Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1914 — STAR PITCHER TO RETURN TO ATHLETICS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STAR PITCHER TO RETURN TO ATHLETICS

Jack Coombs, the star pitcher of the Athletics, will be in shape to pitch again by July 1, according to Ira Thomas, the catcher of the Athletics, who visited Coombs at his home in Kennebunk, Maine. Thomas says Coombs is fast recovering his strength and will be in good shape by midsummer. It is Coombs’ intention to return to Philadelphia soon, when an X-ray photograph will be taken of his injured spine and the steel braces will be removed. After that Coombs and his wife will go south, where he will do his preliminary warming up, after which he will return to the Athletics, prepared to take his place in the box.

Jack Coombs, One of Connie Mack’s Beat