| Show GEORGE ONE 0 OF F YOUNGEST PILOTS one of greatest players game has ever produced george geopge harold sister star arst base nian of the st louls louis drowns browns who has bas just been appointed manager of that club is one of tile the younge youngest st pilots of major league ball clubs lie ile was bom at manchester ahlo march alarca 24 1893 skier sister Is one of the greatest players baseball hast ball has ever eer produced writes lillan lilian leacock iq in the chicago post lie ife was adjudged the most valuable play player erin in the american league tor for season beason of 1022 leading the batters with a mark of the highest average ever attained in the league ho he also led in nil niber of hits runs three base hits singles and stolen stoia bases sister graduated from the university of of michigan in june 1015 and branch rickey under whose co coaching athing sister became a star ball player in college persuaded the collegian to sigu sign 4 george absler a contract to play with the st loula louis browns of which team rickey had become ji manager lanager although he be had no jo minor league braining fra training ining except a few months summer ball he indulged in while still in college sister elsler immediately became a regular t eg after joining st louis sister was an all round found player he was a southpaw pitcher first baseman or outfielder fl and played any of those positions until the 0 season cason of when ho he was stationed permanently at first base year after year lie was near the top in batting base basa stealing and fielding this remarkable young oung man Is th the e exceptional player that bursts forth only once in a decade who la Is about as as mechanically perfect as Is humanly possible he Is a shining example of movement without effort ile he Is the smoothest easiest worker of all ball players and runs ai lightly as a feather wafred wafted through the air however brilliant a player there Is some doubt as to his ability to manage a big league ten team m sister siler Is what Is known as a dead player ile he lacks color ills his nature being passive rather than active lie ile has that eliat detached air rarely speaking to another player even it a teammate ile he never argues with the umpire or protests a decision only grice once during his career has lie he been been banished from the game for disputing a decision by the arbiter the spirit and aggressiveness that characterize character lee ty cobb are totally absent from sisters character whatever happens on the field of battle sister Is quite unmoved it to Is hardly likely that he will inspire his ahli men to victory when he himself Is so cold so silent A manager utterly lacking fire and dash Is scarcely apt to get the best beat work out of ills his players |
