Show JIM mcle mcleod OD ALI ALE AROUND ATHLETE E arkansas rookie signs to play with washington S 1 mcleod whom home talks folks call gimmle Jimm le for short will go up p to the big time next fall with the goodwill good will and interest of all tile the state ot of arkan sus for jim Is an arkansas boy born in the shadow of Navana kavanaugh tigh field the home lot of the travelers tra velera little littie rocks southern association team jim jeru just grow grew lito into baseball lie ile Is nineteen years old quit hla his high school education and refused to wake make a special trip to chicago to represent ids his state lit in tile the interscholastic truck track meets just to get tits his farst tryout with the arkansas tr travelers celers thas year and lie he has made good for the sale of the boy to the washington club Is said to have involved cash says a rock kock special to the washington star the tha boy thought enough of lit hla ubal ity to quit school in order to hove a chance to make iti ahe the travelers and tits hla sale thus vindicates tits ills judgment and the of the traveler chils with the local club lie he has been batting about and ills his holding fielding has bus been a sensational nod and steady I 1 mcleod cleod was known to tile the boys in sc school hool ns as 10 rather athey time and daddy because lie he was slow about getting out to practice tie lie Is nn an all around athlete ile he made all state end la in toot ball and played center with the chaia plon pion high school basket bull ball team and made tits letter in track with tilt the ma dla ells cus refusing to anteal the chicago truck meet caused him to be soundly panned but when he started making a mark with the travelers tits hla critics became his strongest boosters boasters bo the shortstop who has meant so much to the local club this season probably will become known as the country boy when lie ho joins tin Griff nien for lie he la Is just a well built husky sandy halrid boy a second travis jackson some say around arkansas mcleod plays the game every minute and fang fan about as often as lie he hits but when he does lilt it usually la Is tor for extra bases basea manager jack steele and president edgar allen alien of little rock kock liked the way lie handled himself on tile the diamond from the outset and youth and inexperience counted him as a regular before the first week we ek of spring practice wis was ended whatever mcleod d does in the big show his work probably will be watched with greater interest than any athlete who has bus gone up from arkansas in many years with the exception of one year in sent baseball in the bush leagues of arkansas mcleod lins has had bai no more c experience ta in baseball base hall than lie he lias has in n other lines of sports out arkansas way lie he Is regarded as just a born athlete |