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Evening star., 1935-03-16
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Bob Shedding Stevens Family Is Most
Remarkable Quartet in Sports Realm.
BY JOHN LARDNER

coats the ice walls). Knowing all this,
they were prepared. when a crisis
came, to stand off any foreign threat
on their home grounds.
The crisis came in 1882, when the
Swiss Olympic team tried to steal the
two-man. or boblet, title from under
the very noses of the Stevens boys.
The Swiss almost got away with it.
They piled up big lead.
Curtis and Hubert Stevens,
handling the boblet franchise
for the family, were in the
toughest sort of spot.
So Hubert produced a blow torch
and applied it to the runners of his
sled. for the honor Of the house. The
runners cleaned and steamed. They
spurned the sticky snow as Hubert and
Curtis shot down Mount Van Hoven-
berg. Hubert steered and Curtis was
supposed to brake, but instead OF
braking on the turns he bobbed,
heaved and spurred the vehicle on to
better things. The Stevens cracked
the record once that day and twice
the next. and the Swiss also ran.
And they will be lin there" defend
ing their honors when the next
Olympic bobsledding is held in 1886
Copyright. 1885. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Exhibition Games
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Yesterdays Results.
New York (N), 2; st. Louis CN), 0.
Chicago (N), Z; Pittsburgh N). S.
Los Angeles (P. G. L., S; Chicago
(A), 8.
Albany q. L., /1s; Washington
(A.), IA.
st. Louis (A). Is; Boston (A), 2.
Todays Schedule.
At st. Petersburg-Boston (N) VS..
New York (A.).
At Miami Beach-New York (N)
VS.. st. Louis (N.).
At Tampa-Cincinnati (N0 VS..
Brooklyn CN).
At Lakeiand-Philadelphia N) VS..
Detroit (A.).
At San Bernardino-Pittsburgh
(N.) VS.. Los Angeles (P. G. L..
At Los Angeles-Chicago (N) VS.
Chicago (A.).
At Fort Myers-Philadelphia (A.)
VS.. Boston (A.).
At New Orleans-Cleveland (A)
VS.. New Orleans Is. A..
At West Palm Beach-St. Louis
+ (A9 VS.. Baltimore Il. L..
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The Force of Habit.

The Force of Habit.
A N AMAZING number of golfers,
n shooting around 80 10 years
II ago, are just about the same
L \ today.
And star golfers of is or
20 years ago are just as likely to win
some big tournament as any Of the
younger stars.
1t all goes back to force of habit, or
the dominating power Of habit.
The golfer shooting 80 today has
just about the same faults he had 10
years ago. He has permitted these
faults to turn into set of habits that
now rule his swing-largely because
said golfer won't give the thought
and the time to correcting them.
In the same way, the stars
of many years ago are likely to
break out with low scoring
rash at any moment.
For example, there is Willie Mac
farlane. Willie Macfarlane, then a
veteran, beat Bob Jones in a playoff
for the United States open champion
ship at Worcester in 1925.
A few days ago, Will Macfar-
lane was trailing Paul Runyan by
u strokes in one of the major Florida
tournaments. Runyan is P. G. A.
champion and was one of the best
of the field. Yet Willie Macfarlane
came bounding along like an antelope
with a $3.50, to pick up IA strokes
in SO holes The answer is that
after more than 20 years Of competi-
tive golf. Macfarlane's correct habits
in the way of swinging came to his
help.
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comes rambling along the road. But
he takes it out in trying TO dream
himself into form.
Few golfers will subject them
selves to the mental discipline
of eliminating their faulty hab-
its. This mental discipline
plays a big part among the
stars.
Few know how many of us want
to quit or give up during tourna-
ments,' leading winner told me re-
Gently. The nerve strain, especially
around the greens, can tear you apart
at times when you begin to get tired
and the pressure starts getting
heavier"
The average golfer may make stout
resolutions concerning greater ease
in address, smoother pace to tllk
backswing, more body turn and less
hurry from the top-but as a rule he
won't stick to these resolutions for
any length of time.
1t seems easier to lift the club than
to swing ito let things take care
Of themselves-which, of course, they
never will
The simpler processes of the golf
swing are not hard to work out-as
most practice swings will show-but
the average golfer lacks the mental
training needed when pressure ar
rives.
AS Joe Kirkwood says, IF only they
would relax a little and concentrate
little in the right way. they all could
play good golf. Nearly all bad faults
start from tension and them harden
and settle in the system"
Copyright. 1895. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1ncD
Evening star., 1935-03-16
RUTH IS MAGNET
OPPOSING YANKS
Record Gate Expected as
He Battles Old Team First
Time Since 1919.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ut. PETERSBURG. Fla.-The
- biggest gate in the history Of
~ Braves training camps was ex-
pected today at Waterfront
Park as Babe Ruth plays against the
Yankees for the first time since 1919
1t is the first of a series of nine
games for 'the championship of St
Petersburg"
Temporary bleachers have been
erected for the expected throng,
which. Manager Bill McKechnie esti-
mates, will number we'll over 5000.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Unless things
quickly improve. Manager Bill Terry
of the New York Giants will have to
send some Of his extra pitchers to the
outfield
Mel OFT is nursing a stone bruise
on his heel and Joe Moore has de-
veloped a flrst-class Charley horse
A third flychaser, young Jim Asbell
suffered an ankle injury early in the
training season and hasn't been able
to play since.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Sports Mirror

By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago: AS protest against
Florida Racing Commissions action
to stop horse doping" 125 horsemen
went on strike at Hialeah track,
Miami.
Three years ago: Babe Ruth accept
ed $4,000 contract for 1882, a cut
Of $4,000.
Five years ago: Wichita Henrys won
national A. A. U. basket ball title,
defeating Olympic Club of San Fan
cisco, 29-l6. in final at Kansas City.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Holbrook and Redmond Beacons in Ozark" Contest

Powell, the Washington boy, and
Sington, the former all-America
foot ball player, both bought from
Albany, crashed the outfield. Both
were good defensively Powell
contributed the fielding gem OF the
game with q running one-hand
catch that ended hostilities
The Washington boy looked bet
ter at bat He walked three
times and got two singles, both
sharp drives Big Sington got
q double the first time up, then
was helpless at the plate;
A long practice at Biloxi Field
was scheduled for the Nationals
this afternoon Tomorrow
they again will tackle Albany in q
game at Gulfport, l2 miles away,
where the international Leaguers
are training.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
CENTRAL TANkERS
HAVE BEST CHANCE
Three Other Local High Schools
Compete in South Atlantic
Championship Meet.
.ENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL was con.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL was con-
Il ceded the best chance of any of
the four local teams competing
this afternoon and tonight in the
annual South Atlantic High School
swimming championships in the Shore
ham Hotel pool
Eastern, Western and Bethesda
Chevy Chase High also are entered in
the meet as are Baltimore City Col
lege, Calvert Hall and GywnnS Falls.
Trials were to be run off this after
noon, beginning at 2:30, while the
finals will be held tonight, starting at
o'clock. Entries follow:
20O-Yard Relay--Baltimore City College:
Team A Fern, Abrams; Pardew. Wilson
M and Booth; Team CEtridge.. Hunt T.
Weinberger, Zimmerman, Fitzpatrick.
Kelley. Jamison, Fieet); Team B Brown,
Skippon. Beatty, McQueen); Team C pow
ell. .Setterstrom, Martin, weber, Western
High: O.. Reinberg. Russell, Sherline, G.
5O-Yard Free style-Baltimore City COL
lege (Fenn. Pardew. Weinberger. Zimmer-
Beatey s5D91n HEh
Reinberg, Hamm, r. Reinberg); Calvert
IoO-Yard Breast stroke-Baltimore City
Leetch Cullinane Goldbergl; western
High (Bondham. Hardingl Calvert Hall
22O-Yard Free style-Baltimore City
College tPrinz.. Sowbell; Keiser); Central
High Brown, Porterf1eld, Powell. Webberl (;
Western Brown, Bowley); Calvert Hall
tFarberl; Bethesda Chevy Chase High
1O0-Yard Back Stroke-Baltimore City
College EMcClees, MCGUIRE, Reckfordl :;
Central Fahrenback. Thacker. Fitzhugh) !;
Western High ,(Moynelo, Mckee,; Eastern
High (Marmon).
1OO-Yard Free Stvle-Baltimore City
College (Abrahans. WILSON,; Central (Kel-
ley, Fleet); Western (Dorman, Sherline,
RusselD.
High Board Diving-Baltimore City
College Goldberg. Crawford. Sonesl; Cen
tral (Tarbett. Shpley. Thomas, BriggSl;
Western Harding. Carney.
- 3OO-Yard Medley Relay Baltimore City:
Team A (McClees Hunt. Etridge); Team
B Mcclure, Kessler. .Battenfeldl, Central
High: Team A tFitzhugh. Goldberg. Jor-
western High (Moynelo, Bonham. Dor
mani.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ut. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
16.-Regardless of where they
- finish in this years National
League pennant race-and they
can be rated definitely as a danger
GUS factor at all times-the Boston
Braves, featuring the one and only
Babe Ruth, will help every club
in the circuit discard the financial
red ink this season.
The champion Cardinals were the
only outfit to slice up any profits In
1884 and that was due exclusively
to participation in a seven-game
world series.
The novelty this year of having
Ruth in the National League for
the first time. shooting at fresh
targets, may mean an aggregate
increase of 100000 cash customers.
He is not only a life-saver for the
Braves, who were close to tossing
in the sponge, but he will boom
the business on his first swing around
the circuit,
Evening star., 1935-03-16
HOYAS, CARDS COMPETE
Each Have Two Runners, Latter
Relay Team in Action.

Eight college trackmen from Cath
olic University and Georgetown will
compete tonight in the Knights of
Columbus games at Brooklyn.
The Cardinals will be represented
by Bill Walker, promising freshman;
Bill Lajousky, veteran of three years,
and O mile relay team which had not
been chosen definitely this morning.
Walker and Lajousky are sprinters.
Georgetown will be represented by
a pair of runners. Doug Hanks and
Ed Brown, both former Mercersburg
Academy stars. Neither has been de-
feated this year while running for the
Hilltop school. Hanks will run in the
1,0O0-yard handicap invitation, while
Brown will compete in the 600-yard
invitation.
Evening star., 1935-03-16

the ball in the sun, tripped and
sprawled, face down. land the
sphere struck him squarely In the
middle Of the back.
Cohen came to camp to train
as a pitcher. but the left-hander
brought up from the Chattanooga
farm got a turn at first basing in
the exhibition He relieved
Kuhel in the seventh and
accepted two chances like a regu-
lar firstsacker Kuhel had q
lot of running to do in the game
and there was nothing wrong
about that ankle he broke last
June Joe Mills, the WASH
ington sandlotter working out
with the squad, played two innings
at third base He did not get
a chance afield .E1nd popped
in his only batting turn.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Rookie Catchers
By a STAFF correspondent of The Star.

BY StaH correspondent OF The Star.
~ ILOXI, Miss, March 16.-A
K good-looking pair of catch
ers has been picked up by
the Nationals in Sam Hol-
brook, bought from Chattanooga,
and Jack Redmond, purchase
from Birmingham, it appears.
Each had a three-inning session
behind the bat in yesterdays ex-
hibition and did an impressive
piece of receiving. The one steal
of the game came while Holbrook
was working, but Scrivener, with
his wind-up, gave the Albany run
ner such a start that Holbrook
never had a chance to get his nan.
Washington was up in the game
Evening star., 1935-03-16
ooe Pitchers Dappoint Harris Ruth Counted Upon Erase Red Ink
THE SPORTZIGHT
Power of Habit Comes to Aid of Ace
Golfers; Keeps 9O.players Tied Down.
BY GRANTLAND RICE
The Annual Journey.

sadly at his ite and shook his ozed head
hate % but I must CO." ne said
~ sn1u a bluebird yesterday-I heard robin call,
I think sdw q crocus, too, along the garden waH'
The dub looked sadly his Die and shed bring tear
trying practice suing that grased the chdndeher
goodby" sobbed "and tell them to be good
mdshie and started sngtng oodJ
The dub looked m and siged some one calls me up
Just that felt the sun and saw outtercup;
the office asks for and starts to getting sore
Just business trip to Nome StngdPoTe
The dub looked Uep hate to eaUe you DEAR
But getting blue again and Spring almost mere
ove mn you knoWonce more he shook MS heao-
found to stop that SLICE, ne SAID
Evening star., 1935-03-16
SEEK MAT REVENGE.

Central Y. M. C. A. wrestlers will
seek to avenge a previous defeat at
the hands of the Wilmington "Y"
graphing team tonight at 8:l5 o'clock
in the local gymnasium. The score
of the previous match was IL to 9.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
ILLNESS MAY COST
R00K BIC CHANCE
MiInar of Indians, Making
Strong Slab Bid, Faces
an Operation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW ORLEANS.-Al Milnar, who
nj was making strong bid for
Y a place on the Cleveland In
dams pitching staff, was in a
hospital today, preparing for an ap-
pendicitis operation.
His illness means he probably will
spend another year in the minors.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
BLOW is SOCCER CHAMP
Defeats Park View, 30, in Third
Game to Take Honors.

Blow School, ever power in graded
school soccer circles, today was in
possession of another city champion
ship following 2-to-0 victory scored
over Park View yesterday on the New
York Avenue Playground.
The game was the third and final
OF a series to determine the annual
elementary school tournament. The
first tilt ended in IL tie, but Blow
took the second by 2-to-1 score and
then followed up with its victory yes
terday. Bolts and Stasulli scored the
Evening star., 1935-03-16

tBatted for lanahan in ninth inning
Slated for Coppola in sixth inning.
N7ssah MasH1NaToN - III 99I sqs sq5 S49-la S41-le
Runs-sehulte. Powell (2). Myer. Blueee,
kress Redmond Is, Lanahan. Lnss AGs1aIaii sriefeii
%, Packard. Susko Pickens, Wilson (2),
Wright "a, McNeely (2). Peters. Bell, Cop,
pS1la,; jones' Errors-Myer. Kress, Nc
sgsko go, Bell -. ,Bricken (2S.. Packard
90, Wright 90. Pickens CD wilson. NC
Nicely. Slngton, Stone, Travis. Bluege (2),
Jones, Redmond. Powell (3). Two-base
bits sits-Bel sington: MeNeelyi, Wilson.
Wright, (2). Stone. Kress, McNeeiy.
Stolen base-Susko. Left on bases-Wasfi-
ington. IA; Albany, g. Bases on balls
on Goppola: 4; of Diggs. 3; on scrivener,
pola. 4; by Diggs, /; by Scrivener, 2; by
Armhgrst; 2: by Lanahan; !; Hits.of
innings; of Scrivener II in 3 innings: off
Lanahan. l in 3 innings; of Armhurst, 9
in innings. Balk-Coppola. Winning
ppitcSer-coppola. Losins, pitcher r-ptgss:
Of game-2:36.
Evening star., 1935-03-16

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Johnny
Broaca's strict adherence to the busi-
ness at hand is paying dividends in
the New York Yankee camp.
The former Yale Highlander, in
bed at II and up at Z religiously, is
further advanced in his training than
any Of his pitching rivals.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
COPPOLA IS BEST
IN PRACTICE TILT
Gives GriffS Trouble for Five
Frames as Albany Wins,
19 to ID.
BY JOHN B. KELLER,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

~ nOXI, Miss, March 16. NO
x ball club is better than its
pitching, so that 19-to-14
pasting given the Nationals
by the Albany outfit in the first exhi-
bition game of the season may be dis
counted. Bucky Harris kid hurlers
failed to show under fire what they
had in practice sessions, so the Inter-
national League club had a great
time. But the Nationals are. not that
bad and will prove it when the vet
eran boxmen get on the job next week.
Harris said today that five of the
experienced fingers are ready to take
turns on the hill and that they will
be on the firing line next Thursday
and Friday, when the Indians are to
be encountered here.
He named Jack Russell, Monte
Weaver, Ed Linke, AL Thomas and
Bob Burke as the ones advanced
enough in training to be assigned to
toll in tdSsles. And the pilot believes
Earl Whitehill will be primed for
service by the time the Cleveland
series is reached.
With the kind of pitching likely to
be done by this talented lot the Ma
tionals should appear a team vastly
different from that which bowed to
Albany in the inaugural exhibition.
Only Pitching Is Bad.
TN WORK other than on the hill the
ball club shaped up well yester-
day. 1t hit soidly, flashed lot
of speed on the bases and was not SO
sloppy afleld as the three errors
charged against it might indicate.
Sixteen hits leaped from the Wash
ington bats, half of these off the
pitching done by young Henry Cop
pola in the first five frames. The
others were CLEANED off Orville Arm
brust, the somewhat rotund rookie
carried over from last year. Both
hurlers had been loaned to Albany for
the day.
Coppola was the standout among
the five chuckers who saw service in
the emerry-go-round. Although he had
been regarded as a fair prospect by
Manager Harris, this Northeastern
League product sent to camp by the
Albany club for inspection was not
believed as good as Reese Diggs or
Arch Scrivener. He had not revealed
in practice anything like the pitching
ability displayed by Diggs and Scriv-
ener.
Yet in his five innings he gave the
flrSt-string Nationals plenty trouble.
Not run was earned off him until
the fourth inning. Wabbly support
had forced him to work so hard in
the first three rounds that he began
firing in the fourth, to be hit heavily.
But, as Manager Harris said today,
in the five innings on the hill Cop
pola did as much as he would be
called upon to do in seven innings
under ordinary conditions. Henry had
to dig himself out of several deep
holes into which his teammates had
tossed him.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Repelling Swiss Invaders.

TINE Stevens boys know all there is
to know about their racket. the
science Of braking and steering,
the proper width of runners, the
danger Of frosted goggles. the ideal
condition for a run (the going is said
to be fastest when thin layer of snow
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Bats in Customary Spot

Bats in Customary Spot.
n UTH will bat No. 3, his customary
II spot. and combine with Wally
Berger, the rangy centerflelder,
to give Boston the toughest pair of
distance hitters it has ever had
The Babe will patrol left field at
home. however, to avoid the sun and
that means an extra burden on the
big fellows aging legs. The fact is
Ruth will be obliged to play in left
everywhere except New York and
Pittsburgh This is bound to cut
down the big fellows endurance.
The Babe has had an idea he would
experience less strain on his legs by
playing first base, but McKechnie
doesn't agree with him. Moreover,
the Braves first baseman, Buck Jor-
dan. was the only player on the club
to hit over 300 last year and he can
not be sidetracked.
Rabbit Maranville, the gritty little
veteran who broke leg in an exhi-
bition game here last Spring. is try
ing hard to make a comeback. but
it will be a miracle if he ever plays
regularly again.
Less Mallon, a base ball tourist, is
slated to start at Maranville's old
position, second base. Bill Urbanski,
much improved shortstop, and
Arthur "Pinkey" Whitney, ex-Phillie,
due for a good year at third base,
complete the infeld.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Dedicate Pirates Camp.

CAN BERNARDINO, Calif.-The
y flags are flying and the paraders
are falling into line to San Ber-
nardino today, because it's Community
day and the Pirates training camp is
being formally dedicated.
There also will be a ball-tossing-
out by the mayor as the Bucs and
Angels open two-day series.
Evening star., 1935-03-16

1t was compromise, but was salts
factory both to lombard and to the
club.
ORLANDO, Fla.-CaseY Stengel,
the Brooklyn Dodgers leader, has two
graceful fielding first basemen trying
20 dislodge Sam Leslie.
Both John Mccarthy and Mario
(Mike) Farrotto have astonished the
camp with their fielding feats around
first base but the chances are that
Leslie will be at his accustomed sta
ton when the season opens.
Sam definitely can hit major league
pitching. Mccarthy and Farrotto still
have to prove they can.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
goals. Summary:
BADGERS WIN IN RING.

MADISON, Wis, March 16.-Wis-
consin scored 7-to-2 boxing victory
over Haskell Institute here last night
in a dual meet.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Jimmy

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Jimmy
Wilson's Phillies journey to the jun
giles of Lakeland today, bent on secur-
ing a pelt from the Detroit Tigers.
George Watkins, center, who had
the suspicion of charley horse to-
day, may be missing from the safari,
keeping company with Lou Chiozza,
whose bad knee is not quite ready
for work.
Evening star., 1935-03-16

Y you may talk about the DusekS,
" the Baers, and all the rest,
but the most remarkable fam
lily Of athletes now at large on
this continent Is the Stevens family
of Lake Placid. No other family
dominates its field the way the four
Stevens boys, Paul, Curtis. Hubert and
Raymond, dominate the field Of bob
shedding, free style.
Bobsledding In America means bob
shedding in Mount Van Hoevenberg,
that sleek and treacherous Adiron-
dack hill where the Stevens boys
coasted to victory in the Olympics of
1882.
The Stevenses know Mount
Van Hoevenberg forward and
backward, upward and down.
They could stand in the mid
die Of the Cobb Desert with
their eyes shut and catalogue
every bump, twist, and speck Of
snow on the Hoevenberg run.
Frost Bitten Suckers Plentiful.
DOBSLEDDING is a funny sport
6 In 1880 the average fan would
have chuckled gaily at the
thought Of standing on a mountain
with a thousand other frost-bitten
suckers and listening to an announcer
broadcast the progress of a sled down.
hill. But in 1882 a thousand people
were doing that every day.
Most Of them did not know the
Hoevenberg run as we'll as the palms
of their hands, or better. The high
lights Of the run. reading from top
to bottom, are as follows:
Eyrie, the first tough turn, which
the bobsled boys usually reach in less
than half minute from the start.
White Face. the heighest turn or
the run, a sheer wall of ice rising
80 feet from the slide
Cliffside, two-thirds of the way
down.
Shady Corner, a hairpin curve thai
is probably the most dangerous and
bewildering Of all.
Zig-zag, where the German
Olympic sledders shot off the
course three years ago and
nearly killed themselves.
Mount Van Hoevenberg and the
rest Of the Adirondack slopes are ole
stuff to the Stevens boys, who grew
up on skis and bobsleds thereabouts
They are happy only when they're
going down hill. They dabble ir
motorboat racing, hotel keeping and
golf courses now and then, but the
true function of an Adirondack
Stevens Is to slide down mountains al
so miles an hour.
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Babe Inspires Club.

TROM the actual playing stand
II point Ruth's mere presence has
already served as a fresh in
spiration for the Braves, but there's
no telling what the big fellow will
do personally. The best that can
be said for him is that any time he
steps up to bat he will be a menace
Like that other famous old cham
pion, Jack Dempsey, he is danger
Gus as long as he is in the arena and
upright.
The Babe won't break any more
home run records, much as he ap-
preciates the vote of confidence from
Rogers Hornsby. All things con-
sidered, he will have a big year II
he plays 100 games, slugs 80 or IS
home runs and drives in 100 base
runners.
Such an output would mean tre-
mendous lift to the Braves, who have
been long on pitching. but short on
power during Bill McKechnie's six
years as manager. Last year, In l25
games with the Yankees, the Babe
drove in "a runs, hit % homers and
drew 103 passes
Evening star., 1935-03-16
Sends Vets to Slab.

r OS ANGELES.-Lonnie Warneke
l. and Larry French. one-half of
the Chicago Cubs prospective
pitching big four" were Manager
Charlie Grimm's nominees to work
against the White Sox in the OPEN
ing game of the abbreviated city
series
The other half. Bill Lee and Tex
Carleton, will do the pitching against
the American Leaguers tomorrow
Evening star., 1935-03-16
EVERY N. |. CLUB
WILL Be HELPED
Inspired by Babe, Team Is
Likely to Be Dangerous
Throughout Race.

(ThiS is one of a series of stories
on major league base ball pros
pectS.J