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Show 'BP EH "Red" Faber of the Chicago White Sox. according to a news Item, has just left a Chicago hospital, after undersoing a successful operation for an inlured knee. Faber has had trouble With a bad P j knee for several years. Late last I season, in covering first, it was again I 1 injured In a collision, Thai injury I in opci I No doubt he news that Faber has 1 had the injury to his knee righted I I will make a lot of people conclude I that ho will he a much better pitcher ison Phal would hardly be possible. Ivijtt year. I'abcr. from a stand- point of effectiveness, had f.ho best H vear of his career Tho records will II bear out that statement. With av - j ordinar; him. "JI , Faber was just about the hardest al lilt, -hr in 111. A mAi-livA l.nn...n I beat. B I'aber has alwaj's been a ?reat r 1 pitcher. Batters will tell you there 'Is no ball harder to hit than a side- L arm spltball That is Faber's most J effeqtlvs ball. The bail brehks with 'a sharp snap, and it Is almost Im- 8 j possible to hit it squarely. Tho bats- H man usually tops tho ball. I Some will say Faber has always wr had that :. i- .( delivery, why should f. I ho be so much more successful with Dr lit in 19L-1 with only an ordinary bait sV 1 club back of him? Bfj Tlio answer is that Faber pitched B ' with a uurpose last season. After a R couple of so-so years, due to troublo If I with his pitching arm. Faber "made III up his mind that h was going to do Bf la comoback. His ami felt all right, land he realised II was up to him to . make the greatest possible use of his Bf stuff. m In former years "Red'' had a habit L of becoming careless. Agaln! tho Mj good hiorrs h-- won), w ork In.- liar.l- v est- Rarely did he get into trouble Jr , bocause of carelessness on some real batter 1 was usually some weak wn'A liittt-r v. lio would make trouble for III I Faber Rb Despite the constant warnings from Bfl .Catcher Rav Schalk Faber had a H habit of easing up on the weak hit- ters. !ike the pitcher or some other mm player In the lineup, generally re- El garded as very feeble at the bat. Very often such an act of care- V- lessneas on tho part of Faber would ' (ret him Into trouble. In a great JO many . digs a - holo for himself by neglecting to go K of. top speed, it is a difficult matter to Ki out of it. no matter how hard h I Faber's great showing last rear was due to a return of his croat natural ability, plus th fact that he all tin as Ditched most Intelligent- A ly. To use tho slang of the ball field he was bearing down on every ball plt.-hed. Faber threw no cripples B last year |