Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1915 — New York Giants Pull an Old Trick on Honus Wagner [ARTICLE]

New York Giants Pull an Old Trick on Honus Wagner

This is Honus Wagner’s nineteenth season in baseball, but he was fooled the other day by a trick almost as old as he. Hans had singled and was on first. Viox popped a fly toward second. Lobert, forgetting the ties of the Vaterland, ran toward second, hands down as if to scoop up a grounder. Fletcher sped to cover the bag, yelling “Shoot it! Shoot it!” Wagner, thinking Viox had hit a ground hall, had almost reached second base, when he noticed that Brainard 4 was standing there, waiting to catch the pop fly. Before Wagner could get back to first Brainard caught the fly and tossed to first, doubliaghlm.