Show JIM McLEOD ALLAROUND ALLAROUND ALL- ALL ALLAROUND AROUND ATHLETE Arkansas Rookie Signs to Play With Washington S. S J. J McLeod whom home folks call can Jimmie for short will go o up to the big time next fall tull with the goodwill houd and Interest of ot all the state stute of Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas for tor Jim Is an Arkansas ho boy Born in the shadow of Kavanaugh Ku field the home lot of the travelers Littie Little Little Lit Lit- tle tie Rocks Rock's Southern association team Jim Jiro McLeod Just lust grew Into s lH baseball hali He Is nineteen years scarf old quit his high school education and refused tomake to tomake tomal mal make e n a special trip to Chicago to represent rep represent resent his state In the time Interscholastic track meet Just to get el his nr first t tr tryout Out with the Arkansas Travelers this year And he has made mude good for the sale of ot the boy hoy to the Washington ton club Is said to e have involved Invoked ca cash h says a LittI Rock flock special to the Washington WashIngton Wash ington Inton Star The hur thou thought ht enough of his bis abil ahil- ability abilIty ity ty to quit school In order to have hn a n chance to make the Travelers clr and his sale thus vindicates his Judgment and the judgment of the Tra cler om With the local club he has heen been hatting about and his fielding has hus been heel sensational and steady McLeod was as to the bu boys s 's In school as ns Father Time and Daddy cl because he was slow about getting out outto outto outto to practice lie Ile Is an nn all around nth attn lete Ue Ile made State all end In football football foot foot- ball hall and played placed center with the champion cham chain champion pion plon hl high h school basket hasket hail ball team and made his letter In track with the dis dis- cus eus Refusing to the Chicago track meet caused him to be soundly panned but hut when he started malIng a mark murk markwith markwith with the Travelers his critics became his iris st strongest boosters The shortstop op who has meant so much to the local club this season probably ably will become known as the country country coun coon try boy hoy when he lie Joins time for he is Just a well weB built husky sandy haired ho boy hoy a a a second Travis Tra around Arkansas Jackson some sn say McLeod plays the time game every ery minute and fan about as ns often as he hits lilts but hat when hen he does docs hit it usually Is for extra extra extra ex ex- tra bases hases Manager Jack Steele an and President Edgar Allen of Little Rock Hod liked the way v he handled himself on the din dill mond from the time outset and despite his youth and Ine inexperience counted him as asa asa asa a regular before the f first week of spring practice w was vas JS ended Whatever er McLeod does in the big bip show shoo his work worl probably will he be watched with greater interest than rhan any athlete who has hns gone hone up from Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas In many ninny years ears With the exception of one year in semiprofessional baseball in do the hush hash leagues of Arkansas McLeod has hns had no more e experience in than LImn he lie has hats In other lines of sports Out I A Arkansas Va way he Is regarded as just justa a u bom born athlete |