Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1911 — Accident Made Bresnahan Catcher. [ARTICLE]

Accident Made Bresnahan Catcher.

An accident made Roger Bresnahan a catcher. Roger went to Baltimore as a pitcher, but was not much good* and Manager McGraw had just abont decided to let him go for keeps when Wilbert Robinson and Bill Clarke were hurt. McGraw asked Roger to put on a mask and pad and catch. Bresnahan was game. There was a fast man on first base who thought he could take advantage of the boy’s inexperience and he tried to steal. Roger shot the ball down so fast that he had him by 30 feet. McGraw saw what he could do and asked Robinson to make a catcher of him.