Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — FRANK BAKER IDEAL PLAYER [ARTICLE]

FRANK BAKER IDEAL PLAYER

Manager Miller Huggins Undergoes Change of Cfijinion as to His Third Baseman. “Frank Baker is. a much different ball player than I had figured him to be when I saw him in action at Macon,” remarked Miller Hoggins during a recent fanning bee, “and the difference Is entirely in Baker’s favor. He is a better player than I had believed; I had pictured him as one of those hitters who take long swings at the ball and quite frequently are in die- position to hit-a certain kind of a ball. On the contrary. I find that be always keeps his bat close enough to.do damage to all kinds of pitching, and os for timing a ball and making, bls swing count there is no loom for criticism. He is what I call a wicked hitter and should fit in fine oh the sort of team play at which I had been told be was weak. I must say. too, that I like his work in the field. It is strange what ideas a person has .of a player be never has seen in action, I surely got an agreeable surprise in tais case.” I ’ ..."