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Show Strand Breaks Record in City Where He Was Fired I 1 ; -. SI, V i , f ?. " , 1 : : : I !' j J - t7 !' "&rU'l !i mm - ' k - f. . ' 'm "t. - - , ; . V S .(" " J ,.. ; ',. j-v. . , , ( y-.W'i hJ' ' i ; . " .H'v i; . C'"'1 1 aa ")' ' ",7' "' j4.iJ-t i, "W,J""" J PAUL STRAND QUIETLY and unaanumlnsly, Paul Stranfl made hia entranra Into Salt likr toward tho and of tha aaapon Unt year. The-, arrra no nawa-pupCr nawa-pupCr hradltnrp no grrat fiarrtip on tho oport pager). Thry had forgotten for-gotten that ha had pitched a na-hlt. no-run iami up In 8ealtla flva yoara heforo. lie waa takrn mm Junt an ordinary player of mediocre talent. Lam eon hip work did not CAuae much comment, but between October, 191M. and April, 192?, aomethlng uncanny aomethlng pant underatandlng huppened to Strand., lleginnlng thla season at flrat bane for tha Hera, ha waa a fallura In fielding, lie waa too clumpy to handle tha difficult throws around the initial bag, but hia hitting kept him on. After a brief resting spell at tha beginning of tha seaaon he bcaran clicking the hall, beating out Infield hlta that are ordinarily outs, busting tho fences and peeling off homers. Today he la the biggest hero In the cuant leng-je. Ho not only leads tha club batten with an average clone to .400. he not only leada tho htima run hlta with 28 and tho totnl bane hitters, hut he hna established a new world'a record for number of eafa hlta per seaaon. Ho did It In Krlday'a gama when ha made hia 213d hit, a aafo bunt In lha ninth Inning of tha gunio with Seattle. Htrand hua had an erratic career nn the diamond. Taken from tho Northwest leetituo to the big leagues, lie proved a failure as a pitcher and ha had not developed his preaent batting proweas. HwHpped from ono club to another, he soon landed again In the Northwopt and played In tha Weatern Canadian league and then went up to the Northwest again- Ho waa given a trial on Seattle erf the Coaat league, but wasn't considered good enough. Wnivers were aakrd on him and ho came to SAlt l.Ak for a gmall price. |