Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — First Major League Player to Reach the Century Mark in Hits the Present Season [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

First Major League Player to Reach the Century Mark in Hits the Present Season

Frank Baker is the first player in the major leagues to reach the century mark in hits this season. This accomplishment has been greatly instrumental in helping the New York Yankees toward the leadership in the American league. Baker, when he left the Athletics a few years ago, was thought to have lost

his slugging ability, but he has proved conclusively in the present race that his eye has not lost its sharpness. He has hammered out a lot of extra base hits in acquiring his total of 100 bingles. New Yorkers have made him a greater idol than he was in Philadelphia, and if the team wins the championship much of the credit will go to Baker and his trusty bludgeon. <

Frank Baker.