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Show Outfielder Compelled to Climb Up Mountain Harry Lnyne, veteran International league outfielder, Is only one of many old-timers who has his favorite story, nis home town Is In the mountains of West Virginia, and few level spaces can be found for baseball fields. One diamond on which Harry played as a semi-pro sloped down from the infield. in-field. "One of the visiting team hitters cracked one over my head In the second sec-ond Inning and I started running," said Harry. "The ball kept bounding along in front of me. Finnlly I caught up with it and climbed back up the side of the mountain. When I got there the game was over, and every one had gone home.' |