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Show LAJOiE SAYS NO MORE BASEBALL FOR Hi CLEVELAND, Dec. 28. Napoleon Lajole, for twenty years conceded to be one of the world's greatest Infield' ment from professional baseball. For many years he was considered the leading second baseman. Last season Lajole managed the Indianapolis In-dianapolis team of the American as-i as-i aoclatlon. Only .one in hla twenty-three years,, career on the diamond did Lajole belong be-long to a pennant-winning team. That was In 1917, when he managed the Toronto To-ronto team of the International league. lajole waa manager of the Cleve land American league team from 1905 to the latter part of the 1909 season. In 190 his team lost the pennant to Detroit De-troit by half a game. - He started his major league career with the Philadelphia Nationals as first baseman and outfielder and Jumped to . the Philadelphia Athletics when the Amerlcan league m-aa organized. A restraining order preventing him from playing in Pennsylvania caused Lajoie to be sold to Cleveland. Four times Lajoie led the American league battera and four tlmea he managed man-aged to make more than 200 hit. During: Dur-ing: hla twenty-one years In the major leagues. Lajole collected S243 base hit for a grand average of .138, and eenred more than 1600 runa. He accepted morel than 14.000 fielding chancre, making only 602 errora, hia grand average at first, second and third bases, ahortatop and the outfield being . 66. -Laiule, retire frorn baseball to take care tif his Interest In an automobile tlr manufacturing company. |