Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1917 — PRAISE FOR MILLER HUGGINS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRAISE FOR MILLER HUGGINS

Leader of St. Louis Cardinals Lauded by Fans for Good Showing Team : —-

Miller Huggins is being lauded to the skies in St. Louis because the Cardinals are in the National league fight when no one expected they would be. About a thousand fans in St. Louis own stock in the Cardinals, which

,i means that at least that number of saps are per sona II y int erested in what the team does. This may mean trouble in the future, though it works for popularity during a successful season. The ideal ownership of a ball club calls for one man to control it, with just enough Other good fellows to talk about the club In the right places.

Miller Huggins.