Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1912 — JOHN BATES NEVER WORRIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOHN BATES NEVER WORRIES

Cincinnati Possesses One Player Whom Most Persistent Knocker Among Fans Cannot Disturb. Even the most persistent knocker that can be dpg up in Cincinnati fandom —and they have some fierce ones on the Rhine—can not charge that Clarke Griffith made a bad move when he got Johnny Bates as part of his famous trade with Philadelphia. Bates has played great ball for the Reds; he is one of the tqpnotchers in the National League in base stealing and run getting and covers a lot of . ground In fielding. Furthermore, the conditions that make it hard for a ball player to give bis best efforts in Cincinnati do not seem to bother him—knocks and criticisms worry him not. That may

be due to the years he spent with the Boston Nationals before he went to Philadelphia. Bates, like moetof the ball playing fraternity, thought be was cut out for a pitcher when he started cut in Pennsylvania In 1905, but he was shunted to the outfield, He broke Info the National League as a recruit with Boston and has always made so good that he is an object of envy by managers. He is a left-hander, weighs 152 pounds, stands § fed 7 inches, and to a native of Ohio.

John W. Bates.