Show Eighteenth Year Fielder Is Wonder in P. P C. C L. L I Tiger Chester Chadbourne Just about to start his eighteenth season of ot professional pro pro- baseball ll probably Is the real wonder ma man of ot the Pacific Coast Some years rears past the time when the average athlete would be fitting himself himself himself him him- self for tor a fireside seat and the carpet slippers Chadbourne is boning up his bat for another campaign Others have stuck around In baseball baseball base base- ball ballin In some capacity as long as Chad but he continues as a regular and a good one When Vernon signed him out of a threatened discard In 1917 many believed the Tigers would be a I i Jumping off place for him But all th cr te the Jumping Chad has h been after the tall tail ones and he generally came down with them He Is playing Just as go d ball as he did ten years ago and does not seem to vary ap appreciably appreciably ap- ap In Jn his game from season to season How many fans know that Chadbourne Chadbourne Chadbourne Chad- Chad bourne played in an even two hundred games last season a larger number than any other outfielder in the circuit circuit cir cir- cir cir- cult And Mid he was a busy little gardener gardener gardener gar gar- dener gathering In fly balls bails and making twenty-three twenty assists And in batting he was only four points below the coveted mark A A. good A-good good waiter he nevertheless was sloughing the ball driving out hits On Only four men in the league Strand league a Strand Eldred ea 6 eg Red Smith and SIglin topped Siglin-topped topped d Chadbourne Chadbourne Chad Chad- I bourne in total hits staying qualities have havethe havethe i the fans tans puzzled Certainly his long career and wonderful preservation are not due due to borrowed glands b because cause Chad began getting young oung long before be- be tore fore goats and monkeys were requisitioned requisitioned to supply spare parts for human human human hu hu- hu- hu man beings Even Evit tempered and of ot regular habits hab hab- its Ils Chad simply seems t to be blessed with unusual baseball longevity And his legs usually the first thing to fail tail faila a ball player still seemed sound Many have marveled at this Not so Dad Meek A group of ot fans were discussing Chad Chadbournes Chadbourne's ournes legs during a a game last season Why he hasn't used his legs much more than the average ball ball- ballplayer player declared Meek Has t eh eM replied one of ot the group Figure how long he has been playing Yes but watch how he plays In Insisted insisted insisted in- in Sleek Meek reek Chadbourne knows how to play the batter and that Is a wonderful wonderful won won- saving on the legs Keep an eye on his work And And sure enough In that tha t game had bad four chances In n no case did he ru run m more re than ten or r fifteen fit fit- fit I teen feet teet for the ball As a Judge of ot I batters he Is considered the equal of Art Kruger the old Portland outfielder outfield Outfield- er and Art had it down to an exact I science |