Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1914 — Overlooked Honus Wagner. [ARTICLE]

Overlooked Honus Wagner.

“No man,” said George Stallings recently, “can say when he is getting the best or the worst of a baseball deal. You never hear me criticising a manager for passing up a star. About twenty years ago I had the pick of the Paterson (N. J.) club. At tha end of the season ! went down and took Heidrick. He was a good ball player, but I left another pretty good ball player I might have picked—and I didn’t His name is Honus Wagner. I had an open shot At Wagner and took another man. Yet there was Heidrick, a fast, hard-hitting, graceful player, against an awkward looking Dutchman. But ever since I never take the pick of a ball club without wondering whether I haven’t passed' up another Honus or left behind another Cobb or Matty.”