Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — SPLENDID PLAYER IN MINORS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SPLENDID PLAYER IN MINORS

Beals Becker Led American Association in'Batting Last Year—Would Help Any Team. There is a marvelous player still in the minors who has no business there. He is Beals Becker, who led the American Association in batting last season and is out to repeat this year. Becker would strengthen any number of major league teams, yet nobody seems to

want him. They pay large sums every year experimenting ■with incompetents while this seasoned, dependable star is permitted to stay in the bushes. Sporting Life,

Beals Becker.