Show NOW IS atar TAR ROOKIE BOOKIE given wrong label by numerous ivory the rho jents gents who gumshoe gum shoe through the bushes bushels in quest of ivory for the major leagues sometimes err in ili their judgment some have hare been known mown to tout a peach when la in reality it was waa a lemon others have been known to get the wrong giant and put the lemon label on what was destined to become a peach it dav wn an error such as tile the latter that made mil honey bey bay hunnefield a comparative unknown slide into white stockings and practically overn overnight fight become about the roost most widely advertised kid a shortstop h in either cither major but this sudden ascension to fame surprised the young athlete in the least lie ile Is what you might term I 1 the essence of confluence confidence writes irvng vaughan to in the chicago tribune now for the error of the ivory hunter whereby was dropped into the lap of the white so sot last year tile the cincinnati team madea first payment of on the lad ind to tile the portland ore team before completing the transaction the club decided to 1 send bend ao an emissary for a final look tile the expert maile made the journey and wired back something about not send sending ng good money after bad what adds interest to tile the field plunge into a regular major league job Is that he had caluger rd ed collins fooled during the trip colllns collins weighing the cockiness of the player against ills skill decide whether holley 11 boy oy was waa just a fresh kid or a real star the answer come many weeks later when rill bill komm was hurt find and hunnefield lad had to play third lie ile showed em something both in the field and at bat so when alien kamm recovered red there was nothing else to do than to move our hero to 81 tort iles hes been there since and in no apparent danger of being hoisted out in the spring of 1023 1921 hunnefield I 1 went south with the macks and made such auch ft a wholesome impression impress ion tit that at lie he was formed farmed to montreal for it seasoning A n n nothing could coalt stop ill him ru I 1 he le stole bases until they threatened hint him with injunctions find and hit the ball bar hard in the fall lilt his good work forced the athletics to recall recall him because of if macks purchase of sum sam my hale bale it was necessary to send something to portland in return so bill was picked ile he mode made the journey ney across the continent only to b bf shipped right back to the williams port in ila team lie ile was too good for that crowd so portend Port Porth lind nd recalled him tand last season he almost ran the league breathless with 52 steals |