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Show I JOE JACKSON MAKING GOOD I Young Recruit on Cleveland American Team la Hitting Ball Hard and j Constantly. I Napoleon liJolc has a rival on the : Cleveland team. I III the yeais gone by liny time the I fans commented upon his appearance j at tbe plate, they wondered at his giaccfiilness In tbe Ibid. Hut this year l.ajclii Isn't attracting all tin, attention. at-tention. tino Joe Jackson, n recruit, Is dividing divid-ing It with him. Much has been writ ten about this young fellow. Ilo came to Iho Naps ut the tall end of the season, touted as few ball players have been. He proceeded to make good linincdliitely. In the few weeks that hu was it molnbcr of the Clev mil I k IS ''f'i. s.'al .J- ' ; . y ,VT Joe Jackson, Innd tenm he made plichers look sor ry. Appaicnily It didn't make n particle of difference whether they 1 weru rlkht hiniiled 01 left, hu hit the I ball. Anil the pitcher has not yet been found who could make him look like a bush leaguer. For Jackson haa been hitting. He clouiod :iiit In the Drat few duys of this season, ami so far he has been one of the two men on the Nup team who have played baseball. base-ball. IjiJi le, of course, wus the other. Jackson has been three years In baseball and haa pluyed In four different dif-ferent leagues. In each organization be led all hands In batting. He atari-ad atari-ad with Greenville In th Carolina Iilglio nnd topped the nebt wllll n liatllng average of Slii With Sanin nab he lid Willi und with New Hrlculls he was Hie pic, maker with Ijist year, with ( leyeluiid. Ill :tl rallies ho led the Aiik-t Iih 11 leauno. eailng out I'obli and l.ilole with :"7 per rent. |