Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1916 — SPEAKER KEPT HIS PROMISE [ARTICLE]

SPEAKER KEPT HIS PROMISE

Cleveland Star Sacrificed $2,000 in Order to Keep His Word With Pitcher Dubuc. Tris Speaker sacHSeed $2,000 in order to keepjfls woy4 with Jean Dubuc, the Tiger pitcherT Several weeks before the close of the season, Tria promised to go along on a post-season tour. Then came an offer to report the world’s series for $1,500, and another offer of SSOO to play an exhibition game in Cleveland. He turned them all down to-go barnstorming-