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Show BY THE INSIDER j I IVORY. That famous stuff which elephant! Wtoar on then upper lip Is selling in the bushes now At prices high and flip. RAIP. The raids they're pulling in the sticks Revi,. that ancient wheeze That "He who hesitates i3 lost " They rt buying lots of cheese PRO! 1 1 BERING. Most any dub who owns a glove, And wears those hobnailed shoes, U retailed now at figures which Give managers the blues. SP1 I I LAYING. They're snatching every busier Who socks like Mister Babe KorRetting morning-glories, And how they ufttlnies fade. "h Boy The "ivory" hunters are beating tho tall buahes, Big-time scouts are signing up minor min-or leaguers by the real bale for the real kale The Detroit Tigers onlv have been able to get their fins on IS bushers so far. Ivory hunters hae Strict instruc-tlons instruc-tlons to buy, steal, or grab olf promis-l;ig-looklng talent and bring them In, dead or alive. Connie Mack's delegate nas landed B bunch of P. C L. boys, not to speak of the S. A and the W. L. and othei iifl bevo circuits. : Both Mack and Shlbe wanted Frank Brow- : the socking Reading first- ' baseman, so bad they could taste H II They could use one of these birds, too I They had it doped out that Brower would just about make the Athletic: for next ear Money was no object. But Foxy Clark Griffith out-foxed Connie, Other big league clubs are giving the minors an awful combing. too They are all on the band-wagon In the grand hunt for "ivory" Every one will probably get what he's look-Ing look-Ing for. One generally does, you know. The Red Sox cut loos, and speared I a small kid by the name of Al Clay-I Clay-I ten Al only weighs 215 pounds. Prases hetfrd the midget could heave i horse-skin 337 feet and figured he fl ought to be able to toss the official H ungate from the pitcher's box to H Catcher Walter's glo c. H H The minors are waxing fat off the H 'proceeds. The only language they H speak thcie days is 'How much'U uh H gimme?" H H Oh. Boy! There'll be so many rook- les In the spring tralnliiK camps that the regulars will have to sleep out J In the haymow or in the hoozegow S |