Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1912 — VALUABLE MEMBER OF CINCINNATI TEAM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VALUABLE MEMBER OF CINCINNATI TEAM

When those Cubans—Almeida 'and Marsans —came into the National Itague a lot of people were inclined to look on the deal thht brought them as a sort of hippodrome stunt by Frank Bancroft to add interest to the Reds and bolster up battered gate receipts. Time has proven .otherwise, for both won places on real merit as ball players. Jrue, Almeida has been shunted to the minors, but it was because of indifferent disposition and not for lack of ability. He hit over .300 in the few games Clark Griffith permitted him to play last year and proved a valuable utility man. Marsans did not hit so hard, perhaps he was not as good a ball player as Almeida, but he showed more earnestness in his work and that counts. Today there is no

more valued member of the Red team. His full opportunity has not come yet, because there is small change to break in when a combinationls winning, but many a good man sits on the bench. Marsans is one of the fastest men in baseball. In his own land he was called the Ty Cobb of Cuba. When a runner to needed to a Red game Marsans gets the assignments Marsans came to the States about six years , ago and played on semi-pro teams in the east. He finally landed to organized ball and the Reds got him from New Britain of the Connecticut league. He is twenty-six years old, slight of build, but active as a cat and like most of the Cubans has a wonderful throwing arm. Most catchers watch him closely.

Marsans, the “Ty Cobb” of Cuba.