Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1911 — ODDITY IN BASEBALL SHIFTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ODDITY IN BASEBALL SHIFTS

Germany Bchaefer and Jim Delehanty Traded Jobs as Second Basemen Now Play First Crack first basemen are mighty, scarce, so scarce in fact that two clubs played second basemen on the initial sacks during the greater part of the season. Peculiarly, the two second basemen thus transferred • figured in a deal two years ago, Jim Delehanty being traded by Washington, to De? troit for Germany Schaefer, and Red Kinifer. Now Germany is playing the first cushion for toe Nationals, while

/ ' >•*:,■ cjjfc Del took Gainer's place tor the Tiger*. Other men In the big leagues playing first that started elsewhere are George Stovall of the Naps. Frank Chance of the Cuba. Fred Tenney at the Boston Rustlers, and Jake Daubert of the Brooklyn*. Chance and Tenney were catchers. Stovall and Daubert pitchers. Won a Double-Header. ;? Rube Waddell pitched a er for Minneapolis at Loularllle and won both games.

Germany Schaefer.