggio there ii II isa a background of achievement other stars of ot the Co Coast t l league ague W w made the tho long trek across t to shine in lathe the majors major 1 Chase who was the tho first of of 1 outstanding Coast leaguers to toa s sa a strident place for tor himself in mt U east Lefty Gomez Bob Me Macs Mem Frank ODoul ODou the two Wan Wane Tony Lazzeri Frank Crosetti Eu Averill all came from that elre George Kelly Fred Snodgrass aa Tilly Shafter were others who c from California to eventual I Idom all dom with the Giants The success of these men beckon to D Di Dl Ma Magfor Mag for emulation and they shout him their encouragement But there have been other v vi agers from tram the coast who ha hamade hi made the journey over the v va same trail which h Di Maggio w cover and who have undergo tho the test which will command J Joe V e effort all effort all to no purpose but but d feat teat Jimmy OConnell O'Connell Paul SIns Stran Myril Myrll Hoag Hong Lyn lLyn Lary Jima J JReese Reese Hal Rhyne Buzz Arlett Arlet these and a hundred others c ci testify to Dl Di Maggio that it li I hard row which breaks the ip spin and bows down the tho flesh They could tell ten DI Dl Maggio of ot ft pitfalls of ot overconfidence and I dangers of an inferiority c comp and they can tell toll of the h hot haia hartz of ot tremendous publicity I h raised popular expectation to I i unreasonable peak J To Lazzeri LazerI and nd Crosetti has f p the task of ot chaperoning their Jr low Californian and charging 1 I middle course Theirs too ii 11 l enviable job As Di Maggio heads for the lbs e ehe ehe w he may be p prone one to forget abs abc DO coast successes successes and dwell OY over on coast failures The most mot coa cs major league busts from Pacific Coast circuit were uC J Jnell nell for tor whom the Giants GianU a in cold cash to the yen very verr c cli cm which is shipping Di Maggie Maggio tOll tat Yankees and Strand for whom ti canny Connie Connio Mack gave W I Salt Lake City OConnell O'Connell came east cast scared sCAled ho rem remained ned scared and and I inri As you know got mixed up In that 1924 ICi HeinLa HeinLe Sand of at the who hi had hadi played in the tho Coast iM charged that Jimmy had oil olle him him OO to throw a game at att Polo grounds OConnell O'Connell 0 Cozy Cory Dolan were barred baseball Now and then Jimmy aho Hashes flashes of rare skill skin But the these few fow and far tar between |