Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1912 — Among the Baseball Players [ARTICLE]

Among the Baseball Players

Ralph Mattls, who was with Washington in the Bpring, is said to be the best outfielder in the Virginia league this season. Bob Ewing, the National league veteran, has been dug out of retirement by George Stallings and set to work with the Buffalo team. Some enterprising theatrical manager would make a tremendous hit by signing Germany Schaefer and Nicholas Altrock for a vaudeville stunt. Jimmy Dygert believes that with New Orleans he will be able to pitch some of that kind of ball that made him famous three or four years ago. Jimmy Lavender of the Cubs surely has a fine record for a youngster. Before he beat Rube Marquard he pitched 40 innings without being scored upon. New names appear in the Highlanders’ lineup every day. It ia only a question of time until Frank Farrell will have an entirely new crew of tossers. John McGraw today weighs twice as much as he did in 1894, when he played third base for Baltimore. He’s making considerably more than twice aa much, too. The expected slump of the Washington team isn’t developing. "Can it possibly be,” the fans are asking themselves, "that Griffith really has a team this year?”