Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1918 — JAKE PITLER LEAVES PIRATES [ARTICLE]

JAKE PITLER LEAVES PIRATES

Substitute Infielder Leaves Pittsburgh Team to Take Up “War Work" In Factory. ,■ Jake Pitler, substitute infielder of the* Pittsburgh club, is the latest major league ball player to quit the diamond for “war work.” He has taken a position in a Pittsburgh factory and will play ball on the ball team maintained by the factory of which Enos Kirkpatrick is manager.