Show I TERMED THE SEASONS SEASON'S FIND I Push em cm up Tony That Is the favorite expression of New York at present It closely rivals what line has been the college yell of the Yankee Yanke supporters for years Bust one Babe For Ton Tony Lazzeri relaying playing his first year under the the big tent Is ari ad an established favorite In New York Without a doubt Tony erl I tl A H SM C I I 1 t 64 4 H A S ti TONY LAZZERI L Is one ot of o the best looking young infielders to break brenk Into the Amer Amer- AmerIcan American ican lean league In years He Is des des- destined destined des destined tined to bo be a 0 star a 0 talked much talked much about athlete In tact fact already Is th the subject of considerable gos- gos gossip gossip gos gossip sip Lazzeri Is colorful He has hu an easy enoy graceful style In the field Is last fast and at the bat takes a healthy cut cut-at cut at the ball that that Sets gets great distance when he connects connect Tony Is not strong on i or oratory tory Ho Ito Is a tough guy to In- In Interview Interview In Interview You play baseball with lIh your head hands and feet not your mouth Is Tonys Tony's favorite expression elon sion when some tome scribe tries to get him to talk about himself While Tony Is very appreciative of all the tho kind words that hav have been said about him he much pre pre- prefers pre prefers fers the newspaper men to draw on their own imagination for copy rather than talk about himself Lazzeri camo came to the tho Yankees as aa asa aaa asa a shortstop He lIe looked rather awkward a a trifle trifle out of place In the spring pring when shifted to second base There was much m ch skepticism as to whether he ho would deliver Since being assigned to second he has has has- improved his hie play with each game already looks the p part rt ot of the finished ball baIl player and Is certain erbin to be one ono of ot the tho best best mon men that has ever played that position In the majors Recently he was shifted sh to tn shortstop when MerIt Mark Koenig slumped In his work ork He Ho has performed brilliantly at hIs bis old position That Is pays to Ramble gamble In base base- baseball baseball ball Is proved by the case of Lat Laz- Latzer Laz zerl zer When the Salt Lake Lako club of the Pacific Coast Cout league put a aprice price of ot on Lazzeri L New NewYork NewYork NewYork York was waa the only club Interested The reason Serious doubt as asto asto asto to Tonys Tony's ability to hit whit major league pitching pitching- The Tho- case easo of ot Paul Strand who cost Mack Slack only to flivver was fresh In the tho minds of ot the tile magnates magnate The consensus ot of o opinion was that the air of oC Salt Lake was responsible for tor Strands Strand's aver er average average ae age Since Lazzeri had won fame under tho the same sarno conditions he was 11 placed In Strands Strand's class Last season Lazzeri hit lilt for Salt Lake drove In the amazing total of oC runs and set a home home- run home run record with 60 J Now New York pave gave aVI and five players for Lazzeri practIcally and he Is worth every cent of ot It and then some Borne I And Lazzeri b by the tho way waT assist assist- assisted assisted t-fd t ed by Oscar of ef St Lout has aroused new Interest Interest-In base base- baseI I ball among the fans of ot Italian blood Is the recruit whose fine finc work ork once he ho struck his stride has haa done dono much to round out the St Louis Loula Brown Browns now playing winning winning pennant baseball 00 |