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The first time I ever saw Billy Sunday he was driving for an undertaker in Marshalltown, Ia. Later I saw him at a fireman's tournament, and the speed he showed on that occasion made me think he was first-class timber for baseball. I asked him If he would like to go to Chicago, and he eald he didn't mind, provided I wouldn't expect him to work on Sunday. I told him we could fix that and he concluded he'd try It. The first thirteen times he went to bat alter playing with UB he was struck out, and I got a good many left-handed compliments from the boys on my ability to pick a winner. I hung on to him, however, and be soon devel1 osed into aomethinK really worth
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