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Show Schaefer Made Good With Promised Blow Even today baseball fans delight la recalling some of the comedy stuff the late Germany Schaefer used to perform per-form on the ball field. Once when the Tigers needed a run to make things Interesting In nn extra Inning game at the old White Sox park on Thirty-ninth Thirty-ninth street, Germany performed. Manager Jennings hnd called Schaefer Schae-fer In from the coaching line to bat for somebody. Germany, stulklng up to bat, turned to address the crowd tn his characteristic fashion. "Schaefer will now hit a borne run." he said. And the best part of It was, be did slam a four-bagger Into the left field stand, one of the longest hits of the season. Another time Schaefer was coaching for the Washington club. lie proceeded proceed-ed to Inform the crowd as to the various vari-ous signs used by the battery and by his own batters. The Senator at the plate had drawn two slrlkes and three balls when Germany Ger-many shouted, "Here's the safe bit signal." The batter promptly fanned. "He crossed me," yelled Schaefer. |