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Show Ball Players Should Keep Out of Literary Field, Says Wallace H TVTANAGER BOBBY WALLACE of B the St. Louis Browns is ono ath- H lcte who believes that ball players IH should stay out of the literary field. H Sir Roderick thinks the two profes- H sions do not mix and says the ball IH player should attend to ball playing IH and let tho baseball writers attend to IH their own branch of tho sport. This is iH what Wallace says on the matter: H "I do not bcllevo that the ball player, H no matter how smart, can write base- IH ball any bettor than sporting writers H can play the game. It looks to mo like IB two dlffcront kinds of business I IH know that when you are on the field H you sec the game from an entirely dlf- H fercnt angle than you do off tho field. H Anyhow, whon ono player attempts to IH criticise the work of another ho la H bound to bump into trouble. You know H tho baseball writers, as a general rule, H aro very fair to all members of a team, H and tho players appreclato that fact. H but tho player who attempts to pass H upon tho work of another player is IH likely to get himself into hot water. H Wo had somo fino examples of that not IH many months ago. As for me, I'm off IH that stuff. Ball plalng is my business, H not writing, and you couldn't hire me H to get out of my own lino." H |