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Show LIFE OF FAME IS BUT A DAY Willie Keeler, One of Greatest Players Play-ers of His Time, Is Made to Realize Truth. One sunny afternoon last fall, during dur-ing that period known as Indian summer, sum-mer, Young America, In the form of eighteen sturdy youngsters, were playing play-ing baseball in a lot. During the progress of the game a man bent with disease, slight of bone and spare of flesh stopped and watched the actions of the players. The sparkle in the eyes of the onlooker on-looker belled in his white hair he was living again the days of his younj manhood when he was the greatest but that's another story. A close play. "Out," said the catcher. "Safe," said the runner. "We'll leave It to dis man to decide," de-cide," said the catcher, pointing to sparkling eyes with the white hair. "All right," said the runner. So the appeal was made to Caesar for. judgment. "Out !" was the decision. "Hully gee!" said the discontented runner. "What does dat guy know about baseball?" The "old guy" was WlUie Keeler, famous as a player with the "Orioles" and one of the greatest hitters and base runners of his time. He was a member of the "big four" of those days, the 90's McGraw, Kelley, Jennings Jen-nings and Keeler. The life of fame is but a day! |