Show From a Home Town Clearwater Fla Fin A nice pleas looking ant-looking fellow that I had never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen before came up and said hello Do you know why Im I'm here he asked Maybe the sun I said Or oranges or baseball No he said I Ie e came down here just to see a fellow 4 named Jim Konstanty Konstanty Kon- Kon q stanty get ready for foriS iS another year Jim Jimis 5 is from my hometown home hometown town where he runs a sporting-g sporting o a o a d 11 s sI store Id I'd like to say I i. i T I Grantland B RIce ran ce that hes he's a big credit to any town or city or to any game He ne Is something more than thana a pitcher who could work In 74 It games games practically practically a g game a m e a every other day all season long Jim Is something more than a fellow with a rubber arm lies lie's liesa a gentleman and a great human being In watching Jim Konstanty workout work workout out the most impressive feature of I his ils pitching is the ease and smoothness smoothness smooth smooth- ness of his form There is no sign of extra effort ort in sight John McGraw Mc- Mc McGraw Graw once said that Bugs Raymond bad had the finest pitching motion he ever saw Ill I'll settle for Walter Johnson or Grover Alexander And Dizzy Dean wasn't far away Rut But Konstanty has his bis share of 01 smoothness or rhythm or ease Checking back we recalled that Jim Konstanty had also been the first relief pitcher to reach the pinnacle of 01 being voted the National Leagues League's Most Valuable Valus ble Player He De was good goodenough goodenough enough to beat the great Stan out of this hallowed baseball spot After Alter acting as 81 a relief pitcher ill all year he was still good enough to o annoy the Yankees as a start start- trig Ing ng pitcher in the last world series It is interesting to know that one oneat of at his towns town's citizens came down to see him work not work not only because he was a star pitcher but largely because he was a right guy Konstanty is no rookie The records records rec rec- show that he was born in the sterling village of Strykersville New York some 34 years ago Th That t tage age makes him doubly valuable Inthe in inthe inthe the game today since many rookies are In the draft dratt age |