Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1911 — ANOTHER ST. LOUIS STAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANOTHER ST. LOUIS STAR

Bobby Byrne, Who Was Bern and Brought Up in Mound City, Plays Brilliantly as a Pirate. St. Louis has become famous u the recruiting ground for ball players. The Mound City turns them out lp droves each season, and thye can be found in every league in the land, great and small. Following In the footsteps of heroes of Kerry Patch and Goose Hill, young Bobby Byrne, native of St Louis, born December 31, 1885, decided in the spring of 1905 that be would “go out” and braye the jibes of his fellows if he failed to make good. Rather, he determined he would make good. He did. He played at Springfield, Mo., not too far from home, and. then, becoming bolder, he got as far as Bhreveport, La., then in the Southern

league. There he learned from the wise old heads who were enjoying their second time on earth In the Dixie sun more than he ever knew about baseball. In return, he showed them something they never saw in the way of speed. A scout for the SL Louts Cardinals saw him perform and marveled that such a youngster should have been overlooked at borne. He came back and told the Cardinal management about 1L He did not get much encouragement, but Insisted, and finally it was concluded to give Bobby Byrne a trial. Bobby made good, and making good at home Is the add test for a ball player. He stayed with the Cardinals into his third season, when he was traded to Pittsburgh; some SL Louis fans are still touchy shout thsl trade, says the Sporting News. He Is

Just as good a Pirate as he was a Cardinal, and as a Pirate he became something he never could have looked forward to as a Cardinal—a member of the champion team of the world. His St Louis admirers got some satisfaction out of that

Bobby Byrne.