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Show control, have made him one of the bedt iu the business. His work as the Mack iron man has bruited hlo success from coast to coast, and he Is able to work every other duy without with-out feeling the strain. NEW STARS IN BASEBALL GAME (By Gordon Mackay.) Philadelphia, SepL 5 DoplsU always al-ways llud a considerable amount of pleasure In wondering who the next star will be that will dazzle a multitude multi-tude and sparkle for a nation. Admitting Ad-mitting the fight to rest between tbo Athletics and the Cubs, who will bo the hero? At the present time it seems to be that either John Coouibe of the Mackltes, or King Colo of tho Cubs, 1.4 the youngster being groomed groom-ed for the laudatory honor of hero of the series. Cole, of course, Is a national icii-sallon. icii-sallon. Picked from Day City. Mich., in a Class D organization, where ho had divided his time between barber-ing barber-ing and twirling, thl.j lanky genius has risen to tho place of lea.ling the twlrlers of the National league. He is all. ranging well over six feet, aud built after the phn of Falkenbcrg, but with something of a more substantial sub-stantial frame. His success has been due in a great measure to bis own i-bility. but he has not suffered in the lea.t by the tutoring of that wonderful wonder-ful bunch of baseball, the Cubs. Coombs has been with the Mackltes Mack-ltes for four ears. but never glowed with anything mor. sturdy than a feeble flicker dnriog this time. Hero of the 24-innlng game in Boxton. the longest game in major baseball, be never seemed to bave shown anything since that time. This se.ison. however, how-ever, has brought blm Into the limelight lime-light as oue of the really great pitchers, pitch-ers, lllj strength, his michty curve, sweeps and breaks, and hU other un set hitherto unknown to him grand I |