Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1913 — Otis Crandall Leaves New York Giants For St. Louis. [ARTICLE]

Otis Crandall Leaves New York Giants For St. Louis.

\ ~ • i > ■ -v •j- ; Otis Cfandall, the Wadena, ball player, who has for several yearsbeen one of the New York Giants’ pitchers, has been traded to the Bt. Louis Cardinals for a catcher. MeGraw was in serious need of a good catcher and St. Louis of several pitchers. Crandall has not been an effective Winning man and it is quite probable that he will neyer be able to make much of a mark again as a pitcher. He is a splendid pinch hitter, however, and has batted above the .300 mark this year, which makes his release by New York look peculiar. Carl Crandall, who played shortstop with Indianapolis during the early part cf this year, has been out of the Fame part of the time lately, but during the past several days has been working at second base. He is a hard worker, covers lots of ground but makes a good many errors. His batting is not very'good either. Otis will not be able to get into the world’s series, which will tut him out of any place from $2,500 to $4,000.