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Show I I Carmen Hill Waited Long Time 5 "jTJ ACK In ltUo a lawyer of Corey, Pa., was so impressed by the g S p"S work of a kid pitcher on the high school baseball nine of the g g J' aforementioned town that he told his friend, Fred Clark, g about him. The pitcher's name happened to be Carmen Hill. lie g j g was signed by the Pirates in March of that year and then farmed a out to l'oungstown (Ohio) for tlie g S summer. Recalled in the fall, he g pitched -lo innings and allowed the 5j enemy but one run. And yet the 5 snows of twelve winters were to g fall on Forbes field and be nlelted S by as many returning springs be-S be-S fore this boy was to take his reg-5 reg-5 ular turr. in the pitcher's box . for g the Pirate team. And when bis $ turn did come he used it so well that he en 22 and lost 11 games g in his first big league year, g It is doubted if any big league S ball player of all time, not except-3 except-3 iug K renter. I'.entley, Boley, Wilcey g Moore, or any of the long-term b slaves of the minors, worked and g waited as long as did Carmen Hill S for his chance. The Pirates kept I g him on the farm for two years. a releasing him to Birmingham in g 1017. In the interval he had g served on the farm at Rochester. ' g He pitched for Kansas City in g 191S. , About this time Hill got tired of farm life and threatened g to quit baseball, as a big league g berth seeui?u to recede rather g than approach him in his career, g A splendid type of man is Cars' Car-s' men Hill. Serious almost to that g point where he might be termed g somber, reserved and even aloof j to strangers,, yet if one peue-g peue-g trates that reserve and wins his 5 confidence he iinds a deep, strong, g earnest, admirable character. Life has been a battle to Hill. Up hill all the way and most of the time against great odds. The tragic trag-ic deatli of his little son some years ago gave that brooding look to his dark eves. " ; a , a i :" -p g Ky s n li .,, H g Hill was hut Carmen Hill. g nineteen when g he left high school at the lure of d the Pirate chief. His baseball ret- g ord seems like a romance. No 5 pitcher in the majors had much of an edge on Ihis veteran rookie 5 of last year when he finally did $ arrive after his I'Jyeai journey, g Wide, sweeping curves, lots of a speed, a baffling delivery and a g cool head and a game heart and a S steel arm, he worked in over foriy j? games and brought that aid to the 5 Pirate stalT that was necessary to g win the flag. He was bealen in his r world scies game, hut not dis- graced. Let them say what they a will, it was not poor pitching thai g cost the Pirates the series in four 15 straight games. Kremer, Hill and g Milius all pirclied with great effec- C i tiveness against t lie slugging Yanks, g :hKhKhxhkhkhxhtkh0h |