Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — CAST-OFFS ARE MAKING GOOD [ARTICLE]

CAST-OFFS ARE MAKING GOOD

Lefty Russell and Bruno Haas, Discarded by Athletics, Playing Well for Newark. - Two cast-off Athletic pitchers are making good as regular, players for the Newark International league club. They are Lefty Russell, who is covering first base, and 'Bruno Haas, who is playing in the outfield. Both men have won the fans with their mighty hitting. Haas and Russell weren’t with the Athletics very long, but they are distinctly remembered by Philadelphians. Russell came there in 1910 from Baltimore for money and players amountingl to SIO,OOO. He never made good because of illness contracted during the previous winter and went to the minors, where he has since played good ball. Bruno Haas joined the Athletics in 1915, and on June 23 of that season made a world’s record by issuing 16 bases on balls to New York batsmen. Both Russell and Haas saw they would never make pitchers, so adapted themselves to other positions, where they are having better fortune.