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Show SISLER IS KING OF PRINT SHOP, TOO : f"- ( YA CAW'T TOLL THAT ) a '''-:--t- Brown star wants to lead in the printing league in bitting n. ucii i- baseball ibis year. (. l. . Staff Special). ST. LOL'IS, Jan. 13. George Sisler is wearing the same-sized hat he wore before he succeeded to Ty Cobb's batting bat-ting throne. The only new thing about the batting bat-ting king is that he's gone into the printing business here. Sisb-r Is a provident youth. He is looking ahead to the time when he won t be able to hit "em at a .107 clip. That may be a long while. But George isn't taking any chances. He own s the controlling stock In the print shop and Is head of It- rwo UHBITIONS. "I'm just thinking about two things right now," he says. "One is how can I build up this business, busi-ness, the other how big a success I can make of baseball next season." When Sisler gradunted from the University Un-iversity of Michigan he started out as x civil engineer t "That dldn t mix well enough wlthl baseball," says George. "You i.in't follow baseball for over half the year jand make a success of engineering "I tried it and found out. 'Then I got Into this business. "It's going to work line with my I baseball. W WTs loll LB I "I find, too. that I like it almost a.s ;well as I do baseball. "Business attracts me. You ha . to ! fight tho same as when your team is hot after tho pennant. 'Tho same qualities bring success In I both "I guess I'll keep on playing base-i ball us long as the fajis and my clubi are pleased with my work. "It's a gamo well worth giving your, best to. I hope to bo a leader in this1 printing line some day, too. so I'll have something to fall back on." Sisler Is the ultra-modern edition' baseball player. Judged by old-time standards he Is about everything which the old boys, were not, bo f.ir at appearance, action and thought go. Ills university training shows distinctly dis-tinctly in his make up. BEST BYES. n tho diamond ho moves so gracefully grace-fully that at first slcht he disappoint He fields his position with such ease that hard chances appear easy when he handles them. Ills eyes theye the best lookers in the business right now. lie was the only .400 hitter of the majors in 1920. Good eyes, quick thinking, speed In going down, general athletic prowess and practice have given him Ty Cobb's throne The long reign of the Georgia Peach has been turned over to the Peachy George And a finer chap than the Brown star flrst-sacker couldn't have won the greatest honor in baseballdom. |