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Show GOWDY, ALEXANDER AND OTHER PLAYERS SURE OF ROUSING WELCOME ON RETURN Baseball Players Who Will Do Popular With Fans Next Season When 8port Is Resumed. How would you llko to bo Hank Gowdy, stepping up to tho plntc, mask in hind, armor adjusted, nil ready to catch tho first gnmo of tho season? Or Grovcr Alexander, stalking out lo hurling hill, with tho whlto spheroid firmly gripped and tho crowd getting Its first gllmpso of you slnco tho 101S season? Fano Will Yell. Think of tlio reception that such men will bo given when tlio old gnmo comes back to Its own, nnd. tho old crowds gather In tho springtime I How tho stands will rock and trcmblo to tlio cataracts of noise; how tho fans will yell nnd bellow, nnd how tho presentations pre-sentations will bo offered all around the many cities I Thcro will bo great times around tho circuits, and doings which will never bo forgotten. It wdh u great thlifg to bo n big lciguo star-but star-but what could bo so great to a ball player as to hnvo been n big lengno star and given It nil up to go to war? As soon ns tho sport hns been declared de-clared n lcgltlmnto occupation for men of drnft ago again efforts will Lo mndo lo sccuro furloughs for tho athletes. Thrso furloughs will bo tho easier to obtain for tho reason that theso men will do a lot of good for tho worthiest causes. Percentages of big league receipts re-ceipts will bo given to tho Bed Cross and other chnrltlcs. Plea for Bustiers. Fairness ns well mi honest ndmlrn-tlon ndmlrn-tlon will bo shown by tho magnates. It Is their Intention to nsk tlio same privileges, tho snmo furloughs for tho youngest lengno recruit ns for Alexander, Alexan-der, Collins nnd Gowdy. Theso boys, ns yet unknown to baseball fame, went nbroad as gamely and cheerfully ns tho headllncrs, nnd tho leagues Intend to tnko caro of them In tho snmo way. |