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Show HiBKHttHjBKBKH I Biggest' Man in Baseball K ;f7"ES, I am big," admitted "Jumbo" Elliott, the Brooklyn pitcher, g Y "but I am not fat" Jumbo was indignant but not angry over g the remarks as to his corpulency. He weighs 230 pounds just o g five less than Buckeye, the mammoth Cleveland pitcher, but then Elliott g S is three inches taller than Buckeye and lacks the latter's girth at the g g midsection by twice three inclis. Elliott is a giant. He Is big b0ea' g g has big hands and feet and deep chest and enormous shoulders, lhat g g nickname, "Jumbo," fits him to a turn. g g And this good-natured, easy going, most likable giant pitches with K his left hand, and with the power. he can easily put behind a ball, and g g his loose-jointed, supple delivery, his left-handed slants and hooks are g g very hard to fathom. They overworked him in Seattle in 1926, starting g g him in 50 games of which he won 26 and lost 20, and the result was S g that he had a lame arm when he joined the Robins last spring. Robbie g I Us I ft 1 1 1 iCsr I y ' I I i i it -1 g "Jumbo" Elliott 5 nursed him along all season, using him In only 188 innings, or the g 5 equivalent of 20 complete games. Elliott's won and lost record was not 6 g impressive, as he accounted for only six victories and was charged I 5 with thirteen defeats, but his earned run average per game was down $ g to 3.30, he ranking tenth among the moundsmen in this important g S rating. Some of the most famous and successful pitchers of the league 5 g rank below him here. And then It must be remembered that it was g g hard for any pitcher to win for the light hitting, loose fielding Robins g g last year. Even the Dazzler barely broke even, while the great Petty g g did not. It ought to be much easier to win this season. g g If any one, blinded by his 6 won and 13 lost record of last year, g g wants to get a line on Elliott's real value let them try to get him away g g from Uncle Robbie. The Robin leader absolutely refused to talk trade S g on his giant left-hander, no matter what the bait offered in the way ol S 5 batsmen, and heaven knows Robbie needs batters. But he figures thai 5 S Elliott did not have a true test last season after being overwoiked x i on the coast the year before. The big boy with the weary wing should g g show his true form this season. g |