Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1915 — SOUTHPAW IS IDEAL PITCHER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOUTHPAW IS IDEAL PITCHER

Nap Rucker of Brooklyn Dodgers Is One of Biggest Figures in Game— Batsmen Fear Him.

Of an ideal build for a pitcher, an ideal disposition, both from a managerial as well as a player’s standpoint, the big southpaw is one of the greatest figures in the game. The greatest batsmen In the National league fear him, and none can boast that he has ever been able to get Rucker’s number. He has speed, con-

trol, curves of the widest, but, above all, his experience in the National league has made him fully acquainted with the weakness of every Individual batsman and he never has to hesitate In any emergency. Under different auspices Rucker might attain an eminence never before reached by a left-handed pitcher. With a great team behind him and opposed to Walter Johnson, even that master of pitchers would have good reason to look well to his lanrels. He was born in Alpharetta, Os., where he still lives, on September 30, 1884.

Nap Rucker of Brooklyn.