Show i I I I I I I I i I j I I i j i i I i I I I r 4 I v HITS THE BALL TOO I I j- j t j HARD WAS VAS RELEASED I 1 j Mike Mitchell Cincinnati in r 4 I v i outfielder h hears ars tuo lie distinction 1 v of b being released by a Ii ball club 4 v because he ho bit hit the ball bail too hard 4 4 J It happened several cral years nars ago HO 4 4 r Mitchell road read a accounts account's of men menI 4 I becoming millionaires in a n sin fin 4 z 4 ale cle day in Alaska wo n the gold cold 4 I J 4 r hit the tho country and tic I.- 4 I I. r that ho ought to to be bo able bl 4 to pick up some so-me of that col gold by by 1 ir or- ball hall oi- oi 4 When Mike like got ot to Alaska ka h ho hoI 4 J I found tho the I Alaska Alaka league 10 with 4 1 ball parks surrounded with w-ith ith 4 4 i fences of snow DO Mike like joined d 4 4 on one of or tho t teams Arn 4 4 Three times in his first game 4 I II 1 I Mike swatted ratted the b h hidi ll so to hard hardI 4 4 J N that it bc became camo hurled buried in in tho the thoI 1 snow fence feuce rho third time ho he hoI I. I I I 4 r clouted the sphere BO so hard haid it 4 r 1 was not found foun until late lati in tho I IS S evening f although picks fiDel and 4 I I. I 4 shovels were used in the tho hunt I 4 The Tho swatter r repeated tho per per- I I 4 of losing the HIP ball han on 4 z his second da day dav out The Tho man man- 4 I I. nt got cot sore and released d 4 Mike Miko Ii k e. e Balls a JJ were too scarce reo 4 to in 11 be lost But ho he was the idol of or Alaska fan 4 1 H i H. I. |