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Show Bill Carrigan Pays Ira . Flagstead Big Tribute Bill Carrigan paid tribute to Ira Flagstead, star outfielder of the Boston Bos-ton Red Sox, by calling him one of the finest all around players in the game and a performer with the real old-time spirit. "I'd like to have a team of Flag-steads," Flag-steads," remarked Carrigan. "He's a throwback to the old-fashioned ball player who loves the game and gets a decided kick from r'nying it. He Is a good club man and mt at all difficult to handle. I don't like thai phrase 'difficult to handle,' but you ask me about it and I answer. "Big league ball players are not difficult dif-ficult to handle. But, just the same, it is positively refreshing to have a sincere, conscientious fellow like Flaggy Flag-gy on your ball club. He's quiet, and yet he is aggressive and wants to win all the time. You may notice that he crowds the plate up there at the bat. That is the type of batter the average pitcher does not like. Flaggy gets knocked down more than any other player on the team, but he is always on his toes, of the quick, nervous type which finds little difficulty getting out of the way." |