Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — UMPIRE’S ADVICE WAS GOOD [ARTICLE]

UMPIRE’S ADVICE WAS GOOD

Howard Ehmke, Detroit Pitcher, Developed Rapidly After Being Warned Against Emery. Bill Brennan, die former Federal league umpire, believes that he may have had something to do with the success of Howard Ehmke, the brilliant pitching recruit of the Detroit Americans. When Ehmke was tn the Federal league, Brennan caught hinj experimenting with the emery ball and urged him to abandon this method of delivery. Ehmke did and, Brennan says, soon learned that he had more than enough “stuff* without it.