Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1915 — MAINSTAY OF WHITE SOX PITCHING STAFF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAINSTAY OF WHITE SOX PITCHING STAFF

Urban “Red” Faber promises to be the mainstay of the Chicago White Sox pitching staff this season. Faber came to the White Sox in 1914 from Des Moines of the Western league. He worked in 16 games last year, winning eight and losing eight. His most notable achievement in his first year in the big league was in holding the then slugging Athletics to one hit. He came within an ace of holding the champions without a hit, but in the ninth inning Jack Lapp, with two out, rapped a roller between second and first which Russell Blackburne had trouble in handling, and the official

scorer ruled that it was a hit. The lowa pitcher was overworked during the middle part of the season when the team was short of pitchers, and became stale. He is showing great form this season, however, and Manager Rowland expects great things of the red-topped boy. Faber is a right-hander and is twenty-four years old. He was born in Cascade, lowa, and began his professional career with Des Moines, in the Western league, from which team he was brought to Chicago. He weighs 178 pounds and is six feet.

Urban Faber, Who Held Slugging Athletics to One Hit.