Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1916 — SISLER PICTURED AS A PERFECT PLAYER . [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SISLER PICTURED AS A PERFECT PLAYER .

The more the fans gaze upon Geoflge Sisler of the Browns the more they become convinced that he is the perfect ball player—a youth who, in time, may dim the luster of many of the brightest stars that ever shone in the baseball firmament. Sisler is a poem of motion. He Is graceful to the extreme. Every move he makes is a pretty thing to watch. He is quite a sizeable youth and carries a lot of weight, but he is wonderfully proportioned. Lajoie was considered one of the most graceful men that ever stepped upon a ball field, yet those who have seen Sisler, and also the great Larry In his prime, pass the laurels to Sisler. There is nothing in a baseball way that Sisler cannot do—and do better than the average ball player. He is a grand hitter, and his hits exude that same Z-z-zing that used to come from the bats of Wagner, Lajoie, Delehanty and other ciouters. Sisler is a speed demon. He can travel to first as fast as any man in the game. Few, if any men, can beat him in a dash from home plate to second base. He reaches the crest of his great speed after he makes the turn. Sisler originally was pitcher for the University of Michigan. Now he s first basing for the Browns because they need him there they do in the pitcher’s box. Put him anywhere in the lineup and he’s a star. He can plav any position with equal brilliancy. And wherever he is put he covers acres of ground and demonstrates that he is one of the greatest all-around ball players the game has produced. - And, bekt of all,, Sisler has brains. He is one of those players of the Cobb-Evers-Collins type —players who play, not only with the hands and feet, but with their heads as well.

George Sisler Can Do Anything in Baseball.