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Show WHAT THEY SAY EDDIE ROU8H. The story of how Edu.e Roush, star outfleldei of the Reds, can throw as Well with his right hand as with his1 left, dates back to his kid days. He! says: "I have always been natural south-1 p ft . Throwing ami batting left-hand-! ed Is my regular style. But when I Started out as an amateur In mv home town in Indiana l found it Impossible to secure a right-handed glove The only gloves In stock were tor the left hand- Also I was called upon to play In the Infield a rp i.t deal nnd a left-, handed Inf (elder Is not ro good, so I learned how to throw with my right h mil I have, always batted left-hand-! ed, though." GEORGE SISI.KR. The great batting of George Sipler this season Is described by him as be-I be-I Ins "Just a streak of good luck" He' says. j "There Is nothing wonderful about mj playing1 I ploy hard and try to help my team win, but so do all the I ; other boye. and thcre Is not a player 'on the St. J.ouls team but what de-I de-I serves the mmu credit for trying to! twin. I have happened to hit better; thun usual this seuson because I have' I been able, for some unknown reason, to da. ,. the hall out or reach of the opposing fielders a good share of the time. I'd like to remain well over the t00 mark all season and establish aj new record. 1 would hardly b hu-rnan hu-rnan if 1 did not desire those things.! Ibut If 1 fall below my goal I shall! have no regrets for 1 will know that. It has been through no failure of mine, to try hard all of the time. " JOE BENJAMIN. A fighter has to leave his own door-, Istep If he wants to make good, accord-I Ing to Joe Benjamin, Pacific coast lightweight, who has been taking les-1 sons from champion Benny Leonard: for the past year. He says: "Get away from home. You can't' intake good In your own back yard. And If you can't make good In some one; elite's back yard then you better qulti 'boxing and go back to paper-hanging! or plumbing or what (Ter it was you ; jwtre doing when you started to box."! oo |