| Show A WAX MAX FLACK IS diminutive FED outfielder I 1 SECOND TY COBB hie his ability to beat out bunts ha his surprised many pitchers of in 0 dependent L logu he Is alc alec batad as herd hard hitter max flack the diminutive outfield er for aba chicago fed feds Is in look looked upon by ab arly all of the club 0 ibo the new now organization as its the fattest fastest mon 1 ID in tho the le league aspic writes jobu john 0 soy boys in the chicago dally daily news hie ilia abili ity to beat out bunts hae has caused sur uri prise for many pitchers and third basemen who upon fielding elding fl tho the ball cleanly found flack bad had reached the initial bag bago is built much on tho thu lines of tommy leach of tho the cuba cubeb although alth cugh be he lit a loft left banded handed batter battern 1 while tommy bite hits naturally in the outer garden flatka peed has carried him under many hard bit hip belli bells which with a slower man in the left park would have gore for lon long hite hits he lie aim also bas has a marvelously g gaoa left arm and has stopped half halt a dozen runners at the plato plate who bave have tried to core on bort short hite hits or fly tulle bulls maxi it a bu a way ot of setting himself whan j ever bo he grabe grabs a fly especially if it there Is a runner on waiting to tako take celance of mooring after the ball Is caught thie this young athlete la fis a place bit hit ter maxe maxs favorite spot la in juat just ove oven the bead head of the second baseman bae oman he sometimes drope drops the ball out of th tho reach of tho right fielder and thil this en able ables max to take two bases seventy 4 fire ove per cent of the singles max has made have been bean between first and sec 1 1 ond bases on the bunte bunts which bo he beat out every one of them went either down the third base line or between A 4 max flack of chicago fede fads the pitcher and third baseman and he bej falle falls to beat one to the ba when he catches jhc third eacker sacker play ing back in file bla regular position lon the young man played the out outfield tel for peoria in the three I 1 league last ye year and batted in games hi ha tied for third place in the league alth flannagan of decatur these practically led the league the only two men ahead of them were of danville who u ho batted but play player beep cl in only 71 games and kommers of springfield now with ith st SL louis fada who batted in 60 games during the season with peoria which u was as a tall end ball club ing absolutely laet last flack stole 42 bases and led the league in thievery which was mas rather a marvelous performance for mance on such a club it was bla his great speed that enabled him to estate estabi i lish this mark in the gamed played max got hits for a total oc ot bases he lie bagged 26 doubles and it 18 triples but failed to draw a hamerl homer flack la is twentythree twenty three years of ago ge and his home Is in east st louis he has been placing ball only two tuo yeam and manager tinker predicts that michl ltha another ears training in fast company this oung man will mill be one of or the sensations of tho the game |
