Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1915 — INDIAN IS SLOWLY PASSING FROM GAME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDIAN IS SLOWLY PASSING FROM GAME

Is the American Indian passing out of the big leagues? Is the red man becoming extinct in high-class baseball, even as on the prairies, where he once roved supreme? Take a census of the Indians now in fast company; then think how numerous the redskins were a few short years ago, and what a craze there was for Indian ballplayers. Slowly but surely the Indian is going out, and unless new aborigines come into the big leagues, a few more seasons will know the Indian ballplayer as a memory and nothing more. Bender, the famous Chippewa, is growing old and losing his magic skilL Chief Meyers, the chunky pride of the Cahuilla tribe, seems to be on the downward trail at last —at least, so think the Manhattan fans, whom the chief has served so long, so faithfully and so well. Justin Clarke,

the Wyandotte catcher, has gone from the big leagues. La Roy, Jude, Bruce, Pinnance and Mountpleasant went long ago. Balenti, the Cheyenne shortstop, has had probably his last whirl in the fast company. Chief Johnson is pitching good ball —-in the Federal league, where the Winnebago jumped from Cincinnati. Zack Wheat, the Cherokee, is holding his own with Brooklyn, and seems to be about the safest bet of all the remaining red men for a future full z of baseball usefulness. Jim Bluejacket, a Cherokee-Shaw-nee, hasn’t as yet fully proven his value or lack of value in the Federal league. Out West many little leagues have sundry Indians playing, but receiving little attention from the scouts and ivory hunters. To all appearances the Indian, as a big-league sensation, is going out