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Show 1 Copyright, 1922. Now York Tribune, Inc.; Trademark Registered. U. S. Patent Office.) What's this about a Mr. Kenneth ! Roy William, of St. Loula, giin tho j 'Babe ' something to shoot at? It iseoms that Mr Williams struck off 24 homo runs last season, tying Bob Meu-sel Meu-sel for second place In the American league Having acquired the knack in an unthinking moment he has opened I the new campaign even more briskly and by May 20 when the gates of tho I Flba aro opened and the bars are lifted from St Helena, the ash-wielrt-Ing Infant" may have quite a gap to close Williams is a big. tall slasher of 29 springs or summers, as the case may be. He comes from as far West 'as Grant's Pass, Ore., which sounds I far enough He dallied with the Reds ' for two seasons, but after acquiring a j batting average of 111 in 1916 the 1 time seemed about ripe to place him I gently but firmly on the skids With the Browns he has batted 300, 307 and 317, a Worthy ratio of Improve-I Improve-I ment. There was no particular excitement about William's home run harvest from last year, but when he garnered I five of them recently in three days jthe rallblrds began to look him over apaln Wlille Ruth led him by 26 home runs last summer, please recall thn fact that W illiams then was Just developing the habit. "Weaker ball clubs protest against tho system of selllnp go.nl ball players play-ers to stronger clubs " The system Is Worse than sour But what leglslatlVS act compels tho weaker clubs to sell to the stronger? THE GOEuFING MOTHER GOOSE There wk.s an old woman v ho lived In a shos. ' god felloe "?tM So having moved out W free slng , , Hf, At soaking the ftmm a thing. I IMK --i'.ISbCh! before . - ;K spomynt 'Sr Tl e're l'Vlnf0J,fjCafjl The Ids we've RJ ''n' T fplse tf:S 'Bj dinners. r'iJlL w;us no ma 'c h Inst ' |