Show I I I I l I I I I REB RUSSELL IS SLIPPING Sensation of National League In 1922 Proves I Big Bust I PITTSBURG Jan 19 11 One One ot of oth Ithe the biggest est flivvers r ot of th past put te i- i ion I son on on In the National ague I-ague a was 35 Reb Russell U lo loo o of the pirate I f IR who was acquired fro IT In the tho th middle of or the 1922 campaign when his hla I tence bunting tence-bunting busting prot proclivities 11 I Ilea were er the th tik hll or of the tho circuit failed to com come any any- anywhere wh where re near 11 using Ing up to the repute repute- reputation tier tion he h established In the ao ion All told the tho th former White Sox Sex pitcher who ho took up playing 11 the he outfield 1 when h hn ho lost lo C hill us arm got I Into 94 games game gm In many of them though he only appealed cd in the therole therele role rele ot of pinch-hitter pinch He H crashed out I 84 hits hita for a total ot of bases HI Ilk 1 batting a wa a was I When Russell Ruell Joined the Puts Pitts- 1119 buir bUIll club dub along In July of Hl H great things T v vere ore ere expected of ot rum ran Cat Cast b by Comiskey when hen his hla southpaw finger finfer had played It IC lout I out the rebel person took up paying pay yay Ing tho th lie outfield for or the tho th Millers Al- Al Al Always Ia I ways cas k a good rood batter goon learned the art of cha do down don n fly ball and antI a rII 1 reg regular eg ular bier position on the th- th n octet octet- 1 ter Shortly thereafter Russell corn eom- com commenced I m driving the th bull belt out ot t Ih the double A park parks HI Ills ability to tonn massage masae n the th horsehide the attention of big bg bl r league Ith 5 ith th the result that tit signed him to a contra contract t tIn In the maJol major Russell got sot off toa toa to a good tart start In 60 0 gam garne lie he batted let and crashed out 12 home runs HI El stick work orl k kept pt the th faltering Pirates Pirate In time th canter Russell wa I w the biggest sensation of the lie sea on HI tome bick wa as lauded But In 1923 Russell failed to keep kep pace with lIh Ills lila performances p of oC the previous pre campaign n He H un t the Hussell Bussell of oC 1922 1 23 Not by aIde a wide Ide margin marrin National league ere acre out to get ef him And they did For Pcb Reb ud of oC bein th the bl big bis gun run In tn I ih the h Pirates battem battel didn t Hn make the tho grade ra rad e AS a a The fhe Th ls got ala nis nl num- num num-ber num her And Ana with Ith that cI ho he lost loot his bl much talked talked-of batting dc e With It of course cours went nt the lie confidence he knew w In 1921 1 22 1 0 Now he has hI out At e st that s the present 5 viewpoint ie poInt judg- judg judging ln ing Cr from m hi hH hk 1923 record He n l ni-ms ni ling find himself again acain next season seaon And nd he not It may a problematical h |