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Show :-X"X-:-:xX":-:-x-:-x-x-:-x-:-X' X Had Nothing but His j; v Glove and a Prayer : ! On August 1, P.I24, Dazzy X Vance had one of his frequent : ! good days and incidentally X fanned seven Chicago batters in X a row, equaling George Wiltse's X mark made back in 1000. X y It was a futile elTort on the y X part of the Cub batters as they X X stepped to home plate an.l ; .j. stepped back to the bench again, .j. X Once in a while one of them X .. would manage to hit a foul, but ':' the umpire alwavs had the last Y k c,,u' 'i ,t. This fanning bee finally got X ! on Manager Bill Killefer's X nerves and, as the seventh one X surrendered on strikes, he said y X dryly, "I suppose that guy out X there has got nothing but his v X glove and a prayer." Much si- X X lence prevailed. j |