Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — PHIL DOUGLAS CUTS OUT ERRATIC PLAYS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PHIL DOUGLAS CUTS OUT ERRATIC PLAYS

Joe Tinker Makes Valuable Pitcher Out of “Shufflin’ PhiL” --1"?'] ?.'... t ■ 1 F W ■■ Manager Found Him In Midst of Ono of Hie Celebrated Stunts of Scat* tering Red Paint and Sent Him to Minors. c , “Shufflin’ Phfl" Douglas has arrived at last In the class of valuable pitch* era. He broke Into professional ranks at Rome, Ga., In the old Southeastern league in 1910. The next year he was a star with Macon and the White Sox looked him,oyer in the spring of 1912, finally sending him to Des Moines. The next year Comiskey took another peep at Douglas, but he finally landed with San Francisco club and, because of his erratic ways, was released to Spokane in July, 1913. In 1914 andl9ls' Douglas tried on a number of new uniforms. He was transferred to the Reds from Spokane in the fall of 1913 and reported to them the following spring, only to be sold to Brooklyn and then sold to the Cubs by the Dodgers before the season closed. In the spring of 1916 Joe Tinker arrived at Tampa, Fla., with his Cubs on the Weeghman Special to find Douglas there ahead of him. And Phil was in the midst of one of his celebrated stunts of scattering red paint around

the town. Tinker woke Douglas up with a start then and there, handing him a railroad ticket and ordering him to report to Mike Kelley at St Paul. This turn of events made a pitcher out of Douglas, or, at least started hjm on the road to become a valuable slabman. Tinker recalled him from St Paul in September, 1916, and he has been with the Cubs ever since. This year he is taking bis regular turn, and he recently showed his effectiveness. by handing the Giants a beautiful cleaning at the Polo Grounds. >

"Shufflin' Phil” Douglas.