Show STARS AT INITIAL hobi atzel red flayer player ranks high with major league bassman baseman good with stick lacking in years but already rank ed as one of the excellent celent ex players of the day is richard car fon on hoblitzel the heavy port side hitter ditl T and able first baseman of the reds hobby Is only 22 years old but if a man was asked to pick a better first sacker counting in hitting ability winning spirit and general disposition he V AW first baseman hoblitzel would be hard put to find a name to lace place ahead of that youngster from west virginia two brief years ago hobby was in tn unknown quantity when he reported to the reds at atlanta in the ihring of 1909 it looked tor for a time as it if he would be beaten tor for the first L t 1 I A atal i A A jut base job by chick autrey a left hand er and a player of much more elpe ce than richard but by dint of sticking to his work tenacity hobby robby non a out in the fight for the position and now there Is not a club in the league which would not be proud to number him among its regu lar players |