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Show JIMMY CALLAHAN OF if.' ' 7- " 1 'iV Bp- '-'p'. h Philadelphia. Pa Vprll 5. Catcher Ira Thomas of the Athletics was ask ed who. in his opinion, are the best runners in the American league. To this the veteran catcher made the rather surprising, but nevertheless neverthe-less interesting reply "For speed, tho best are Cobb, Milan and Collins, but If you asked me what baserunners ! watch most vigilantly I would quickly name George Morlarit) and Jimniv Callahan "I consider Morlarity the trickiest baserunner In the country. Win n b' i is on base you can't relax vigilance a second If he got on the paths as of-1 ten as Cobb I believe he would steal a hundred bases a season I don't think there is a more artistic pilfer er "Moriarity is considered a fast man but he is nowhere near Cobb Milan and Collins for speed, so that makes his dazzling performances all the more wonderful. li3 has the audacity to try anything He g ts a bigger lead on a pitcher than nny player 1 know of lie works away from the base Inch by inch and then hoi is: ahead He seems to Ret. top speed il a half second and always slides in' i the bag at a point furthered from t' man taking 'he bail "When he is on third base he is ns JT dangerous as dynamite Vnu ire working with a pitcher to get a bats- "j man, and before you notice it Moriar- ; I itj has slid into the plate He can i. i home more artistically and lii !J bigger pinches lhan any other player, j Whenever Moriarity Is on base I have learned from experience that I ha?o to pay more attention to him than the. j batsman, or I am lost. n "Jimmy Callahan, now in hi? r'.'Uh W1 rear, gives me jusi ns rui'-h trouble. 9$ Surely the conscientious work of this IBt veteran, who first put on a major ml league uniform as a regular In 197, Bf Is a lesson to younger players Cal- B) tahan deceives you. He never jock- :9 - from a bag for a bi. In:' -'.md fc stock still four feet from the bag and tj looks as if his thoughts were in Chi- . na Callahan never makes a fake break. When he turn?, his back he 3 m keeps on going He is absolutely fear- less, and will take any kind of a j chance. He will sneak home on noCi- 1 in;: No natter what chances he takes J he gets awaj with it nine rimes out 1 of ten I consider Callahan one of the marvels of baseball He Is better j than half of the so-called stars who are ton years his juniors i GEORGE MORIARITY M |