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Show ! NEARLY GOT IN I 1'at Duncan, left fielder of the ( Cincinnati Reds, tells a story I ;' about the colonel of his regi- ? ment during the war who want- ; ed to raise a strong ball team. . ; He succeeded in rounding up J I; eight and sought a ninth. !; The men were drawn up in J 7. line and the colonel addressed 2 i them, asking if there wits any J I other soldier there who had good 2 I baseball experience that he fall t I out. ? I A man stepped forward named 4 ? Brown, who had played about ? twelve years in a Class D J league. The colonel asked brief- J ly what he had done. J J "Well, if you've been in the 1 game so long how comes it you 2 haven't gone to a big league?" J 1 he inquired. i 2 "I came close once," replied 2 2 Private Brown. "I was playing 2 shortstop and they picked the i i second baseman." 2 |