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Show SENSATIONAL PLAYER OF THE GIANTS j Mi-'i4! A' ' v Jr. ,A i ' , SS:i:: ,v , r.n-sl... l? Flrat Biamin Merkle. Mtiiiiiit.-r Mrtirnw of the New Turk lilantH baa alwnya exprenH.-d i-hii-II1I1 In .- In the iiblllty of l lrnt Hnai-a m Mi l kli- to play tlrnt rhinn ban. hull The luilam. nl of ili. tu nippy lllll" Bi. 11:11;. -r hue been more Hum vlmllt-iited by the plnvliiK ot Merkle u far lhli.anon. Illn bulling mid Melding hiivo In . 11 lar beyond the enpi'i-tntloiia 1 the New York "fiina " Al.TIIOI'till II taken four men I' niiike an Infield nn.l only three fni ,iti onttlelil then nr ire gone liillelda tlmn uiitAelda. It ne.-tni lo lit etmli-r to find lour ltillelder who aa I group ttiraauif) up lo alundard I b as Mnd three mi. h nutlleldera on one . luti Trii., the Inflelda hiivn more chi.n.-e to bow what they run do. but the fin rork In Hie outfield, eu.-h aa throwliii nil i-ittiltig off the long hll. do.-n'l uppetir even relatively aa often a Inn.-y Infield work. There me i.nly three oiiIIi.-I.Ih In tin-big tin-big lenguea wbli b for ground rov.Tlng. Ihrouliig ami apeed 111 getting nft-r long hltn rate up lo A I grade. Tlu-ne ire th" la-in.lt, t'liniiKo N111I.11111I .mil I'ltlnl.urg ..ulllil.ln. Notwllhninli.lililt I'llinl.illg'a l.iinipn t It Ih year I'latke. I. i arh mid Wll-on are three aweet itar-iti-ii.-rn. Ilorfitiiin. S. hull" and SI,.-. U-11 U-11 nl nt" nil iiuill. ld hard i Inipriii" ..n, while "..lili and flaw In 1. 1 nr.. pipiiPm with .liber M.lntyre or lorn n In Ml lanny i liniii-ll 10 III III III. ly l.. nl. II. ii-p. r ami -Ipi ak.-r of lb.- IP .1 S.n tiiaki- 11 .ii-ll nl iitll.-lil at. I "ii" likely to gel bi tter The h. nt liill, -Ll In lh" in hum I- j llllll 1,1 lb" Alllletli'H - DaVln. I'l.llll.n, , llnriy and linker. It ran Int. r in ) lian. n, and on di-ii-nne Ih n. nr.-r 'n air ( HkIii than any mlier pr nt day nunr- tel. Mlahl. tiaiilner. Wacner nn.l l...'d are 11 Hint four, without th" 1 -Ihm. at nil lorll.-ri of Hi" AlbhOKH. I'llalli e. l:v. m l inker and Si. lul.-I.il man.' a niioiig corilon, but one whl. h linn a nlili.P- P nn of the lire of yo'llb ot III" Aihli-Hi- (our. M-rkle. Iioyle. Ilrhlw.-ll mid Dtlllli are 11 roiiihliiailuli tail an 1 evenly balani-i-d In ground ...... -ilug nl.llliy an roul.l he wlnh.-d. the nr. nt.-r nl.llliy being on the l.-tt vide. The Sew York Ani.-rl. aim' li.ll. Id In nln 1' of lialiiiii-e. havlliK ll pi"n n- j il, iiiiii" ol nliilliy or the right .11" I (liwIiin.iil'H lull. -I. I U well Iml1.11. il, and no Ih that of the I'hlllli n. I'lua-1 bin ti n alwayn hnn lin ked llnlnh 111 llmt luine. tail a hummer otherwUe i l. ve-Innd'a ve-Innd'a la Htrnnger In the tuliMIe than on the xtri-hiltlea. llrooklytK In 11 (11 flint Individually. Im-kn eiril.llllv tin a whole, bin la likely to lniirove. Iir". nahan baa a lldy Infleld and one that can rover lota of ground from tlrnt to ahnrt Inrlunlve. Take any of the prenenl Infleliln anil they do not oiitahlue bygone lnll.-l-li. nf the Tenney l.nwe-l,nng CnllltiH maud aid or of tho Ikiyle-llelti jennluun Mc Ornw atnndnrd. Hut then thone two were In a rlunn by thetiiHelveH In tb. lr day. Aa a whole III" Infteldn or Hi" prenent rnto up aa high now an ih.-n. Were ther one 12-rlub league nuwa-dayH nuwa-dayH It Ih priibabl.i that more hlt-'h rlnnn InfleldH rould bn put toyi-iliHr than were found in yt-nra ago. The old .pientlon of numbering 1 hi i playerH on tlm rl", ho that lhi ynti.be pp k"d out by ri-fi-reiii o to the n. ,r. rard hnn 1..11111 up ngaln. Sum" 1 ,m want thin n -1 1 ill llilroilui . il. 1 . . 1 ' 11 K Hint It would mid to tin. pleanui" of wtlm-Hhtllg 11 r.inlent to be alii" lo glani-e at a hug., tiiimhor on tho l.m-k or rhent of tin nOilei" mid then r.-ier to n eard mul tilrk out bin name. There in no ehunce, though, ot any aui-li method being tntrodueed. It w.mld u 11 bit of huuilllailon to thu nlayura - ... I, I.M.I.,..,.. I I I. ! to hnie to wear hiii-Ii pi. iui.-h on Hn-lr llliinly fnriilH. whlrli In elillnly nt nnnry To he mire, 11 Ian who U not pernomtlly liuulllar with all the .till ; U'lea aniuetl hnn lo imk hla neigh- bur the Identity of . vrliilu pluyera, but Hint Ih a atiiitll matter. With Jot keyn and bl. y.-le rldera the ram la very different The former rid. In all kluda of weather 1 "million, and very often It la utterly Imponnlhle 10 rerognlie (he l-oya In a big field unit un-it nn they are provided with a Inrgn i.leniinuitlon l I i In ih" form nf a number on their haika. The aame la true of blryi-le rlil.-rn lint (he hull player la ill If. -rent. III. railing In a higher one than either of the otti.-rn, IIIh pernoitnllty In inure .-vlileiit lo lilt npei-lalora than Hint ol Hie jo. key nr a mull huiiipi-tl ov.-r a 111:1. bine. II" In 1111 Individual, imiI a pP-.-e of miu-hlte ery. He In not a drli.-r ul 11 borne or of 111! lltlt.itilohlle. bill an attlnt In bin way. II would he an f . u 1 ! I h In ri.in-iel ri.in-iel hlin lo wear 11 Inn.'" dlnlkm lug number nu bin but k an It would be to IpMI. t the mini,- iin-iMiliy upon a nlar ai lor or elite r. It do.-nti 1 hurl niii.jn. ut nnk bin llelghhor 11 itm-ntloii an to a player or two. If he Ih w. il. hint! a g.itue in a foreign illy, wh. re In- In nut Imulllar with ull the iiibli tea. |