Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1915 — Speaker Hard to Fool. [ARTICLE]

Speaker Hard to Fool.

“Tris Speaker is the hardest player in the American league for me to pitch to,” says Bill Steen of Detroit. “He can hit anything I throw up to him. I simply can’t fool him. I’ve tried everything in my pitching repertoire with Speaker up, but it has availed me nothing. He refuses to hit at balls inside, and when he gets -one outside he slams it down the foul line at a mile-a-minute clip. Crawford and Cobb are hard to fool. Both show their greatest weakness in going after slow balls.”