Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1917 — CAN PLAY WITHOUT CAPTAIN [ARTICLE]

CAN PLAY WITHOUT CAPTAIN

Idea of Field Leader Is Joke to Manager Lee Fohl of ClevelandWill Act Himself. The Cleveland club will not have a captain this season. Lee Fohl, manager of the club, will act In the dual capacity of ’captain and manager. “The -idea of a captain is a joke to my way of thinking,’’ Fohl explained. “The captain bf a ball team has no more power than a manager on the bench, providing the manager is in uniform, and Th be out there every