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Show I DOWN BUT NOT OUT fin 'rv V.'"' 1 ' ' N . ' BANCROFT CINCINNATI Feb. If. Banny Bancroft Ban-croft Is down. But hs Isn't out. Huddled In Ms bathrobe st home he's figh ting- rheumatism and neuritis. neu-ritis. This sprint Banny will see the iMxl special pull out for the Reds' traininc camp without him, for the first time lo thirty yeara. Banny's title of business manager of the Cincinnati team has been turned over lo Frank 14 hie, an upstart of 61. Behle seems like a kid to Banny, for he Is 75. "I'M GOING TO HBLPV "Behle Isn't going- to do all the work, says Manny. 'Vm going to help." Garry Herrmann told the old veteran he wouldn't have to retire. His salary will continue ths rest of his litX It nearly broke Banny's heart when he found himself unable to do all the work himself. He has been In baseball for forty-three years. He was a manager until Ift90. Mnce then he drifted Into a business manager's Job. LOVE DIXIE. Being a Civil wsr veteran, the training train-ing camp Jaunts back to Dixie year after yenr have been a double pleasure. They all love him down there, too, Banny alwaya could get the best accommodations ac-commodations for his ball team. He was a wtsard at making exhibition games and double-headers pay. His business wits have aided the Reds over many lean years. That's why the salary voted to htra Isn't a pension. Bunny hss earned every nickel of It. |