Show BLANKENSHIP SAYS HE HAS GEDEON'S SUCCESSOR S 1 Signs Cracking Good KeyL Keystone Keystone Key- Key L stone Who Wu CanHit Can I Hit the B Bali II Skipper Cliff of ot the Bees has a hunch that he has grabbed a successor to Joe Gedeon and a manto manto man manto to plug up that big hole which has hasben ben been left at second base d due e eto to to the recall ot of the 1915 Bee second sacker b by the Washington club of ot the American Amer American Amer- Amer mer merlean ican lean league The man whom Blank believes will fill Joes Joe's shoes shoes' is Morris lt Rath th formerly of the White Sox and later with Kansas City and Toronto Danny Shay manager of many Kansas City teams In the American association dropped nto into the city Ity yesterday ort orf his way to the minor league convention at San F Francisco Francico Ive got a ball player who doesn't fit in on m my club because we are working under a salary limit and I can not afford to carry him Danny told Blankenship Id rather Id rather see you have him than any anyone one I know E He Hi Is the best ball player on my club but my directors would not permit me to carry him last season anI would balk again In 1916 Can you give me a promising yo youngster who can hit for him 1 Shay informed Blankenship th then n that he referred to Morris Morris' Rath Bath and would for that he trade him Dutch Reuther Blankenship studied a long while H He had Reuther slated for a utility and pinch hitting job and therefore disliked to part with him Mindful of Rath's Baths ability as an Infielder in- in fielder fielder a hitter and nd a base runner though and realizing that he will have to find Just such a manto a-manto man to take Joe Gedeon's place the Salt Lake skipper closed the deal Rath is second or third baseman and can also play short He lie throws right and bats left He has good size and and according to Danny Shay will lead anybody you have on your your club In hitting and base running Rath Hath caine came to Kansas City from the White Sox Sax late In the season of 1913 He had a a great year year year-In in 1914 and il in Iii games at second b base se hit twe twenty ty points higher than that fence tence buster Bunny Brief who played on the same club He was second among the keystone sackers with an average of The player started with Kansas Cit City last spring but after playing thirty-nine thirty games he was loaned to Toronto by the Blues where he finished finished fin fin- the the- season hitting Shay states that he loaned Toronto in the hope that the season of 1915 might bring some money into the Blue treasury so that he could use him again in 1916 I cant can't see my ray way clear to keep leep him though is the way Shap Snap puts it it and you can find out from any player who has been in the American association that what I have told you Is true I am am making Salt Lake a present of the best ball ballplayer player on my my- club About July 4 1916 you will have a chance to o thank me for making your ball bali club club Rath belongs on Qu second accordIng according according accord- accord Ing to Shay but can also play third or short With Toronto last season he pla played plated ed both second and third Toronto Toronto To Tu used him as a lea lead oft off man and at hitting second o |