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Show THREE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS BIDDING FOR SERVICES OF PAUL SY. . FREDERICKS IS FAVORITE OF COiERy Yankee Scout Think That Youngster la Best Find Since Kamm By Stev Moloney Duffy I.ew1a end hla Rait Lake Beee ara trallng alone In the Pacific Coaat leegue with tha gait of ter-tolaa ter-tolaa with galloping consumption. That's an acknowledged fact. Juat tha earns. Duffy Lewie has a sua that baara a faiat reeecablanc. to a ball club. Prom tha patron as that tha Salt Laka he ee ball fans bar conferred upon Bonneville park thla year, ona you III think that avtn that faint ra- '4aeSabMBlSJ ar. Jtafcafc" Lmkm fans don't bMv It, mJor Imlcu acoul will fuaranU th fact. OA Vl TALK WITH LANK. Harry Davlr. cout for th Philadelphia Phila-delphia Athittcs, who appeared my-ttnoualy my-ttnoualy in Salt Laka aavcral waaks ao. an than Just as mytrtouly diaappaarad afala, bobbad up Ilka tha provarblal bu panny In Loa AnslM tha- othr da and had talk with Prastdant Bill Lana of th Baa. Whan Davla waa bar In Salt LJtka ha In trod uc ad aimalf ta praaidant 1 LrSna, sot on Annta Usklar. want out i and saw tbs ball fimt and a tart ad ' tfht In to travel acsln. Prosidant Lana Is sponsor for tha Information that whtls hara Us via didn't even ' call s ball player by name, didn't tall who ho was looking' at, and didn't maks an offer of any type for any man on tha squad. Harry, however, waa look! nr. Tlo couldn't balp seeing Paul Strand. Whenever Strand la In tho r&ni ha ta doing aom thing sensational, and It la a clnca that tha spectator is go1ng- to aoa hUn mora or less. Paul did hla stuff and Harry disappeared. dis-appeared. OA Vis) MAKES HI SID. While tha Bees were playing- the Tifor In LrOo Angelea, up bobbed Harry aejafn. Thla tlmo ha bs;an to oorner Prexy Hill Lane In the hotel lobbies, and In his room, ar cording to reports, and bids sad offers for tha South Prairie Hlaugsterer beg-an to fly thick and fast. Connie Mack needs ona pitcher and ona rood, hard hit tin outfielder for hla Philadelphia Athistlea next year to make tham ona of tha beat toama In tho laag-ue, and ho believes that Strand to tha fur. Darts la out aftar tho big Salt Lake outfielder, and he la out la the open about It. If ha sts him. Connie will get ona of tha bast hitters who ever swung a willow at Bonneville a; raster even than tho once famouo Bill ltumler. Paul can field, too. His only wean-nass wean-nass and in comparison to other fielders It Is strength la on ground- ere. xnat eaa be remedied. Paul laa't a apeed demon, but he eovera a great amount of ground He lan't flaehy. but boa alwaya there and that, what la needed moot. He la a powerful hitter, clouting Jhe ball all over tha lot, to any field, and al. ware hard. He alma always to get a bit. If It la only a alngle. Still he 1 leading tha leegue tn home runs snd may aet a new record In that department. de-partment. STRAND CLEAN TVPB OP YOUTH. - Paul'a greateet asset Is that be Is s wonderful type of athlete. He la a clean, ' whoteaome. bard working young man, with a tremendous amount of energy, great capabilities ana a desire alwaya to do hla beat. He la the cleaneat living man on a team of clean . livers Ha never drinks, smokea or chewa, doesn't gamble and rarely- cueeea even the Mule white cues words that active life usually caJle for. He Is a great fighter, yet la never abuelve or die. orderly. To those who know him he la ona of tha flneet chape who aver donned a Salt Laka uniform. The Philadelphia Athletlca ' aren't tbe only ona of tho big league teams After Strand, nanny LAng. ecout for the Chicago While Soi. eaya that with Strand ' In tha lineup tha nox would win the pennant this year. Thla could be aaalty poeclbie, for with strand out of tba lineup this year ihe Bee. wouldn't eren a. la the league.. Bob fonnery. ecout for the New Tore Tankeea, think, a great deal about Strand, and If the Tanks can fins room for another outfielder with the flock of stare they already have. Conoery aney get In the race to ae euro tha etar outfielder's aenrlcea. prtaotmcKS ia aaiNO WATCHSO. It look, as though the bidding la going to ba brtek and Mgh. It has to be to keep the Bee financial finan-cial ledger from looking like a demonstration dem-onstration sheet of Carter's red Inka. While Boo Connery llkaa Strand, ha haa eaat rather envloue glancee at young Johnny Fredcrteke. who waa dug vp thla eeaeon by the Beee. Rudy Kalllo found Prederk-be deep In the ouohee In Oragnn. near Portland. , He took him under his wing, dumped the brush out of his boots and took him to Duffy Lewis to put him to work. Johnny Is s natural ball player. He Is a hard hitter, although just a youngster. He made hie debut In tn. league by playing fairly regularly regular-ly and hitting over Jo his first year Inthla company. Ha Is fast and a ana aure iiaraer. , He la, atlll mistaty 'green, a. he won't so up this rear, according to I'rejy Bill Lane. edrrlcks wuT be a great ball player In th. next year or two and will help the Beea win many baseball game.. Ha hea faulta. sych aa pulling up. and falling to get the ball away from him In fielding a hit but that la a fault of many Ciungetara, and he'll ehaka tham aa 1 geta mora experience. When Paul Strand goee and be win go Predericke win take hla place as one ef the atara of the league Bob Connery rates Fredericks above Paul waaer, th. San raa-claoo raa-claoo phenom, . And thai s earing aoraethlng. SOrTBEBJf ASnocXATyo-. Wee. '.Loot. Pet. h'aw Orlaaaa ... ....41 ' IT - .414 Mobile , II 41 ,114 Naehvllle II II .III Atlanta II - If .III Memphis II It .444 Blrmlasbam ... .....41 II .444 Chattanooga .... .,44 . 44 .434 Lit tie Beck If II .III ' Tlilli IK'S BlisBl, Memphis l-l. Mobil. 4-1 teaeead gaaae elk InBlnra. tie). Btrmmgham I. Cbottaaeega I. 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