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Show NEW TOY IS QUITE AMUSING Manikin Makse Lusty Swipe at Baseball Base-ball Whan Spring la Rslssssd BaU Like Ty Cobb. An Ingenious and amusing toy has been designed by a Massachusetts man and la ahown la th lllustratloa. A manikin, with pivoted aruia and a bat In Its handa, la fixed on a base-board. On the other end of tha board a ball reata In a aballow hollow. A spring reacliea from tha manikin's handa to hla feet and there la a catch In tha back by meana of which hla banda can be pulled up and tha spring stretched. A cord with a handle on It Is attached to tha catch and raleaaes It when pulled. pull-ed. When tha catch la released tha spring pulla tha figure's hands down Manikin Ball Player. and tha bat, which has a wing on tha end, makes a sweeping slam at tha ball. Usually It hUa It, being adjusted adjust-ed for an accurate abot, but a raise la no mora than even a Ty Cobb might do. |