Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — FOHL CONSTRUCTS CORKING GOOD TEAM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOHL CONSTRUCTS CORKING GOOD TEAM

Picking up a baseball club torn by dissensions and lacking in discipline, Lee Fohl has succeeded in turning out an American league baseball club that is not only able to hold its own with any of the other clubs, but for a time last season was fl prominent factor in the pennant race, and has been kicking up some dust this year. Nothing to Start With. Fohl had nothing to start with. Joe Jackson had been sold, but Tris Speaker had been purchased to, replace him. His pitching staff was as much of a joke as anything else, with Guy Morton out of the running and the others only desultory winners. His infield was badly cracked, with Ray Chapman badly hampered by a cracked leg. Since Fohl has arrived he has made over the outfield, with Speaker, Roth

and Graney, and has laid aside some youngsters who are perfectly able to take care of themselves when the occasion arises. He has planted Louis Gulsto at first base, and the former Peciflc coast leaguer has all the marks of a comer. Success With Pitchers. Perhaps the best,, success of Fohl has been in his development' of pitchers — Covelskle, Lambeth, Bagby and Gould have all been developed under the tutelage of Fohl. Fohl’s success differs widely from that enjoyed by other big league leaders, in that he has developed most of the stars who cavort on the Cleveland diamond by himself. The men who almost brought a pennant to the sixth city under the leadership of Joe Birmingham have all drifted away.

STARS PLAYING ON CLEVELAND INDIAN CLUB.