Show OA OAKLAND LAND MANAGER PASS PASSED D UP P They do say as how bow Del Howard wh who o manages the Oaks when baseball season season is on passed up a I perfectly good chance to sign Ferdie when said n was a youthful and aspiring busher tr try trying try try- in ing g to break into the game Del was manager of the Louisville dub club b after he was released by the Chicago Chicag o Cubs One d day y a youngster strolled out onto 1 to the mound and was throwing to the e players before the regular battling practice practice practice tice started The kid had speed to burn but wasas was wa wasas s as wild as a March hare He hit at least leas t six of ot the Louisville players and me I all felt it The next day the kid Idd was back an and d completed his damage hanging the rest of the club Hearing Bearing the howls of at some of at his stars Howard chased him out an and d ordered him never to come back The Tho next spring signed wt n Decatur and within another season wain was wa nw ns s In the clutches of John McGraw McGra w through the agency of Scout Dick Kin Kin- KinSElla sella L |