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Show DIDN'T KNOW GREAT PLAYER Boy Would Have Fallen Down and Worshiped if He Realized of Whom He Was Speaking. Joe Tinker brought this story from the east with him. He declares Willie Keeler, now a scout for the Giants, told it on himself. Keeler likes nothing better than to watch a bunch of boys playing a "sand lot game." While scouting in a west-' ern league town late in the season he chanced upon such a game, arriving just in time to gee a lanky, scrubby-haired scrubby-haired lad, who was umpire, give a decision. The little captain of the team fighting the decision rushed up to Keeler. "Wasn't that a strike, mister?" he demanded. ' "Sure it was," replied one of the greatest batters in baseball history. "Aw," said the other kid captain, fiercely, "what does that old boob know about baseball, anyway?" |