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Show 1-1 I I I I I I -t-H-H-H- t -I -I -I-1 I H-t I I I I I 1 M ! I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I I ; I I I M-H-H- :: SLUGCER IS GIANT LN STRENGTH $ X. -. "TTT doubtful if Micro is a more powerful man in fill organized h:ie- T ball, or one more nearly approaching physical perfection, than 'Tow- ,- Jj erhouso" Klein (if tlie Philadelphia Nationals. X. I "Powerhouse," who responds also to the names Charles and -r "Chuck," is the tweiity-three-year old sensation of the National league .j. 1 and one of tlie game's heaviest hilt its. y Klein stands six feet one In hip spiked shoes and weighs close to X 2D0 pounds, lint (iiitl an ounce of fat on this man mountain! lie is as hard as granite, .j. His hands, wrists, forearms and shoulders are massive. He has the Y. chest of u gorilla. Ills hips are slender and he walks with the rolling -j- .. gait of a Rallor. H Chuck Isn't handsome In the movie sense, hut he Is clean-cut, virile, .. a descendant of pioneers, hard-working men. X " "I have strength In my arms anil shoulders and I can swing a hat .. with every hit of strength I have," he said. "If I hit tlie ball fair It's a home run." 'J'li lit Is Ills simple explanation of how he clouts home runs. X " "Opposing pitchers don't bother me much," "Powerhouse" continued. "I wouldn't say this one is harder to hit than that one. They nil try - the same tricks, the main difference being that some are successful and " some aren't. V "Hitting home runs Isn't the main thing In baseball. The fans make V - the life of a home-run hitter miserable. No matter what the score Is, - I'. how many nro on base or who the jtr opposing pitcher is, if a batter has Jr .?. ; ' i M "-"j.. made a few homers the minute he f " ' ' ' " 7 ' i ('""l('s to t,ie plate the fans start .. f t, . , I jelling for a home run. And if the .. y "f ' i 1 batter doesn't deliver he's a hum. -. 1 Ij ' v " I "Many times I hit n hall to the .. ' " I outfield much harder than I do tlie ;; - - home runs that, go over the wall. .. V, v - j f rA Maybe that's where any magic in - . . t'it "le ",ln8 conies in. There certainly V - " T' f,'3 Nn't any science to It. There isn't X - f tte-. : )' a batter in the business who can k'y tel1 whether the ball he hits is go- T C j ' , ing over tlie wall or is going to be I! P- f' "kjs' a pop fly. After the bat connects .. 1 with the ball that's when you 'iflCtr know. When you get that solid " 3 ! smack, connecting about six inches " 4 f from the end of the bat, you know N sl 'J the ball is going to places outside '. :: J tl,e pnrk" t i; ; t "I think it takes a strong man ' 'jr to make baseballs travel. I have " f always worked hard mid played I! - ! s I f - luu't'- wlen I was a kid 1 worked H ItSBtUOsKliO i( I :,....s. in summer at road building. I I! " ' could then swing a heavy sledge- X Chuck Klein. hammer just about as easily as I can now swing a bat. " "Defore that I worked on the farm. I'm just another country boy - who finally reached the city. And, believe me, I don't mind one bit " .. when the time comes around for me to go back to the farm at tlie close ' of the baseball season." 4-M I I I I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I ! '1' 1"I-H"1"I Mill I -I--I -I -1 ! I |