Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — Otis Crandall Joins the Outlaw League—Career Ended. [ARTICLE]

Otis Crandall Joins the Outlaw League—Career Ended.

The Federal League has succeeded in getting a number of live wires in its raids on the old leagues, but for the most part the former stars are sinking- and the big leagues were not offering very great induce-' Crandall, of Wadena, credited a ments to get them to stay. Otis few years ago with being jone of the greatest pitchers, has' joined the outlaw league and will 1 probably play in Indianapolis. Friends of the once great Otis have observed that his finish was near at hand and that Manager McGraw used him only occasionally last year. He failed at critical times to make good. As a pinch hitter he was valuable, but it is quite certain that New York was not bidding very high for him when he ap* pended his name to the “Fed” contract. It is probable that Otis will be back on the old farm one of these days soon and it is only •hoped that his head was long enough to gather the “green” while che picking was good.