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Show SLUGGER FLAGSTEAD WINS REGULAR JOB Rookie Got Into Line-Up When Shorten Was Injured. Has Played Excellent Ball in All Departments De-partments and Is Hitting Above .300 Mark Not Expected That He Will Fizzle. Ira Flags I end, who was secured by the Detroit Timers from the Chattanooga Chatta-nooga team of the Southern association, associa-tion, -where he gained n reputation of being a consistent, hitter, went well (luring the training stay at Macon and subbed in center In the early games hofore Cobb joined the club. Then lis was on the bench and he was expect- : , . ' ' I ;: , 1 7 V ' u r- 1 ! - r , fi V " i - N Ira Flagstead. ed to stay there, to be ready for emergency duty in the outfield. The rest Is an old story. Shorten injured bis leg near the end of the v training trip, got in the opening game against Cleveland and then was forced out of the lineup when his leg again gave him more trouble. Flagstead got three bils In that second sec-ond game against the Indians, has played excellent bail m all departments depart-ments ever since and now is the club's regular right fielder. He has been hitting more than ."00 most of the time, much of it in pinches. Khorlen's misfortune was his good fortune. Many oilier hull players with butting but-ting marks almost as big as Flag-stead's Flag-stead's have come from the minors and failed in the majors where they found the pitching too good. Ira may also fail for the same reason, but there seems little chance. He has faced' the best pitching in the 4 league and hit far above the average; in fact that is why he is sticking in right, after starting there as a substitute. sub-stitute. Many minor league phenoms have been curve-ballod out of the majors, but Flagstead has shown no weakness against this kind of pitching'. pitch-ing'. lie is fast on bis feet, covers a lot of ground and has ;i strong arm. lie li:;s faced several trying si! nation and his judgment at those times has been good. |