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jTWO OLD BALLfTOSSERS TALKj To the ordinary man, who might have overheard the telephonic const»f-versacion, it was just two police officials talMng, But t-o the old-time, j jball fan it was more than that—it.' {was theovoices of two former great ^ f ball playei^'the idols of the fans of— e jwell-say. Minost a quarter of a een~ i , j tury ago, althoagh it isn't quite thatYj i lOllg.' ' . Jv'•_ The telephbrib rang in the offiee of y Sher^;'-S.t^;::iATthur. He answered it n and theYbWi happened to he from Ur-’ bana. ; It:wip:Sherhf Siegle, of Cham-pain Countqy^ ^lling on official bnsi-ness-:; •Buttwo sheriffs saluted j-i each .bth^^over the phone—it o i wasn't formal It was '‘Hello, Stan,5' g and ‘rHcBbteJohnny.” For it has e only been^pfew years back—at least x it seems ;£t*£' us, just a fan, only a L_ short tiifie^-that Stan Arthur was 0 one of the best catchers that ever {. ; looked through „ a mask and Johnny l j Siegle, now the Urbana sheriff wasj; ti one of the fleetest outfielders in the}, s game. It-is needless to say the two I j | ex'professionah ball players know . each , other well. }.j By the way they might organdie an ex-players' Sheriffs? league, or!_ something like that—provided Cliff p Lattimer of Xenia, is elected sheriff of Greene: county- “Tacks” was a great catcher in his day and now he wants to u^e Stan and “Johnny” for . an example-^for he filed his papers 31 as a candidate for sheriff of his county, last week.—Wilmington News.
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 18, 1918
Page 3
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Greene C.
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