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Show JAKE DAUBERT TELLS OF EARLY CAREER ON SHAMOKIN BALL TEAM mi. u)w MieuM Mmimn!W.fi i. ?! H , N V l . j ?: I- x - ' ! A ': I: L,, ' fc T i l Ft '.,$ 4 :A i v' i kX i :. &? Jake Daubert, two years batting leader of the National league, and now starring for the Cincinnati Reds, recalls re-calls an incident that happened tbe first year he broke Into baseball. Born at Shamokln, Pa., he worked In the coal mines, and finally got a chance to play with the Pottstown (Pa.) club In the state league. This was during the 1002 strike. He had a trial and fanned ten Shamokln Sha-mokln batters the first game, being a pitcher in those days. He was but sixteen years of age. Was Recognized. ' "A few days later the Shamokln arid Fottstown Elks got up a game, and there was great rivalry," says Jake. "I was supposed to pitch the battle for Shamokln, and took "Tickets' Day-wait, Day-wait, my catcher, along with me. As I warmed up in Elkwood park, Potts-town, Potts-town, the home Elks recognized me, and protested on the grounds that I was a pro because of that one game I had pitched for them. " 'Ill tell you what I'll do,' I said. 'Let Tickets pitch and I'll catch.' They agreed to this. I had caught a Uttle as a kid. "Well, to make a long story short, they had us beaten 12 to 7 at the start of the ninth. Their pitcher was overconfident over-confident and a combination of two walks and two hits scored four runs for us. This made it 12 to 11 against us with two out and a man on first. Over the Fence. "I came to bat. Our manager told me if I ever did anything to hit that bull. 'Do it now if you care for us,' he insisted. "I let the first one go by, and the second was right over. I socked It over the center field fence Into the deer yard for a homer. That made it 13 to 12 in our favor, and we held them safe that half of the round. |