Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — BEST BALL PLAYER OF YEAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BEST BALL PLAYER OF YEAR

George Sisler of St. Louis Browns Can Play Any Position on Diamond — Is Hard Hitter. “How long do you think it will be before baseball produces another player like Ty Cobb?” someone asked of a crowd of old-timers in the press box during a recent fanning bee. “Looks to me as if it - had already produced one,” remarked George Davis, scout and former manager of the Giants. He was looking at Sisler, the versatile young athlete of the Browns. “There’s about the best ballplayer we’ve seen in years.” This brought on quite a discussion, and after going all the way down the line of new stars it was the unanimous verdict that Sisler is by far the greatest ballplayer discovered in recent years. And this is not due entirely to his versatility. Though he can play any position on the diamond except behind the bat he is a star in any place they put him. Sisler is a great pitcher, a dandy first baseman, a corking good outfleld-

er and can play either second, short or third as well as 90 per cent of the men in the league. In addition to that he hits well over .300.

George Sisler.