Show HI HIRED ED MAN KNEW THE GAME I His Dexterity on First Base Surprised th the Youngsters Until They Learned i j iMore More of His Career I In the American Magazine Hugh S. S Fullerton writes an article entitled The Making taking of ot a Big Leaguer It ig is the story or of one of the greatest baU bali players in the United States as told by himself to Mr Fullerton This pla player er was a n. country boy and of ol cours cours' cours began to play the game early He Ho tells the following story about an Incident of his boyhood Father had a hired man named Ned a tall quiet fellow with a pair ol of blue eyes that seemed always about to laugh but seldom did He had been x J with us a year He got drunk periodically peri pen lly and after each spree father hunted him up and brought him back back- backo backo Jo o o work We asked him to play with us and he laughed and said he reckoned reck reek cued he would try to play first base If it paw would let him off I fixed it with father and Ned played first barehanded barehand ed ed making catches and stops that filled us with astonishment Also he made five home runs two into the railroad pond and three into the barn lot back of left field V Walking home that evening he told me he had played ball professionally yet It was not until tw two years later that I learned he once had been a famous outfielder with a great team Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of or CASTORIA a safe a and d sure remedy for infants and children and see that It Bears the theIn d Signature of f In Use For Over 30 Years v Children Cry for Fl Fletchers Fletcher's Castoria Castoria- |