The big bottle-shaped bat in his hands and the big chaw bulging his cheek seemed too much of a load for the Chicago White Sox's little second baseman, Jacob Nelson Fox. Four times he walked to the plate in a game with the Red Sox last week; four times he walked back hitless. Finally Nellie decided that the nonsense had lasted long enough. In the tenth inning he sent a bases-loaded single into left center and beat Boston 1-0.
The White Sox went along with the idea. To the accompaniment of noisy Nellie's chattering...
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