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Show AMOS STRUNK IS SHOWING CLAS: Says the Philadelphia North American: Ameri-can: Amos Strunk, who for threo seasons has been reserve outflolder for the Athletics, Is doing fine all-around all-around work as a regular this season It was only a question of Strunk's knee uiendin? for Amos to get a fixed post with the raonarchB of baseball. Strunk was badly Injured In 1910, when he was afflicted with water on tho knee. It hurt his play that season and last year This spring Strunk reported re-ported to Mack without showing the faintest trace of he old rouble. He has outgrown the hurt and can now use the leg with the greatest freedom. As a result Strunk has played brilliant bril-liant ball. Always a grayhound for speed, Strunk has been unusually fast this year, because he doesn't have to favor his knee any more. While Strunk decan't rank as an extremely ex-tremely hard hitter, he is a fair batsman. bats-man. He Is a capital performer on tho paths, and can go from first to third on almost anything. This makes him a Btcaxly run-getter. In fielding, Strunk doesn't have to go to school to any one. He is easily the best ground covering outfielder the Mackmen have had since tho days of David Fultz From the Fultz era to the present time, no Mnck outfielder outfield-er has ever approached Amos in fleld- Ing .skill, yet men like Harlsol, Hoffman, Hoff-man, Lord nnd Murphy hnve been regarded re-garded as excellent defensive players. Amos has a quick wit. Jn last Wednesday's Wed-nesday's game with Boston, Trls Speaker punched a terriffic liner toward to-ward tho scoro-board. Amos was plajlng in left center and had a long run to get near the ball. He quickly saw that never with his hands could he stop tho ball. It would fly past him and roll under the scoreboard for a homer. All the time, Strunk was dusting across the turf nt full speed. Taking a desperute chance, he made a headlong head-long plunge on the grass. The ball hit his body and dropped. It was a double for Speaker, anyway, but Strunk's dramatic dive had saved a home run. Strunk Is constantly Improving In his hitting, and Mack believes that ho will in time achieve as much fame on the inside as on the defense. Amos is only 23 yenrs old. so still has many seasons left for development. |