Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1918 — PITCHER ED KLEPFER IS NOW “OVER THERE” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PITCHER ED KLEPFER IS NOW “OVER THERE”

Ed Klepfer, on the reserve list of the Cleveland club, isn’t over here any longer. He’s “over there” and Ed is “over there” to fight. He is one of two Cleveland Indians who recently arrived in France with a contingent of Uncle Sam’s khaki wearers. He is now Sergeant Klepfer, if you please. With Ed is Joe Harris, another former Cleveland player and some slugger. Joe had a terrific wallop in his bat while with the Indians and hopes to use it In helping knock out the kaiser. In a recent letter to Joe Wood, a former teammate, Sergeant Klepfer announces his safe arrival in France after dodging U-boats en route. He will pitch some games for the soldiers back of the lines. Klepfer and Harris are two of nine players lost by the Cleveland club in the National army draft and by enlistments.