Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1914 — PIRATES’ STAR THIRD SACKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PIRATES’ STAR THIRD SACKER

Never Made Record as Heavy Slugger, but Is Clever Fielder and Great All-Round Hustler. Henry M. (Mike) Mowrey, third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was born in Chambersburg, Pa., on March 24, 1883. He played professional baseball for the first time in 1903 as a member of the Chester, Pa., club. The following year he opened the. season with Williamsport, but was later transferred to Johnstown, both clubs being in the Tri-State league.

In 1905 he played with the Savannah South Atlantic league team, being drafted in the fall by Cincinnati and turned over to the Baltimore club. He was with Baltimore during the season of 1906 until recalled by Cincinnati before the close of the season. Mike took part in 17 games with the Reds before the season closed and had a batting average of .321. He was a member of the Reds until 1909, when he was traded to St. Louis, and last year he went to Pittsburgh. Mowrey has never been able to bat in the .390 class since hie first season in the big leagues, but he is a clever infielder and a great all-around hustler.

Mike Mowrey.