Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1916 — SPEAKER IS A DEMON ORATOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SPEAKER IS A DEMON ORATOR

Hurries From Ball Yard to Banquet Hall and Tells Students Baseball Will Help Them.

In addition to being considerable hitter at the plate Tristam Speaker is a demon orator. He recently spoke for the benefit of an advertisers’ association in Cleveland, rushed to the

ball park, played a game, ate and beat it to a lodgeroom for his second oration of the day. Arising the next morning he breakfasted and at noon entertained -East high school pupils with a discourse in which he drew a parallel between school life and baseball. After his speech the Texan hiked to the ball yard and pastimed through fourteen innings in a deadlocked game.

Tris Speaker.