Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1916 — OSCAR STANAGE IS VALUABLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OSCAR STANAGE IS VALUABLE

Billy Sullivan Ranks Tiger Catcher Next to Ray Schalk—ls Patient With His Pitchers. High-grade praise has come to Oscar Stanage. Billy Sullivan regards the Californian as ranking next to Ray Schalk as the best catcher in the American league. “I do not know but that Stanage is a more valuable man to the Tigers than Schalk would be,” says Sullivan. Schalk is a high-strung fellow and he shows to best advantage with a good pitching staff. Stanage, on the other hand, is patient and more likely to get good work from an uncertain staff than Schalk, next to Eddie Foster of the Nationals, is the hit and run batter in the American league. Foster stands at the top because of his uncanny ability to shove the ball through either side of the infield when the runner from first is going down. “If the White Sox had Foster they would have the pennant won by the first of June,” says Jennings. “Personally, I believe Foster is a much

better second baseman than third, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Griffith thought the same way. Foster 13 not only a fine fielder, but a dangerous batter and a good man on the bases.”

Oscar Stanage.