Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1916 — FANCIFUL IDEAS OF PLAYERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANCIFUL IDEAS OF PLAYERS

Polly McLarry, Former Cub Player, Is Collector of Bats—Different Stick Each Inning.

Talking about fanciful notions of ball players, a Los Angeles correspondent furnishes this: “Polly McLarry has a hobby. He is n collector of bats. Since joining the Angels McLarry, according to Secretary Boots Weber’s figures, broke something less than a thousand bats, and has as many more ordered on the way. McLarry has a different bat for every inning, and sometimes he is liable to switch clubs while at the

plate. Naturally he needs quite a supply of weapons' on hand. On the other hand, Harry Wolter has yet to send in a Dill for a bat to the Los Angeles club., Harry grab? whatever bat is nearest his hand when it is his turn to go up and hit. It makes no difference to him who is pitching or how many are on bases. One baV s ' as good as the next. Wolter gets results from his system, and McLarry punches out hits with his thousand bats. So what’s the tfse?

Polly McLarry.