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Show GOOD QUALITIES OF SHORTSTOP FLETCHER Not Flashy, but Brainy and Most Reliable of Infielders. Splendid Work of Veteran Overlooked in Excitement Caused by Sensational Sensa-tional Playing of Outfielder Young and Larry Doyle. In the excitement caused by the sensational sen-sational hitting and fielding of Ross Young, the timely swatting of Larry Doyle and the generally fine work of the Giant team as a whole, the results obtained by at least one member of the cast have been somewhat overlooked, over-looked, says a New York critic. The player in question is Arthur Fletcher. It was 11 .long years ago that Fletcher first eased his way into a major league game, but he is still very much in the running. There are IXT - -- ' """ vv--.-- , Arthur Fletcher. more flashy shortstops In the game than the Colllnsville veteran, but John McGraw would hardly consider passing pass-ing Fletcher along in exchange for any of them. Injuries sustained on the eve of the opening of the championship season slowed Fletcher up in the first few days of play and finally forced him to full out of line and allow Eddie Sicking Sick-ing and Al Balrd to take turns at plugging plug-ging the gap between second and third bases. It irked him to remain on the bench, however, and he missed only six games. He was not In the best of shape when he reported for duty after his brief lay-off, and even now his back, wrenched in an exhibition game in mid-April, bothers him when he makes an unusually strenuous play, yet his physical condition is only faintly reflected in his work. Since resuming his place in the lineup line-up Fletcher has peppered the pellet at a .263 clip. This average is not a particularly par-ticularly remarkable one, yet when the details of his batting are scanned It will be found that his hits have been of a most timely nature. If Fletcher's batting has been of a timely nature his fielding has been doubly so. Of course he has hooted a few grounders, but at critical moments, mo-ments, when the blocking of a hard-hit hard-hit ball has meant the checking of an incipient rally by the opposing club, he has not been found wanting. |