Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1916 — BATTING SLUMP OF M'INNIS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BATTING SLUMP OF M'INNIS

For First Time in Year* Average of Athletics' First Baseman Is Way Below .300 Mark. One of the baseball mysteries of the season has been the batting slump of Stuffy Mclnnis. For five seasons the Athletics’ first baseman has been a paragon for consistent hitting. Season in and season out he has batted above the .300 mark, always around the same figures. He batted .301 in 1910, .321 In 1911, .321 in 1912, .321 in 1913, .314 in 1914 and .314 in 1915 —a remarkable

record for a player whq will be only twenty-six years old next September. This year Stuffy has been in a fearful slump, his average being below the .200 mark.

Stuffy McInnis.