Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — KONETCHY HAD TO BE COAXED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KONETCHY HAD TO BE COAXED

Star St. Louis First Baseman Did Not Want to Leave sl2 Job in Candy Store to Play Ball. Ed. Konetchy, star Cardinal first baseman, had to be coaxed to quit a sl2-a-week job in a candy store to play professional ball. Pink Hawley, old Red player, manager of the La Crosse team in the Wisconsin-Illinois league in 1907, was short an outfielder one Sunday, and was told Konetchy could play/ Hawley called Konetchy

out of the grand stand and induced him to play right field. Konetchy made three hits. Hawley told him to report at the park next day for practice chasing tiles. Konetchy said he couldn’t; that he had to work. Hawley got Konetchy’s boss to let him oft a week, and promised the player $lB. Konetchy didn’t go back to work. He hit over JOO and was bought by the Qwdtnal*. -

Ed. Konetchy.