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Rh Warner thinks we ought to keep two full nines for the First, but I don't see the use of it if we have the Second to play with. What do you think?"

"No use at all," said Way. "Just a lot of sore-heads sitting around on the bench and kicking because they can't play every minute. Besides, there aren't enough good ball players in the lot to make three teams."

"No, I don't think there are. That's what I told Warner. He wanted to pick out eighteen or twenty and then make up the Second from what was left."

"A peach of a Second it would be," jeered Gordon.

"I guess we'll stick to last year's idea," continued the coach, "and keep about sixteen fellows, including pitchers. I wish, by the way, we had another good twirler. We'll have to find one somewhere."

"Joe Browne can pitch a little, Dick," Way suggested. "You might see what you can do with him. He hasn't got much, I guess, but a pretty fair straight ball and a sort of out-curve, but he might learn."

"All right, we'll see what we can do with him. A player who can work in the field and the box too is a pretty handy chap to have around. If he can do well enough to start some of the early games