Show X slugging outfielder odoul 2 X C T DD the name of lefty odoul odoni slugging of the rh inies to the rather tare lare group croup of 0 players who have forsaken the A pitchers box and foIl followed owed other diamond pursuits with unusual success Y odoul by virtue of lila his sensational work with the alie phils this season X deserves to be ranked with babe ruth george sister find and sam rice nice all of whom came to big time as aa hurlers only to quit the mound for 1 X posts because of their ability to swat the old horsehide ruth and sister were two clover clever southpaws although their pitching performances have been more or less forgotten sister while a student X t at michigan was wa one of the premier hurlers in collegiate circles 1 X rice hurled a few games after joining the washington club back in n t 1015 1915 but the story hns has it that after taking a terrific lacing to in one con i test lie quit the hurling pastime for good I 1 odoul started hla his pitching career with san francisco in 1917 two I 1 r years later inter he was sold to the yankees yankee only to return to the pacific coast in 1021 1921 in 1923 lie was waa w ith the red sox but was released to X salt lake the following summer T I 1 it was while with salt lake in 1925 that odoul decided to give up pitching for the dally daily work of chasing flies files in the outfield he proved to lie he an early success bat ting in games then the X cubs bought him only to turn him over to hollywood where he hit bit ix in tilts the next nest season k found him with son francisco X again hanging up a mark of in games ames in 1928 the giants gianta bought odoul and in games the one time hurler hit last tall fall he was traded to the phillies with a J I 1 bunch of rash cash tor for fred leach Y tilts this year sear he got oft off to a great T start nod and has been hitting the ball X A consistently ever since being right up wit with tithe the leaders in the national X league lefty odoul |