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Show Ex-Seal Touted as Being Best in His Department ' Kum, White Sox Third Sacker I. Wonder Player and Good Hitter By Billy Evan NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Did Chicago get a run for iU money when it spent $100,000 for Third Baseman Bill Kimml If you should put that question to Kid Gleason, manager of the White Box,' he would soon settle it and in a most decided manner. ' - ' Prior to the opening of the season Kamra was the most talked about man in baseball, not excepting Babe' Ruth or any of the other celebrities. With the- season well on ita way Karam no longer occupies the headlines. The flurry eeciasionad by the faflt that Chifgp pf'd fabulous sum for an untried recruit has worn off. ' What about Kammf . ' I put that question to Manager Gleason coming up from Boston recently. We were sitting in the buffet car discussing players of the past and present. "He's a wonder," the Kid popped off, "the greatest third baaeman since the days of Jimmy Collins. "Kamm works with sucb. ease and grace that a great many of the fans fail to appreciate his remarkable . ability. Lika Jimmy Cotilna and Larry LJola. ha makea tha hardast kind af ahanaaa look aaay, . "Great third baaeman mnst hawa n- taltlen, thay tnuet aanaa tha play that ta a boat ta ha palled. Ukewtea thay muat Jearn tha man nor lama of awy batter. Moat battara yoa know tip ' their Intention ta bunt hp do4nT aoma-thinc aoma-thinc at tba plata juat a UtUa difiar- BtKainn. saama to tllda awar tha flld Inataad of run. He la a marvel with hla stored band, nan throw isam any poaitloa and has aa trona and aoenrata arm. - . CAM TUTIOW TBOal " ANY POSITION. "Kamm Is a wander nht now fa tha field and yat ha is improvlnc a-rarV day. , , Twenty yearn from now whan Kamra haa paaaed oat of tha pletara tha fans will be laudlis; his sroacnaaa "Bill haa tha Ideal Ulepon.tton far a fraat ball playar. NMbtic worriee him. ra ha haa a bad day ha win probably coma back tha next Any wltk a apac-tacular apac-tacular exhibition. . ' 0 - Soma of tha haeoball Mparts any that Kamm haa tailed ta hit rmjor laacaa pitching as wall as aapaatad. Ma to around tha .IM mark and tkat a plenty good anough f ?r naa. And he a Joins ti ba a monk batter bitter tn a "outla yaara Ha has a aw taalta a tha Plata that handicap a la batUft. 'aat thaaa are being aiaraaane. i f BAHTM IS WOItH a, xv ut tKMT or or. "Kamm s worth wr asnt tka Cht-' Cht-' asao club paid for htmr . thara yoZ kava tha aplntaa of Kid Gleaoon. ona of tba tuBfl g ran tee managera and tn hla P . ana of tho game amartaat inflaldara. I saeondad what Uleaaan had ta nay boot Illl Kamm. Ha oirdr ranks wltk Collins. Bradley aad Pavtts. |