Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1916 — EXCUSE SIMILAR TO GIANTS [ARTICLE]

EXCUSE SIMILAR TO GIANTS

Pitchers Laugh When Batters Offer Alibis for Shortcomings—One From Braves Is a Bird. “It gives us pitchers a laugh,” said Tom Hughes of the Braves, who recently pitched a no-hit, shut-out game, “to hear the batters excusing their shortcomings. • Do not think for a mln? ute that the Giants are original in their grumblings over conditions at the Polo grounds. Braves are springing: one that is a SirtL -There are no signs on. the fences of the Braves’ field, remember, and no question of lights and shadows. But our players are not stumped for an excuse. They say that the outfield fence is too low, that when a southpaw is working the ball comes out of a bright sky to the plate and that when a right-hander is working the ball comes out 61 the scoreboard to the batter. Can you beat it?”