Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1912 — ABOUND THE BASES [ARTICLE]

ABOUND THE BASES

It -is said Pitcher Buck O’Brien of the Boston Red Sox received a boost of a thousand dollars over his contract of last year. Manager Fred Clarke has but ten pitchers all told on his roster, and that includes Leifield and Noel, neither of whom are sure. Fans will miss the annual Helnie Zimmerman holdout story, for Zimmerman’s contract as signed with the Cubs is for three years. Hank O’Day is making control a strong point in the development of his twirlers. “It is the biggest asset of any man in the box,” says the exumpire. _ - Harold Grover, the Pirate youngster from the town lots of Rockport, Mass., is said to be one young pitcher who has acquired the knack of holding men on bases. ' The most astounding, interesting, but wholly unbelievable, news from any training camp was that Johnny Evers had reported to the Chicago Cubs "so fat that he was not recognized." \-r Jack Glasscock, old National Leaguer, is said to have professed “conversion” at the religious revival held in Wheeling by Billy Sunday. Nine thousand people cheered him as he walked to the front of the haU,