Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1911 — BRAINY PITCHER BIG ASSET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRAINY PITCHER BIG ASSET

Star Flinger Can Render Signals and Inside Play Worthless —Good Common Sense Counts. Otto Knabe, who is one of the brainiest players in the National League, says this about signals: ...... “Signals and inside play are great things for a ball club to have, but plain common sense, quick thinking and Intelligence have signals beaten to death. “What use have signals and inside play been against Mathewsop, Brown, Moore, Camnltz and other star flng-

era? Put a pitcher in the box who has brains and he will smash all the team play you ever saw. Base runners will be pie for the catcher and hit-and-run plays will be jokes. Give me a pitcher In there with the old noodle, and I want to see some of these machine?. work.”

Otto Knabe.