Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — TRAGRESSER IS NOW YEOMAN [ARTICLE]

TRAGRESSER IS NOW YEOMAN

Boston Braves* Catcher Enlists In Navy and Stationed at Newport NewsOnes Rejected.

Walter J. Tragresser, „catcher on the Boston Braves, has enlisted in the United States navy as a yeoman. He is stationed at Newport News. Tragresser was formerly first baseman on the Purdue university team and has been engaged in professional baseball six years. After the conscription law took effect he was rejected on the grounds of a crippled finger, but was later re-examined and given a deferred classification on the grounds of de* pendency. Tragresser lives at Lafayette, Ind.