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Show TRIS SPEAKER BIDS FOR BIGGEST YEAR Is Hitting Ball Hard and Showing Unusual Amount jf Pep. Playing Shorter Center Field Than Year Ago, Racing Back for Occasional Occa-sional Ones That Go Deep Strong for Aviation. Tris Speaker will be more of a star this year than he was a year ago. That is indicated by the form shown by the Indian caplain to date. He is hitting the ball harder than a year ago and, if such a thing is possible, is displaying more pep. But that is not all. lie is playing a shorter center field than a year ago. Spoke, as he is universally known in baseball circles, revolutionized center fielding when he adopted a system of playing in close to second base and racing hack for the occasional ones hit to deep center. Last year it was commented com-mented upon that he was playing a Tris Speaker. deeper center than usual, and It was said it was because he wus slowing slow-ing up. Speaker says thut when the season is over he will complete the naval aviation course he Started last fall. "I am sorry I quit," Spoke said. "I want to be a full-fledged naval aviator, and I understand those of us who did not complete our course will be given a chance to do so next fall." And that Is not all Spoke intends to do in Ihe aviation game. The first chance he gets Spoke wants to arrange ar-range for a flight with Glenn Martin from Cleveland to some town where Cleveland, is to play the next day, like Detroit, Chicago or Washington. |