Show Western Ph Phen en oms Prove Fizzles I I THERE WERE NO BARGAINS KAMMS HALES STRANDS AND WHO CAME UP TO THE MAJORS AT FANCY fiGURES ONLY TO FALL DOWN AND BREAK THEIR T A I I II n Bi BIILY Il Ii nA C CHICAGO H HIts Its It 8 the That is the th way the folks out 0 explain many of ot the th phe phe- phenomena of ot their great country ill sebU ar wonder wonder- wonder It 11 the climate might not i the other way relative to ome torn at atthe the tar pia placers ers of ot that section DurIng the pMt past two sears ears sev sov- several eral major league club 0 ners ha e been jolted In Ih era tho tar far est For Instance John of ot the New Xe York Ginns Ginn's paid 75 tor JImmy o C Connell In icil money The mon mon- man ag of ot the Giants figured 0 Con Con- Connell Con Connell nell would n a n place In the out out field and gh s e tho th club IL a batting punch 10 Mort of ot tho th time since joInIng the th Glints GI 0 Connell has haa done bench duty h A The hite So Sox paid a reputed price prie of ot tor or Third Baseman DIll Bill Kamm KammIn In the th field Kimm omm has Hied up to nil all ance ad notices but t done so well ell at tho th bat Recently at his own request he w 1 wn taken out of ot the came and ghen l en a tew da s rc t tA A l ear ago Connie Mack paid In Inthe Inthe the of ot tor Third Ba eman Hale Hale had previously tried by Detroit and ond tent M wa confident ho h would add much to the h Athletics AI Al lowIng for tor his hi fault the leader of ot the th As A's was confident he would supply a batting punch to his club HALE SIAi ATT AT T Last icar car Hal who ho had bat batted bat bat- batted ted around In the th Coat league slumped to with the year when hen he tolled to do en c n as well ell he h was benched In ta favor or of ot Probably tho th of ot Macks Mack's entire base base- baseball baseball ball career carer as wa the th shO ot Paul Strand recently sent to the th Toledo club of ot the American Strand wasa n 50 Last car or with Salt Lak In the Cont Coa t league and Id organization In hitting Ith tho remarkable of ot tor lU Strand In ama Illg amas-Illg that R er a er- er og ace made hit hlf Including 48 home run 13 triples and 66 dou- dou doubles dou double bles ble He batted In runs run S D I S PHOU-S S J Surly Surely Strand will Ill gh cHe e my club cluba a punch thought I ek the ho h hit only a lit lit- little lit little tle better than The do sy iy that the high alti- alti altitude alti altitude tude of or Salt Lake City hero Strand pia 01 plu the short helped In his hi 1923 Coast batting Its Its It's the climate may be a proper explanation of ot tho ot SOme ot th the highly touted coast ata star to como corn thi ouch Pour four major league ow 0 ners ho hoe ha e pent a quarter of ot a n million dol- dol dollars dollars lars tor Kamm 0 Connell Haland Strand and as a yet haven't much of ot a run tor or their money |