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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
EXPERTS
 WILL BE HEARD Reclamation" Speeches to Be Feature of Chamber
 Meeting Tomorrow

The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Chamber auditorium tomorrow night at s o'clock, when the special feature of the session will be illustrated lec- lures by government experts from the department of the interior on the prob lens of reclamation Of swamp lands.
 The reclamation special" operated by the Illinois Central and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads. equipped with charts and exhibits, in charge of well-khown authorities on the subject, will arrive in Birmingham tomorrow afternoon at 5:50 o'clock in ample time for the lectures to be given at the Cham Der of Commerce meeting.
 An afternoon session of the board of directors of .the chamber will be held previous to the night meeting in ordef to take action on certain matters which will probably be presented before the organization at the monthly session. Not withstanding the fact that the last month has marked the beginning of the dullest season of the year, the various commit tees of the Chamber of. Commerce have been busily at work. and will have en- couraging reports to make at the meeting tomorrow night. Their success is due largely, perhaps, to the spirit of the last monthly meeting, when extraordinary precautions were taken against spring fever by means of the. ginger inJec- tson.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
STORY OF THE CRACKERS
fly PERCY H. WHITING

Anatomy or any kind of a bone in his head.
 Those figures tell you exactly what the Atlanta baseball player Is, on the average. But all the Crackers don't conform to the same standard
 Otto Jordan, for example, Is the old est man on the club. and his age is 31.
 "Biff" corbin, is the youngest man. aged 24.
 Jules Watson is the largest, 6 feet i inch. tall and weighs 19s pounds. Phil Wells Is the smallest, 5 feet . inches tall. and weighs 165 pounds.
 Otto Jordan has seen the longest ser vice with Atlanta--six years.
 The record for continuous service with other clubs is held by Miller, who played five years with Grand Rapids
 The clubs only ex-big leaguers are Jordan, once of Brooklyn; Foxen, Phil- lies and Cubs, and Brock, Pirates and Doves.
 The champion pennant winner of the lot is Frock, who has played with five pennant winners and one worlds cham pion club, the Pittsburg bunch
 The only real southerners on the club are Wells, from New Orleans (the teams pigmy), and Watson from Greensboro, N. G.. tthe team's giant). Most of the rest are from the east.
 From this batch of figures fan can get a pretty good idea of what to expect of the Atlantans. The club this year represents world of hard scrap- ping for players and the expenditure of a bunch of money. It is a good club. understands baseball from the inside and out, and is altogether a remarka- ble collection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15

Is your average ball player tai. or short. large or small, right-handed or left, young or old, bone-headed or bril- liant? The answer is not forthcoming as to the whole bunch, but 1t can be given
 about the Atlanta ball players who are soon to play in Birmingham. If the entire Cracker crow were all melted up and then run back out from
 the same mold they would product this sort of a player: Age, 26 years. Height, feet, 10 inches; weight. 17sA. He came from the east. lie is unmarried (by a small ma jority). He has seen five years oe service in professional leagues. He is playing his first year with At
 Ianta.
 He is right-handed-ne is very hand
 some. He is light of complexion and Ger
 man of origin.
 He gets less than one hit game (1S-16 is the exact average, or 13 hits in 16 games). He comes to the bat on the average 1 2S-337 of a time for every time he gets hit Cor virtually out of 61 times at bat he gets IS hits). And he hasn't got a lazy bone in his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
EDITED BY HUGH ". ROBERTS
POINTERS TO RANDOM

manager. now scouting for the New York Giants. is in Birmingham. He witnessed the game yesterday. l. Miuue is another of those big league scouts who Is after Derrill Pratt. He understands, however. that the Montgom- erys "phenom' has been sold 10 the St. Louis Americans.
 There is something lamentable fn this. Pratt could obtain a trial from practically any club in either of. the big leagues, and yet he must go to St. Louis. Detroit wants him. Cleveland wants him, New York wants him.. and the Philadelphia Nationals have asked President BAugh of Birmingham to endeavor to land him for them.
 It is understood that Pratt will not go co St. Louis.
 Mique Finn, while never very success ful as manager, was given credit for being one of the best judges of young ball players in the business.
 It was natural therefore, that he should fall into the berth of scout. He Is popular in Birmingham and every where else,. for that matter. No man has a wider baseball acquaintance than he. and this may be the reason he Is do- ing such good work for McGraw. The Atlanta Crackers come to Blrming- ham today for five games. A double- header will be played this afternon and another Saturday,
 The Crackers. at the present time, are 
 ent condition, will have to go at a terrific clip to beat them in ms jority of the five games. H. W. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
DOGS STAND BY
 MASTERS BODY

New Orleans, June 14.-Attractc6 by the dismal howl Of dogs policemen yesterday found the body of L. J. Plummer. s1 years old. in a rooming house in Dauphin street after a hard fight with P1ummers 8 sole companions-three dogs. When off cers attempted to enter the room the dogs made a concerted attack on them and it was not until the dogs had been beaten senseless could Plummors body be removed to the morgue. Little is known |of Hummer except the three dogs were his constant companions. There is no suspicion of foul play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Here Come the Georgia Crackers

The Barons, in no game of this season, have had full team in the field
 On the first day there was no right fielder.
 As soon as the rightnelder came. there was no shortstop.
 When the shortstop got back in the game there was an outfelder missing. And at the present time one of the catch CTS is injured.
 At the present time, furthermore, the team is in worse condition than ever before.
 Look 'em over.
 A pitcher is in the outfeld and crip- pied player is at shortstop. Elliott is hurt, and Wagner cannot, on account of an injured finger do himself justice in the pitchers box.
 It strikes us that something must be done right off the reel.
 The Barons, to our mind, considering everything, have done marvelously well, but you cannot expect crippled bunch to win pennant.
 We do not know what to advise the as- sociation save that something must be done to bolster tip the club. We do not demand that a pennant be won. We might be satisfied with third place if we can't get first or second But it is doubtful if the club. in its present condition. can finish as good as third. In it's present condition the club, were it to finish in the first division, would be doing excellently. We've got to pull something off. Aiidl1e Finn he al SaI1tlaarx, -loarr.,o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
SHOEMAKER GETS
 MEXICAN OFFICE

Chihuahua. June q4.-Governor Gonzales has made known the fact that ''arlsto- cracy'' in northern Mexico is no longer to be recognized. He appointed shoe maker to the cffice Of jefe polltico yes terday. A jefe politico in Mexico has more power than a mayor in the United States. Hereafter" says Governor Con- gales, Mexico is to be the friend of the poor man. The government will be run by men selected because of their ability and moral standing. The peoples trusts
 will not be turned over to the aristocracy for their public looting."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
EXPECTING THE
 STEAMER HORNET

New Orleans, June Awhile nothing d. rectly from Puerto Cortez has been re- ceived as to when the little steamer Hor- net, which was seized by the United States gunboat of the coast of Honduras during the recent revolution in that coun- try, will be brought here, the vessel iz expected any day. The gunboat Wheeling. which has been stationed at Puerto Cor tez, will escort the boat to New Orleans where libel suit will be filed in behalf of the government on the grounds of vio- lation of neutrality laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
ELWERTS HOME RUN
 DEFEATS TURTLES

Montgomery, June 14.-Montgomery won from Memphis in a thrilling game this afternoon, score to 5. Elwert's homo run in the ninth inning decided the game. The score had sec-sawed back and forth through nine innings, errors playing conspicuous part in the run getting Mem phis took the lead in the second and in the next inning lost it, and thus it went to the end.
 Among the features of the game was brilliant one-hand catch by Swain, who robbed Elwert of a home run, and another by Jud Daley, who also prevented a bunch of scores by the play. The score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Refuses Liberalization

St. Catherines, Ont, June H-At the opening of the court of general sessions here today County Judge Carman created something of a sensation by refusing ap- plIcations made by several foreignere for papers. Many of thess people, said the judge. "come here and ask for naturalization papers though they never intend to become citizens of Can ada. They simply ure the certificates ol citisenship for scc,aaler<!el purpose6 and aiding them tp get In and out of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Nv BILL AK


 All, Elehartv on the Hill Nashville
 III the Barons yesterday afternoon,
 rned the trick with marvellous ! vIII not a case, however. of too M 1ebartv. but too little Tannehill. ,Srthermore, the Barons played | iC hotb in that they did the wrong |4 when the right was necessary, and |. ', on many occasions they failed z. advantage of opportunities. F&-e1itting of the Volunteers featured Iar Ane. The offensive work of Storch .4U Especially meritorious, and Red . lf covered himself with glory. Nun Rl hitting was of a superb variety, |,. ,,the fact that F1eharty stole a. couple < 1,ses is sufficient to land for the ,sv, of the game an honored place in 8 'nie it museum.
 davethe second inning "Rowdy' Elliott r,actwas receiving. in attempting to pre- ITO, Fleharty stealing, caught a digit \ az throwing hand between the mesnes Lrtv nlask-and retired from the game ,.~., a wrenched arm. This necessltated ! ., return of Yantz to a place behind Fr. bat. and made it imperative that ,, cam return to shortstop. Yantz caught .h. $llently, and his throwing to bases !, t3not been beaten this season Ellam, mn. little lame and weak from his 1h of some weeks ago, got off well and at the bat got blngle and insASIa run. On account of Mcbride E
 i%atorsland Wagner was again in right
 this it fell to his lot to swat out the
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Robinson Is Bumped

Anniston, June 14.-(Special. )-Dr. Mac Robinson got his bumps in An niston this afternoon and the Models took the third of the series in a pretty fielding of Fred Wasem in left field. The Models found their ex-Southern league opponent in the second inning for five hits. These and one base on balls scored the six runs which Selma was unable to overcome. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
PELICANS EVEN UP
 WITH THE CRACKERS

New Orleans, June 14-New Orleans evened up on the series with Atlanta here today, winning out by 5 to 4. Atlanta made a strong bid for the game 'n the seventh inning, when it looked like she was doomed to shut-out Veasey, who had allowed only two singles up to that inning. let down and the visitors scored four. Otto Hess was rushed to Veasey's assistance. when two men were still left on bases and he retired the side and fin- ished the game in good order. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
LOOKOUTS ARE
 GOING SOME

Mobile. June 14-Bunching four of their six hits in the seventh inning, among them two doubles and home run, Chattanoo- ga made clean sweep of the series. win ming today's game to g. Allen had one bad inning, which cost him the game, while More was steady after the first three innings. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
SALT WATER IS
 DAMAGING RICE

Lake Charles, La. June H-Keporta from rice plantations along the Mermen7 tau river say that salt water Is creeping
 up that stream and that tho crop is in imminent danger. All the pumping plants on the lower part of the river have been shut down owing to the presence of the salt water. If rain does not come soon it Is feared the crops will burn in the fields. z,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
WOULD CHARGE
 WHARFAGE RATE

Gulfpor, Miss June 14-The Gulf and Ship Island railroad has made application to the war department at Washington for permission to levy wharf charges at Gulfport on all freight handled through this port. Heretofore, no charges have been levied and 1t is expected a stubborn fight will be made by shippers against the proposed additional charge. It is estimated that the increased cost to shippers on the basis of shipments made in 1910 would be about $1O0,OOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
|THOIJT EXTENDING HIMSELF HEARTY DEFEATS THE BARONS

home run which generally is swatted every afternoon.
 In the second it became apparent that Tannehill had nothing and was destined to receive a severe walloping. Smith Schwartz and Storch singled in success sion, Lindsay hit sacrifice fly, and Munson and F'leharty singled. Bay and wiseman retired the side after the Vols on five hits had cireled the bases four times In the sixth double by Schwartz and a bingle by Munson sent another run into the opponents column, and in the eighth, the bottom fell out Of the bucket Smith, first up, was hit by the ball and he stole After Schwartz had famed, Storch tripled, scoring Smith. Lindsays hit, following, scored Storch.
 In the fourth, Wagner opened with a home run to deep center, but the Barons scored no more though McGilvray and Ellam did single. In the sixth Johnson and Ellam were hit by Fleharty and on Tannehill's luscious wallop to right the former scored In the ninth Ellam, first up, walked Tannehill singled and third and second were occupied when Storch threw wildly to the infield. Marcan up to the infield and Phelan, be- ing hit with the ball, filled the bases. hit to left was caught by Bay in a spectacular manner, but Ellam scored. Wagner retired the side and ended the game on a fly to center.
 FIeharty hit four men. walked three others and yielded eight hits, one home run and another a double. But the Bar pms got but three, runs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Red Sox Defeat Maps

Boston, June 14.-Boston defeated Cleveland today. to 1, winning in the fifth inning when the locals connected with Mitchell for four hits, tallying four runs. Speaker of the Boston team strained the fragments of his leg in a slide to the plate and was carried from the field. He is expected to return to the game, however, in a few days. Score: R.H.E B i.
 Boston ..... 100 040 ~00s--5 12 2 Cleveland .... 100 900 00O-~1 1 Batteries: Karger and Nunamaker; Mitchell, West and Land. Time, 1:45. Umpires, Evans and Mullin.
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English Officers Return Home

New York, June 14. Members of the English polo team returned home to- day on board the Mauretania. express ing themselves as greatly blessed with American sportmanshlp and hospitality The Mauretania was the last ship to leave this country in time for the cor onatiop of King George V.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Gadsden Wins Close Game

Huntsville, June 14.--(Special.)-- Gadsden put a runner across in the tenth inning on hit and an error and won another close game today. The feature of the game was I.ambert's s home run in the fifth with two men on bases. Lambert scored on 2 passed ball in the seventh but Burke put him back on third and the score did not count.
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Results
Penn Crews Go to Regatta

Philadelphia. June 14.-Three Uni- ycrsity of Pennsylvania crews, var Sity eight, freshmen eight and varsity four. left here at o'clock today for poughkeepsis. where they will partici- pate ln tue lnter-colleel.4te resdtta on June 37. Coach Ward accompanied the men. f-5z.t- ftt.-'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
Sheiks to Be Tried

other officials of the Mosque of Omar were sent under armed escort today to Beirut, where they will be tried before a special court on charges growing out of the operations of the English expior- CTS, who, 1t is alleged. were permitted to violate the Mosque will excavating for sacred relics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
ss NORTHEASTERN ssopS
STANDING
other Southern Leaguer Batted

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 mtome. Ga, June H.-tSpecial )-Gordon Nkman, a Southern League cast-off was wited against Refs in the game this aft
 .aaoon. but he proved the easiest kind
 mark for the Romans. Fifteen hits co' all were garnered by the Romans Tor fcototal of eight runs. Res was lnvlncl- |se, and only allowed six hits. Not a sretele Booster reached second base. Refs Elnsirling was easily the feature of the |ha1test A fielding feature was furnished | thu Marlton. in centerfeld. Reed made Wo,r hits out of four times at bat. Score ' A lO A E
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Pirates Defeat Boston

Pittsburg, June 14.-Boston was beaten today by Pittsburg to 8. Pittsburg scored three runs in the eighth. In the ninth Boston tied the score. Pittsburg won in the ninth when, with the bases full, Byrne sent a single into centerfield, scoring McKechnie, who ran for Ferry. Score: H.E. Pittsbure . GOO GOO 0S1-4 12 2 Boston .................- 0O O00 W5-5
 Batteries: Fery and Gibson; Mattern and Kling. Time. TAO. Empires, Eason.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
SPANNING
Senators Hit Hard

Washington, June 14-Washfngton drove Nelson and Mitchell from the rubbeF today, beating St. Louis IS to O. Johnson could not be hit with men on bases. The batting of Schaeffer and GessIer featured. Score: R.H. F Nashiu gton .... 305 100 04t-13 13 St. Louis .. GOO 900 000--
 Batteries: Johnson and Street; Nel- son. Mitchell Criss and Clarke. Time 1.35. Umpires, Egan and Sheridan.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Hannon, Hill 2, vasterling, Carter, Robinson. Stolen base, Poole. Double plays, Brown to Fisher. Bases on balls, Robinson 2, Hill 1. Hit by pitched ball, May. Struck out, Robinson 6, Hill 6. Umpire, Sor- Der. Time, hours.
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Reagan-W ebster Fight a Draw

Ogden, Utah, June 14.-Jimmy Reagan of San Francisco and Danny Webster of Los Angeles fought 2O-round draw rsre last night before crowd of 15O0. Reagan, though badly beaten in the t& .',N part of tho f.ght, came back in the last five rounds and finished strong. Webster was practically unmarked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
COW|E APPOINTED
 NAVY HARVESTER

Washington. June 14.-Among nomina- tions sent to the Senate today by Pres ident Taft was that of Thomas J. Cowie as paymaster general of the navy with rank of rear admiral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
MEssER TO woRCEsTER

G. N. Messer. who for the past two years has been physical direc- tor of the Birmingham public schools. has accepted g position as coach of the worcester academy at Worcester, Mass.. and will leave in a short time to assume his duties at that place. Mr. Messer has been very successful in Birmingham and the good wishes of the men with whom he worked go with him.
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Two-base Hits-Storch, Bay Moles- worth.
 Three-base Hit-Storch.
 Home Run-Wagner.
 Struck Out-Fleharty, 6; Tannehiil 2. Bases on Balls-Fleharty, 8. lift by Pitched Ball-Fleharty (Phe- Ian. 2; Ellam, Johnston); Tannehill (Smith).
 Stolen bases-Smith, Munscn, Fle- harty, 2; Molesworth.
 Time of game, 2:04. Umpire-Byron.
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s-None out when winning run scored.

Summary: Home run, Elwert. Three base hits, Courtney. Two-base hits, Courtney, Altman Jackson. Double plays,
 Daley to Gribbens to Pratt; Swalm to
 Altman to East; East to Crandall to
 Courtney. Hit by pitched, Allen (Bills).
 Base on balls, Lelivelt ?. Allen ?. Struck out, Lelivelt 1, Allen 1. Sacrifice hits, Crandall, Lelivelt. Stolen bases, Bills, Graham. Altman. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Carpenter.
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American Association
STANDING
Results

At Milwaukee,: Milwaukee 9, Louis- vile 1. At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 5, Indian apolis 7
 At Kansas City: Kansas City 3, Colum-
 bus (12 innings.)
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"One of Those Rare Affairs"

Philadelphia, June 14.-Chicago was defeated in a pitchers battle of ten innings between Bender and Walsh here today to l. Both of the home teams runs were made possible by Chicago errors. Score R.H.E Chicago - O10 900 900 0--1 Philadelphia ....100 900 900 1-2
 Batteries: Walsh and Sullivan; Ben der and Thomas. Time, 2:10. Umpires, Dine en and Perrine.
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Ford Wins

New York, June H.-The Highlanders won the fifth straight game today, Detroit falling before them by score of to 3. Ford pitched grandly for New York at critical times, striking out Cobb and Crawford in the ninth in- hing when two men were on the bases and only one out Casey's wild throwsin the seventh inning decided the game in New York's favor. Score: R. H E.
 Detroit ......... 101 100 O00--3 10 4 New York ...... 020 900 201-B (
 Batteries: Lively. Summers and Stan- age; Ford and Sweeney. Time, 1:47. Empires. Connolly and OLoughlin.
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IUtHIS 'fU TT oV s--Batted for Smith in tenth.

summary--Home run, Lambert. Two base hits. Overton, Long. Sacrifice hits. Bowden, Overton, 2; Bingham. Stolen bases, Overton, Lambert, 9 Bases .on balls. Davidson, 8; Kuykendall, 2. Struck out. Davidson, &; Kuykendall, 1O. Passed ball. Milford Time, 2:2s. Umpire, Burke.
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Summary: Home run, Mill Two-base hits, Swacina, Murch, Lister. Stolen bases, Rohe ?. Sacrifice hits, Fiene, Cad man. Struck out, Allen 5, More 2. Base on balls, Allen 8. Double plays, Smith to Swacina Hit by pitcher, More tRohe). Umpire Pfenninger. Time, 1:45.
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1 Justus. Stolen bases, Reed, Griffin. Sacri- fee hits, Brooks. Struck out Refs 5,
 Hickman 2. Double plays McDuff. unas- sisted. Umpire, Wood. Time of game, 1
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Innings p1lcHeu, Vtdsey, TO, Iie5's' 2 2-s. Hits apportioned, Veasey 5, Hess 1. Two-base hits. Manush, Sykes. Watson. Three-base hit, Johnston. Stolen bases, Jordan. Butcher. Sacrifice hits. Barr, Britton. Double plays, Manush to John ston Jordan to Sykes. Struck out, Brit ten 5, veasey 5, Hess ?. Bases on balls, Britton 3, veasey 3. Wild pitch, Veasey. Balk, Britton. Time of game, LAO Um- pires, Fitzsimmons and Hart.
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Games Today

Games Today a at Birmingham. lis at Mobile. nooga at Montgomery. He at New Orleans. .ver thus from childhood's honr' -.een my fondest hopes decay; I'd in time of snow or flower i'm n useless castH,vny.
 Burns. alters not how easy your op- is. you've got fo have some a pitcher yourself.
 Hobo treyised editton).
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uTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday .shvilIe ', Birmingham 3. b1fnooga D. Mobile ?. III )mery 6, Memphis ,. HI 'rleans 5. Atlanta 4.
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~~5RTING NEWS D LIVE GOSSIP
 OM EVERYWHERE

s AND WALKS LOCALS AT
 I'LL. BUT TANNEHILL HAS 5OTHING-ELLIOTT INJURIES HIMSELF AND ELLAM PLAYS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15

Every time the Giants are apparently about to be wrecked by the loss of playing stars through injury or illness some of the brood that Tohn McGraw has he'd beside him on the bench leaps forward and the Giants go right along with an unbroken front An injury to Larry Doyle gave Arthur Fletcher a chance for duty in the infield. This youthful understudy had already been
 approved as an infielder, but there was