Show HANS WAGNER SPRY AND READY FOR BATTLE Veteran to Start Big League Season at Age of 43 Years By Bozeman Bulger By Dy Special 1 News New Service NEW EW YORK March 17 According n According to all aU past rut performances Age Ao has bAa Uck licked d deery every opposing starter so ao far Car but believe us us UI this young oung man liana hans W Wagner er Is b giving him a terrible battle b. Th The start of oC the th pirates for the tho spring training camp Amp this thin year tAr marks the be beginning beginning be- be ginning of ot Wagner's Wagners twenty sixth year yearn r e erIn In n baseball b. I and ho he is III not going as on old pappy t py guy who ho hoUI will UI mere merely sit around and andell tell ell tho the youngsters how to tn do it it either An he II is 42 U years yearn old nt at that In lit to bo be a regular JC e man shortstop outfielder or nn any other position that may seem fit tit and propero proper to o the tho manager m lionas can play one on position Just as al Y welt ell dl as another another It If not be better etter A few reW years rears a ago we thought it wonderful wonder- wonder ful ul UI wh when n Cy Toung started d on his hla fourth tY year fAr ear but old Cy didn't finish We Ve We J I Iso also thought Matty was going to last lut forever forner but his pitching years yeara n wet wet-s ted to abt sixteen en This man n Wagner now steps out on hi his hi twenty sixth year r with the he same ume spryness that characterized rita nin playing laying t ten n y years Ars ago AJO He lie pulled up P IS S WONDER Honus Wagner Vagner Is la the athletic wonder on r Of f t the tho baseball world orld and Is la fully WIT entitled entitled en- en titled to the honor of oC having that menu menu- ment er erected to him In the historical building in Pittsburg burg To repeat Wagners Wagner's record oo 00 Uke ke calling attention to the fact that Christmas comes on December 25 2 i. i Every Every- body ody knows know It Instead of ot trying to fix these thue figures 1 in your our head Just jut rem mr m- m bet r that he Is the best hitter nn and 1 me ne neIt best It Infielder that the game some has haft evar known and that will b he sufficient Hn JI ed left the the- league in hitting ao so often that it bc became e a habit Not cot only is I. Honus wagner still ui e en- en n- n about professional baseball buthe but buthe butte he te has hu never nover got Kot over oer his inclination to tot step t p into a game played by small aman oos oo's on n a n town lot One Ono day lost lut summer ummer n a crowd cro of oC kids were playing n near ar Schenley y parl ark In Pittsburg and for nn an hour the they had iad bad Wagner playing with them And he heW hewa W wa wax UI Just juat as aa eng eager r to win among amone those thene littie lit little little lit lit- tle tie Iha shavers as na any anY man on the club The name ame of oC this thin club by the wa way was wan U the Yellow Jackets WAS TOO GENEROUS For years urs the tho managers of the PiUs PiUs- burg t teams ams have had to watch w Honus after fter ever every etO game to keep klep him from gl InK ing ng tho the extra balls to kids that ho hap- hap pencil to 1 pass 18 on his hi WA Va way to the club- club house houlle To sneak n A baseball out of or tho the 11 little Ittle black bag bt and torn toes I it t to some IOnAl kid is h. n an irresistible Impulse of the Flying Dutchman Honus Wagner ws was really discovered d by bT fd Ed d Harrows Po the tho present president of or the league It Il seems that Barrows Bar Bar- Barown rows row had hod gone to the town to look at nt another an nn i other ther player when some aoma one ono suggested that he take a n look at nt a n. certain young 1 DutchmAn That Dutchman was 81 itans Wagner Vagner and despite his apparent awk awk- Barrows row Law that t ho was a wonder Wagner was as given a n. chance chanco nt at t Paterson N. N J. J and It wall waa s there that larry harry Pulliam acting for Barney Dreyfuss Drey- Drey fuss USH then owner of the tho Louisville team found him For several sever years Wagner Walmer was wal nn an out- out fielder n older a star one too Finally an infielder In- In fielder was needed by the Pittsburg club and nd the Dutchman was wall given a n. chance There Thera his greatness was alt more moro easily understood because he had so many more chances Ln Last t year ear he played first base ase and did It Just juat an M well as he ho played shortstop and tho the outfield During all aU his hili years ears In baseball Wager Wag Wag- a aner ncr ner er has li-as never neer had nn an argument over Hairy sal Hai any ary ry and though he hI has frequently had he tho privilege ot t f writing rIUn out his hI own n con contract con con- on tract met figures and all nil he lie steadfastly re refused reused re- re used fused to avail himself of oC such a n. chance Yes sir Honus is the tho daddy of them nIl t 11 |