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Show Carmen Hill Waited Long; Time g a o a f y ACK In 1:15 a lawyer of Corey, I';!., was to it"-! ress.d .y the c- r" work of a kid pitcher Liie high school I .;i sl m ; I nine of the O ' aforementioned town that he r : I his friend. Fred Chirk, K 11 1 j ; i j t him. rJ'li e pitcher's name lin;pe::l to he Car. ,1.11 Hill. He P was signed by (In; Pirates in March i.f that year and then fanueil o j out to Vijiii'-tnu'ii (Ohio) for the ? ! U si : :i g has ha: 11 a baHle ti Hill. L'p hill all the way ami most of tils time against groat odds. The tragic trag-ic death ot his little son some years ago gave that brooding look to his dark eves. summer. Recalled in l In; fall, he' c pitched !" innings an I allowed the J enemy .t n run. And yet the Ki snows of twelve winters were to fall on Forbes held and he melted CS by as many returning springs, be- 5 fore this bey was to take his reg- ular tun in I he pitcher's box for the Finite team. And when his 5 turn did come be used it so well a that he n 22 and lost 11 games $ in his first big league year. 5 It is doubted if any big league hall player of till time, not except- h ing Krenier, Rentloy, Holey, Wileey 5 Moore, cr any of the long-term 5 slaves of the minors, worked and $ wailed as long as did Carmen Hill $ for his chance. The I'irales kept S him on the farm for Iwo years. j$ releasing him to Birmingham in 9 11)17. In the interval, he had $ served on Ihe farm at Rochester. lie pitched for Kansas City in if 191S. About t Ins ti.ne Hill got 2 tired of l'ai'iii life and threatened ; t lo quit haschall. as a big league ! K berlh seenr.M to recede rather 3 than approach him in his career. 8 A splendid type of man is Cars' Car-s' men Hill. Serious almost to that 8 point where he might he . termed g somber, reserved and even aloof 5 to strangers,, yet if one pene-K pene-K t rales that reserve and wins his S confidence be finds a deep, strong, S earnest, admirable character. Life Hill was hut Carmen Hill. t? nineteen w hen M he left high school at the lure ol A Ihe 'irate chief. His haschall rec- ord seems like a romance. No a pitcher in llie majors had much X of an edge on ibis veteran rookie (J of lasi year when he finally did x arrive after his lL'-yeai journey. Wide, sweeping curves, lots ot speed, a baffling d -livery and u cool head and a game heart ami 11 R steel arm. he worked in over forty g games and brought that aid to the g i'irale staff that was necessary to jfj win the (lag. I!e was beaten in his c world se'-ios game, "but not dis- 5 graced. Let them say what they 6 will, it was not poor pitching thai X, cost the I'irales the series in four 9 straight games. Krenier, Hill and S Milius all pitcied wiih great effec- g tiveness against I he slugging Yanks. S |