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Show TODAY'S SPORT ANGLE Modesty Is an admirable trait It a treat to seo a star athlete who isn't wise to the fact that he Is the last word in his particular lino- Nothing Jars more than the conceited con-ceited Individual who Is alwa willing will-ing to admit that he Is Just about the best ever la.st pear Jimmy Dykes of the Athletics, Ath-letics, In a game with St. Louis, accepted ac-cepted IT chances at .second base in an eight-inning game. Dykes Is quite a ball player. H has plugged up the hole at second base for the Athletics, caused by the depart ure of Eddie Collins A few days after Dykes had made his remarkable record of it chances without an error, 1 happened to be umpiring a .series tor the Athletics. ' Vou certainly must have done some Wonderful fielding In that game with St. Louis," I remarked. There really wasn't really a hard chance In the lot," said Jimmy. "I dldh t know I had accepted half that many chances until the game, va over and a newspaper man told me about It. "Had I desired to break a record. I could have accepted three more Chances lata In the game on throws to second. "I really have played In many a game in which I handled only four oi f.v chances, yet had much more to do from my view point than In the game In which I accepted 17." That Is tho way Jimmy Dsksi felt about accepting 17 chances In eight innings. A great many athletes would havt i sursd you that half of the plays were almost Impossible of execution Players of tho Jimmy Lyks type are refreshing. |