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Show . Bill Kamm and Stanley Harris Are Turned Down Bill McGowan tells a couple of good ones on Jimmy Hamilton, popular Nashville manager, who once joshing-ly joshing-ly was referred to as the manager of four teams simultaneously one on the field, one on the bench, one coming com-ing and one going. When Hamilton was manager of the Vancouver team of the old Northwest-em Northwest-em league, a few years ago, he got a wire from Bill Rodgers, then manager mana-ger of the Sacramento team, which read : "Can send you eighteen-year-old third baseman named Kamm. Looks good." Hamilton Immediately wired back: "Thanks, can't use Kamm. Too young." Jimmy, according to McGowan, put's that down as one of the chief boners, but believes, as things turned out, he made even a more grievous boner when be was pilot of the Muskegon team of the old Central league. In looking over his reserve material in the spring, Jimmy's eye ran across the name of a young Infielder named Harris who hail made a hatting average aver-age of .100 tlie season before. He sent the youngster his release. The player was Stanley (litlcky) Harris, now manager of the world's champion Nationals. |