Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1912 — “PEA JUGGLER” MAY RETIRE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“PEA JUGGLER” MAY RETIRE

Frank Bowerman, Christy Mathewson’s Old-Time Backstop, Is Expected to Quit Game. Frank Bowerman of Romeo, Mich., famous as the inventor of the only method of eating peas with a knife and without the loss of a pea, also as the only man who ever caught the delivery, of Christy Mathewson tothe complete satisfaction of the peerless Christopher, will quit baseball unless he gets his release from Kansas City, says the Utica Blade. Bowerman has been in the Amerk can association for several years. He first played on the Indianapolis team under Charlie Carr. Bowerman and Carr were bosom friends until a dispute arose one day and they became bitter enemies. The result was that Bowerman and Carr split for good. At present Bowerman is the property of the Kansas City club. Carr is going out to manage Kansas City this

year and he said that he would not have Bowerman on the club. Likewise Bowerman does not care to play under Carr. Before toe world’s series last October Christy Mathewson remarked that he missed Bowerman. The peerless Giant hurler said that the Romeo, Mich., fashion plate was the best .catcher he ever worked with.

Frank Bowerman.