Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — BILL JAMES, FORMER BOSTON HURLER, IS NOW PITCHING FOR UNCLE SAM’S BRAVES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BILL JAMES, FORMER BOSTON HURLER, IS NOW PITCHING FOR UNCLE SAM’S BRAVES

“Bill” James, formerly pitching for the Boston Braves, has changed his uniform for that of Uncle Sam’s crack team of scrappers. He Intends to strike out every Hun who faces him and not one is going to walk except back to the bench at Berlin. In this photo “Bill” is showing his fellow troopers how to hurl the newest thing in bombs, and bls unerring aim due to his practiced eye and arm has placed him in advance of his brethren In arms at a training camp, where he has been appointed drill instructor.

HURLING LATEST DEVICE IN TRENCH BOMBS.