Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1917 — BEST SEASON AS BIG LEAGUE PITCHER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BEST SEASON AS BIG LEAGUE PITCHER

Eddie Cicotte, premier pitcher of the Chicago Whlti Sox, is thirty-three years old, having been born on June 19, 1884, at Detroit. It has been through his effectiveness as a twirler that President Charles Comlskey owes his success this year more than to any other player on the Chicago team. Rival clubs have howled long and persistently about Ci cotte’s pitching this season. They have charged him with everything they could think of in the line of unfair tactics on the mqund, but up to date no one has been able to prove that he has employed illegal methods. Cicotte’s work on the rubber has been the outstanding feature of the defense of the Chicago club this season.

EDDIE CICOTTE, WHITE SOX STAR TWIRLER.