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Show Bucky Harris Thinks Hogan's Comeback Try Will Be Success WASHINGTON, March 29 (INS) Manager Stanley Raymond Harris of the Washington Senator penned a little yarn today, titled it "Success Story," marked it "hold for release about June 1," and winged it by wire back to th capital from the training camp at Orlando, Fla. But It's too good to hold, this saga of J. Francis "Shanty" Hogan, the fat man everyone loves, who already al-ready has tortured from hi anguished an-guished body ths combined weight of the Dlonne quintuplets, so hs can come back to the game which knew him as a star with th New York Giants 10 years ago. "I believe Hogan will be the best catcher In the league this year," Harris wired. "He's only 32 now. We'll know by June 1 if he can keep the weight off and still be strong enough for heavy duty." Stays On Diet Harris has accomplished with "8hanty" a task which eluded the wiliest talents of the late John McGraw. Ha haa put and kept the colorful Irlsher on a diet When Hogan repotted late last season to fill a hols created when Cliff Bolton, regular catcher, walked out he waa so massive he looked like he was standing In line. "Who's ths crowd behind the plate?" cried the fans. But ths percheron has become a perch. From S7S pounds "Shanty" haa shrunk to 32S and ia (till disappearing. dis-appearing. The Senator's dietetic strategy board la shooting for a ringside weight of S10 by April 19, when the Senators inaugurate the 1937 season. Suffers Tortures Viands, ths Inhuman consumption of which sent "Shanty" tumbling from McGraw's proud "Jints" to night ball In Albany, still are Indecently In-decently tempting, but Hogan has reinforced his will power. "Don't think Hogan is tickled with this business," Harris reported. "He's suffering every torture in the book. It's raw fruit only for breakfast break-fast no meats at noon, and never any park, gravies, dessert or beer. "He says he'll accomplish what hs set out to do make a successful comeback if it kills hlra," th Senators' Sena-tors' pilot asserted. "He'll find It's worth it too. Why, 'Shanty' gets a bigger hand for punching one out than most of ths othsrs get for belting the ball out of the lot" |