Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1916 — TILLIE SCHAFER IS THROUGH [ARTICLE]

TILLIE SCHAFER IS THROUGH

Would Have Greater Success Throwing Rice at Pacific Ocean Than Trying to Hit Baseball.

Tillie Shafer, former star inflelder of the New York Giants, has quit baseball for good. He motored to New York from San Francisco, taking 24 days for the trip, and after viewing a double-header on the Polo grounds declared he was through with the game. “I went out on the field not long ago/ said Shafer, “and tried to hit a ball. I would have met with greater success throwing handfuls of rice at the Pacific ocean." Shafer quit the Giants when at the top of his forjn to enter the real estate business at Los Angeles.