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Show i 'ADAMS' DA! AT i BASEBALL PARK Layton Youth With Seattle Club Honored Here Today I Spencer Adams, one time athlete at the d.-n High school, later a star performer at the University of I'tnh. and at present star second baseman of tho Seattle club of the Pacific! Coast league, was the honored player at tho Salt Iake-Seattla contest, lh" first Pacific Coast league game ever! I Played In gden, at Lorln Farr park today. 1 be day was known as "Spencer Ad-j iimx ' day and several gifts were to bei presented to the Layton youth. Adams played second base for Tre-monton Tre-monton In the Northern I'tnh league I lasl season, lea the league In hitting1 wlili a mark of .4 28 and performed I hi such style that his .capers attracted J the attention of several major league, Hcouta. A Detroit offer was made to Adams but ho preferred to pass It upi with the Idea of gaining more exper-1 lence In the game before hopping to the majors. Adams then Joined the Indians, get-ilng get-ilng the highest salary ever offered to an Individual breaking In Coast i league ball Since Joining the Indians he has at-traded at-traded several major league scouts. ' Ills playing has been sensational, ln- Juries lo bis right ankle hampering, htm to some extent. .Vila ms Is well known In the northern north-ern part of the state. and his prospects to tf" into faster company appear par-I tlcularly bright. . nn I |