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Show jimmy mum WAITING 'tl'l OUT Jimmy Sheokard, lead off bitter for the rhirago cuhs. in of the opinion that "all tbinffn do rome to him who w its. ' ' and this season ftheck hat worked on that theory in waiting out the pitchers that have faced the cubs, l.aht season' patience had it a own rewind re-wind for Miller Hugging, second base tti h u ot the rardiualn. The Rabbit's keen judgment of bad halls, coupled , with his diminutive stature, enabled him to lead all the National league hat men in working the twirlers for free passes to tirst base. Sheekard bus participated in every one of the sixty-four games played by the cubs up to June -9, and in re -iioiiso to the crv of "Get on, Jimmy,' has developed a decided liking for Mmlling. His war elub has not lost any of its powers because the unofficial records, compiled e. ery week, show the veteran to be up there in the .300 per cent class. That, combind with bis speed, may be one of the reasons the I itchers prefer to pass him at crucial points. i-hecl;ard has drawn sixty bases on balls, more than half the number al lotted in games. The little fellow mihsed only thre games on the champions-hip schedule, and any pitcher rrnnd the circuit w.Il tell you h is at hurd problem to fac?, chiefly owing to l-s stature. Yt Higgius hud a clone1 contender in Johnnv hvers of th west j .ide outfit, the Trojan drawing 108 tickets in !-) games, really a better percentage than that of the cardinals. Now comes Hheckard with hia fast growing string of bac on balls. 8in-eulttrlv. 8in-eulttrlv. he didn't swell the count in the early spring when the twirling gents of other clubs were off their strides and breaking the hall at all angles around the plate.- 8heck 'a best work along this- line commenced to crop out after the cubs pointed eastward east-ward on tl.ir flrt invasion of the Atlantic circuit. Sine May 9, the day he first graced the top of the batting list, the 'o)uniliia idol has raised hob with the hostile dingers. His best ef "forts as a waiter were flashed on the screen during the recent Boston aeries, when in two days he drew four tickets each game. |