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Show IVAN OLSEN'S PEP KEEPS WINNING By United Press. NTCW YORK, Juns J. Tha u n break -able heart of Ivan Olson la carrying him to new heights of glory. His courageous courage-ous ball playing, hia faat thinking brain, and the purs force of his grit ars winning win-ning back for him his old place as shortstop short-stop for the Brooklyn National league team. j Bunny Fabrtque. hailed aa a wonder I the man who would put the Iodrera In the running again la hold down a bench position. po-sition. His fielding, sensational when the ! season opened, haa turnedtut lately to be i nothing more than ordinary hithitting, prominent In the early daya of the campaign, cam-paign, haa fallen off until It resembles a pitcher's batting average. Olson wss stationed on thebench when the Hrooklyns started on the march through the season. OccaalonaJy he filled In as a plnchhttier or runner, and occa-sionalyll occa-sionalyll he got Into the lineup for a short time. Hla main usefulness, however, waa coaching. Olson occupied on coacher's box and Wllbert Robinson the other. Olson was game. He didn't blink when the news came to him that he waa to be uxed only as a substitute. He merely set his teeth and atuck to It. Olson la hack there now. He's playing better ball than he did last summer, but he still needs improvement to be called on a par with other National league shortstops. short-stops. His hitting, alwavs timely. Is about the earns. But the quick brain of Ivan, his nerve on bases and In the field has Inspired other member of the club. 81 me OUon'a return to the lineup they have been winning Olson never haa been a atar. Nerve and brains hsve held him In the National league. Hrooklvn fans have picked him out a a special arget for their gibes. It hasn't affected Olson. His heart Is Iron. He's good for at least the rest of the present sesson If his fielding only holds upto Its present gslt. |