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FORMER GORHAMkI5IBALL LOT STAR“GOING TO TOWN”iBatting .350 for Memphis; ClicksWith a Sprained Ankle;Hits Nine in RowJoe -Grace of Gorham is goinggreat guns for tie MemphisChicks. A Memphis sports columnclipping reaching the Daily Inde-i pendent office lifts its hat to Grace,the rookie outfielder so often seenon the Riverside park lot here. Thegist of the column's eulogy toGrace follows:“Two youngsters almost forgotten in the lineup draw this springare parading the best brand ofbaseball being presented there daysby the Memphis Chicks. They areJoe Grace, the rookie outfielder,and Kirby Farrell, the youthfulfirst sackei*»Grace, gritting his teeth at theneedles stabbing in his sprainedankle, is hitting at a .358 clipleading his veteran teamsters in this his first season in Class A'baseball. And before his stiff leghobbled his speed (he is the fastest man on the team), the youngster was fast becoming a veritableball hawk afield.Grace is credited with nine successive hits off of an ankle he canbarely stand on. The string endedwith a sizzling drive in the thirdinninc of Thursday of last week.Skipper Hoffman of the Chickswas asked why Grace is permitted to play under such duress, andhe replied that activity is thenewly prescribed treatment forsprained joints.And the eulogy continues: “SoGrace goes hobbling about right jfield missing a few chances, butnot missing many swings withhis big bludgeon. Charley Miller,league statistican, claims Grace’snine in a row is the league record.A peculiar feature of Grace’sbatting orgy is that he puts ’emright through the opposition, asthey know where to play for them. Grace is a “dead’’ left field hitter.Miller said he would hesitate toattempt to have Grace change hisstance to rocket a few into rightfield, because it’s not in the cardsto monkey with the stance of aman who’s batting .350. “Personally I think he is a natural hitterand will work it out for himself”. |1
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Murphysboro Daily Independent
Murphysboro, Illinois, US
Tue, Jun 09, 1936
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