Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1918 — VETERAN PITCHER IS AN OFFICER IN ARMY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VETERAN PITCHER IS AN OFFICER IN ARMY

Capt Edward F. LaFltte, D. R. C., will be remembered by fans as a member of the Detroit Tigers’ pitching staff and later with the Brookfeds. After quitting baseball he was a professor in a dentaj college.. die entered the army as a lieutenant and was later advanced on completing a course of study. He is now in France.