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Show 'HAVING A jPpjgi 1 ? ,1 B1 Dl sN HI R, The greatest as.--( in sport Is cour-ace. cour-ace. Without It the player la gone gosling. Credit lnn olson. I ''odger shoriftop, . wltli "having a heart" li big round I capital b tters. ' He has taught Brooklyn fans a lasting last-ing lesson. No player in the major ' leagues hies been more thoroughly razed anil booed than the Swedish slole player. The fans have given him a Ionic, bird ride for f,c '.ears. FOOLS IM MILS But Ivan has fooled ins Worst ene-l mies (his sfiison. Two little wads of cotton did the trick. He stuffed his ears full of the fluffy fiber and let them rave on. ' His pluylng showed signs of Im-i Im-i provement when the nolsv voices of . the knockers were shut off from his est drum. He began to maki fever : hobble oil the infield. His bat be-i be-i came easier lo handle. I Today Olson Is hack In the gool i graces of the s.im- cl.in whlcn tried rl to drive him off the earn. R Via 111 RR1KS When oison lame to Brooklyn by the waiver route from- Cincinnati in he didn't crowd They booed him for bobbles on the pluylng field. I They rszsed hlm for falling to deliver with ihe at. They never let up with !helr chorus of hammer. This year Olson decided ne had ('.nod the music long enough. I' W88 a case f either win the fans over lo him or retire from the came The Panning made him nervous ind h" Couldn't pla' at his best. i OTTON IDI x But gooil obi (Jncle Wllbert like. I Ivan immensely. He likes a player that has courage. So they put tne'.r heads together The i otion Idep was originated And it has worked. Olson's playing play-ing Improved from the start. The fans climbed on his wagon and began to beer him and pull for hlm He's playing heads-up hasehall and Is a Plathush favorite today GOOD !,! ol I He may be playing over his head, hut what do wild fans care for that when they are e.tk-:.ie leaders. The hymn of hate has ben i hanged to the glad-hand melody. He doesn t use cotton In the ears 'any longer, i Good old Ole. I He has shown the greatest heart a ball plavrr ev er poss s' d |