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Show 4- mm Foster Laughs I At Time I ! 4 H ' i;ddii: foster, mM "Youth must be served." Yol,v Tottering along under the weight WR of ono score years and fourteen, in- ss, eluding eleven seasons as an Araer- Krk lean league regular. Eddie Foster Bff comes right up and swats that idea Miy crack on the nose Manager Ecc Fohl of the St. Eoula mmil Browns found his infield combination WW in bad shape, due to an Injury to K: Third Baseman Frank Ellerbe. A Wt? successor had to be found. fflR" This when Magnate Frazee of th m&s Boston Red Sox decided Foster wasn't earning his salary as a bench warmer mmt and the call for waivers had been Pt flashed around the circuit. PROVED HIS WORTH. The Browns seized the opportunity. Be They acquired Foster. Hfc; H ! lie not as fast afoot as once he Hc was. Eddie was still one of the trlfk- M$' lest batters In the league. Fohl kept BE. him from passing to the minors. In turn. Fohl feels that Eddie was the Bp Individual who enabled the iSrowns WgLr to make the race for the pennant rhat mfe they did. M "All my boys performed nobly." he says, "but Eddie saved us when we Wl re slipping." But after all. 1922 marks Foster's passing as a regular. mv'' ON NERVE ALONE. E',' "I am sticking around on nerve alone," he ays "My legs simply won't stand up under regular play. I can play utility roles, however, and I hope my work will keep me with the Browns next season." j Good judges think he'll last for several more years, as he plays any infield position except first. Utility players are hard to get |