Outing . l shortstop. In terse bromid-ian, he is ballyhooed—The GreatestPlayer the game has known. Thisbores Wagner. If the truth be known,he dislikes the fans, for this stolid manof the powerfully bowed legs and mas-sive shoulders dreads publicity. As Hans Wagner Sees It When the Pirates are home Wagnerjumps into his automobile at Carnegieand drives to the ball park over the hillroads that lead into Pittsburgh. Afterthe game he flees from the fans andchugs back to his little farm, his people,chickens, and dogs. Rarely will he talkon baseball; never of himself. Onenight, however, after the chi
Outing . l shortstop. In terse bromid-ian, he is ballyhooed—The GreatestPlayer the game has known. Thisbores Wagner. If the truth be known,he dislikes the fans, for this stolid manof the powerfully bowed legs and mas-sive shoulders dreads publicity. As Hans Wagner Sees It When the Pirates are home Wagnerjumps into his automobile at Carnegieand drives to the ball park over the hillroads that lead into Pittsburgh. Afterthe game he flees from the fans andchugs back to his little farm, his people,chickens, and dogs. Rarely will he talkon baseball; never of himself. Onenight, however, after the chickens hadhad been tucked away in their Carnegiecots, Wagner chatted with an old the liberty of long friendship, thevisitor stepped suddenly on dangerousground. John, said he, do ball players payany attention to the crowd? For the moment Wagner mulled insilence. He sat searching the sky, aglowwith the flare of distant blast , as if freeing his mind of a longincumbrance, he cried:. ISfcSSft^^^^^s Photograph by Paul Thompson, N. Y. TY COBB THINKS Its THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD TO BE APROFESSIONAL BALL PLAYER. We let applause in one ear and outthe other. The next day they roast shows how foolish grand-standplay talk is. We never play for thegrandstand, for we dont want theirapplause when it comes. It is said that Wagner never con-sented to a newspaper interview untillate last season. His opinions on base- ball, however, are frequently unleashedby close friends who at widely separatedintervals have heard some laconic re-mark. Wagner likes baseball. He believes itan excellent chance for a young man,provided the young man is of firm moralfiber. He harbors the anti-good-fellowidea to such an extent that those who 149 i5o THE OUTING MAGAZINE do not know him term him a friends say he is big-hearted. Hisfriends are right. To them Wagner isfrank in his admiration of the game. Ashe says: Something new is turning upevery day. Always new and
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