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[[image - black & white photograph of Rube Currie]]
[[caption]] RUBE CURRIE - Pitcher]]

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REUBEN "RUBE" CURRIE--Pitcher

Currie is one of the very few athletes who have the moniker of Rube and did not obtain it from a foreign source. Rube left his home in Kansas City, Mo., to join the Chicago Unions in quest of fame and fortune. However, the following year he decided to stick around the odor of home cooking and play with the Kansas City Monarchs. In the spring of 1924 he came East as a member of the Hilldale Club. Rube throws with his right digit, is 26 years old and hits from the right side of the platter.

[[image - black & white photograph of Paul Stevens]]
[[caption]] PAUL "UNCLE JAKE" STEVENS - Shortstop [[/caption]] 

Paul Stevens is one of the few boys who jumped right off the lots to a first-class club. Stevie advised Mr. Ed Bolden via postman that he was the best short fielder that ever matriculated among the white roses of York, Pa., and Bolden, who in turn was impressed by his confident air sent for Stevie in the spring of 1921. He had not yet reached the voting age and only weighed 120 pounds, but his nerve and speed in handling ground balls was the means of him sticking around on the bench for three seasons.

In the spring of the present year, Bolden farmed him out to the Philadelphia Giants in order to give him a chance to play every day. He was recalled in July and is now filling a regular berth at shortstop. Stevens uncanny ability to field ground balls has caused him to be nick-named the human jumping jack. Since returning to Hilldale Stevens has been hitting in better form and a few additional pounds picked up has stamped him as an improved ball player. Stevens' home is in York, Pa., and the family records show that he is 23 years old. He throws and hits right-handed.