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Show IW i . ! Bernie Neis, Sensational Field- j er, Might Be in the I Sticks Now j Wllbert Robinson, of the Dodgers, i is a firm believer in the stunt of giv- ; 1 ing a rocruit just as much time and; advice as one can give, if thev look J promising. He tried the stunt -with c Uernie Xels. sensational outfielder, ( and as a result he has a clas3y young ball player who might otherwise be doing duty in the sticks. Robinson fussed with Neis. Tho lad did not look so good when he joined i the Dodgers, and his first day in train- I ing camp failed to impress any of the other members of the team. But' "Uncle Wllbert" thought he could seel something in the boy's work and lm- : mediately he took him in hand, The flrst'thlng he did was to teach i Xels how to hit from both sides of ' the plate. The boy was glad to get I ' the Information and he did everything! i in his power to do just as he was told. When Robinson was seen giving him h.s instructions on how to bat It "was j declared to be a waste of time, but i Robinson persisted. I Major league ball players, a3 a rule, I do not think much of the practice of ; some manager changing a youngster's style of batting, because they maintain main-tain any change robs him of his natural nat-ural inclination and therefore is apt to work injury to his future success. ; But even the wise heads do not know. Robinson saw the result of training! along this line directed on Walter) Holke. iiovv of the Braves, by .loha McGraw, and Holke is a dependable) and a dangerous 3tlcker at any time, , It. was Donlin who changed Holke's style of batting, but It was John Mc- j Graw who gave the lad his post gradu- j ate course and got him to give up his menacing crouch while at the plate, j MrGraw made, this change In the youngster in the fact of Information ' that Halke had pounded hia way to I fame In the amallor leagues, j Robinson saya many ball players are lost to the majors every year be-( be-( cause the managers haven't time to j give them Individual attention, He thinks the result of his work with Xelx Justifies a manager in giving all Ills time to the recruits while on the traln- ing trip. There is li.ttle doubt but that v Ne'ls Js one of the most valuable youngsters developed In recent sea- sons. ' oo |