Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1918 — MAYER FOR JACOBS [ARTICLE]

MAYER FOR JACOBS

Discussing the swap of Mayer for Jacbbs, one Philadelphia sport scribe says: “Mayer’s refusal to abide by Moran’s and the catcher’s signs was his biggest handicap. In pinches he was prone to pitch carelessly. It .is expected that he will do better in Pittsburgh. Mayer is twenty-eight years old and joined the Phils in 1912. His best season was in 1915, when he won 21 games and lost 15. In 1916 he won 7 and lost 7, and last year he won 11 and lost 6.”