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Show Bentley Valuable at First or as Pitcher Jack Bentley's batting aud pitching averages for last season make it a difficult matter for a manager to decide de-cide whether the big fellow Is more valuable as a first baseman and hitting them hard and often or as a pitching pitch-ing star. This has been quite a puzzle to Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore Balti-more Orioles. Bentley took part In 153 gnmes last season, during most of which he acted as first base guardian. He was C10 times at bat, scored 109 runs, made 218 hits (of which 22 were home runs), for a .349 average. He stole six bases and ranked third in the unofficial batting bat-ting league averages compiled for the Intertill tlonnl lengue. As a pitcher he turned In 13 victories and suffered only one defeat; Rochester administered this lone defeat. ' In 1921 Bentley ranked third In the International -league averages with percentage of 371. |