Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — “NAPS” CANNOT TOUCH PLANK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“NAPS” CANNOT TOUCH PLANK

Time Has Gone By When Heavy Hitting Clevelanders Have Any Terrors for Star Southpaw. . The time was when Connie Mack would no more think of sending .Eddie Plank, his star southpaw, against the Naps than he would of using Paddy Livingston on the mound against the Tigers, in the days when the Naps depended upon Lajoie, Bradley, Stovall, Turner, Bemis and other -righthanded batters to drive in the runs, Connie neve? sent Plank against the Naps except in eases where his other

pitchers were unable to work. In fact, the great veteran southpaw worked against the Naps but three times last year. He won two and lost one. But this year, things are different Cleveland depends upon left-handed batters for most of its offensive strength, and Plank simply delights in tackling them.

Jitcher Eddie Plank.