Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1918 — FRANK BAKER AFTER BIG BATTING HONORS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRANK BAKER AFTER BIG BATTING HONORS

Frank Baker, for years the leading dagger on Connie Mack’s Athletics, apparently has not lost any of his ability to cope With the best kind of pitching. He had a good year in 1917, when he finished, with an average of ,9R2, bat seems to be on the road to a higher mark this season. He is leading the New York Yankees. Baker has always been a demon with the bat* and from the interest he is taking In his playing it Is believed by Manager Huggins other New Yorkers that he will give Ty Cobb and Trls Speaker a ran for the batting honors in the Johnson circuit