Show OO aO O X O Jimmy Dykes eS Wants all S Hurling Job 0 DYKES the round veteran and Jack all trades on the J JIMMY Athletics tile the the man who cant can't be he placed wrong ron on a n diamond seems diamond lamon seems quite likely to go o through the season of W 10 19 as us a 11 pitcher likelier I It has been the ambition of the lie sturdy second shot baseman short I- I third stop-third first baseman-first outfielder baseman baseman what what Is he he to to try lIy his famed fast ball and his dinky curve a against the big hig league suckers In 8 games that are me Important In the pennant quest lie Ic is in a fair way nr to have ha that ambition gratified what results no one knows writes rites 8 Bill BUI Dolan In the Philadelphia Record o 4 o The conversion cOD of hard hitting 1 pitchers Into and outfielders out Q 0 g fielders fiel ers is not nn an uncommon un occurrence In baseball but but- buter er very few have hn made the transition from fromn other positions to that of pitching Bob nob Smith a rather light hitting infielder with the Boston Braves made glade the switch mound couple of seasons ago ngo with from rota a utility role to the pitching n a better than fair results and Dykes Dyles has just as fiS good a chance to at nuke the good goodon on the knoll as Smith The around all Mackman like Smith has a fine throwing arm one arm one a n. mite better than Smiths Smith's according to ball bull players who are familiar with both men men and and though D Dykes Dykes' curve cune ball may leave a n lot to be 4 desired his hool hook will vill improve c with experience and his speed should fit ft In nicely In a league that specializes in fast ball pitching D Dykes Dykes' les search for a n new position in which to exercise his talents of slugging and heaving baseballs comes as a result of the return of Joe Hauser to big league spangles This is a n happy anticipation for Hauser and no one oue Is sorry about bout his hi return but every good Ar i break must t have its victim and the corpus del delicti in this instance t Is Jeems Dykes who din ed the w k t. t f w. w hole at nt first base last fast seas season gesso n after WJ d of ball ball- v a number t the gap had tad cost a n t vt games Dykes D kes had ha occupied himself him J t b rn self in his previous years of baseball base base- P 4 ball hiking from froDl second base to short to third according to the t. p- p r need of the moment and nobody tk iA least of all Jimmy and Connie Mack r k had a n sus suspicion that the oft shifted oft shifted h J infielder was a great grent first baseman But nut good ns goo fiS Dykes D kes was as at a first r t t Ll I know Inow that if Joe t- t V 1 sacker the lie fans tk back In I w. w y Hauser comes anything an f like his time old-time form he will be sure to cop his job again and the T r worshipers ers at nt Dykes Dykes' D hies feet arc are bemoaning be p r rk their visions of his 4 t tf f m. m 1 moan moaning n return re re- turn to a utility role in Jimmy Dykes CH O O X O K OO X O |