Show SO X CO I X X Flagstead Rates as Great M W third sacker shortstop outfielder outfielder out out- CATCHER fielder lumberman steam fitter filter raiser call caU of game ome chickens and English 14 ducks and addicted to sightseeing with an V ambition to make a trip around the world r Ill I'll I That's That Ira Flagstead star Itar hard working outfielder outfielder out out- IllI fielder of ot the Red Sox Soi zy o Rated as one of the greatest outfielders I c In tn the tbt game to today ay Flagstead works hard bard I because he knows no other way lie always 1 has hns worked hard lie Ile always has tried to give his employer the best he had In him T and that's why the Boston Doston fans remembered e him hm with a Flagstead day dill last summer Bummer 8 Flaggy Is more than a mere center fielder v For several years dears ear he has hns been franked flanked by 8 rookie or crude gardeners at Fenway field Ira r Flagstead 8 and It has hns been Iras Ira's voluntary task to try to j In till In them some Idea of how to play the outfield without wearing wearies V V a mask and protector to avoid ovoid being hit bit by misjudged fly balls bails In fact t J Boston Doston writers often hove have referred to him as os the Sox Outfield tI And yet was ever thing but bUI an on outfielder before he h. h e I became one of the best fly catchers In the land There was a 8 ball field across the street from his home In his native town of ot Montague Mich i i anI and he was the town teams team's catcher at ot the ape age of ot sixteen Then he listened to Horace Greeleys Greeley's advice and ami went West lie he put in two t years In a lumber mill In Little Rock Hock Wash lIsh moved to Olympic Olympia Wash ash first ns os a mill worker then ihen us liS a 0 steam litter Incidentally incidentally Incident Incident- ally he kept on catching Finally at the age of twenty four much later latr In life than the average player breaks Into the pro game he signed with the Tacoma Tocoma team of the Northwestern lem league and caught 4 and played third 1 base buse and the outfield lie Ill batted bolted and found his way to Detroit which farmed hits him out OUI outto to Chattanooga after using him behind the bat In one ne exhibition game gume lie tie batted In the Southern league also and anti hack back to 10 Detroit he come to remain four seasons and then be sold to where he has 4 then eUen his iris best ever eyer since discouraging conditions For Instance Boston Doston outfielders seldom shift for tor various batsmen Why Is s that Flagstead Because e we have hae had so mun many young pitchers lacking locking In control Behind a pitcher who has lias control tike like Sam Jones Uhle Braxton Draxton or lloyt Hoyt on an outfielder has hal t 11 some Iome Idea where the ball Is to be he pitched and to what field neld the butter batter should hit It hut But when you are behind n a young pitcher who Just hopes that his offerings will be strikes you OU Just trust to luck you IOU are playing f the batter correctly Oh yes he Is one of ot the few ball bull players who does not play cards i Does not even rend read during the baseball season ns liS he belh ves es It ft might affect his hits batting rye eye And he spends his winters fishing for tor salmon and trout and aDd raising game roosters and call all ducks Such Suh a life lite he opines will keep him In the majors for a f few w more years 4 a. a I |