Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1916 — TWIRLER THRIVES ON WORK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWIRLER THRIVES ON WORK

Klepfer Expected to Be “Iron Man” of Cleveland Team —Has System «. for Keeping in Shape. Ed Klepfer is one Indian hurler who thrives on work and it will not be his fault if Fohl does not call upon him often. Ed pitched 378 innings in the Coast league in 1914. Consequently he is of the opinion he had a vacation last year, when he pitched only 55 rounds. That is, he pitched only 55 innings on the mound. While with the White Sox he pitched 200 or 300 Innings in the bullpen. Ed has a system for keeping in shape to pitch that is just the reverse

of that owned by nine out of ten pitchers. The average hurler wants to lay off and refrain from warming up the day after he has pitched his full limit game. But say that Klepfer should pitch his nine innings on a Monday, he takes a good, hard warming up on Tuesday, rests Wednesday and is ready to go the route again on Thursday. __ Klepfer gained the title of “Iron Alan” while pitching for San Francisco in 1914. Right up to the close of the season Frisco thought it had a chance to win the pennant and as Klepfer was very effective against Portland, which did cop the bunting, Ed worked overtime against the embryo champs. He pitched and won the last two games of a series in Portland. Returning to San Francisco he worked three of the next four games against the Beavers, winning four of his five games pitched wl th only two. days of fest-

Pitcher Ed Klepfer.