Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — MIKE M’NALLY NOW IN NAVY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MIKE M’NALLY NOW IN NAVY

Former Boston Red Sox Player Will Be Perfectly Happy If He Can Bag Submarine. One by one ball players, recently famous in the major leagues, are ap-_ pearing in Army and navy circles. The latest to gam notice in England is Mike McNally, former Boston Red Sox player, whose speed boosted the bean eaters to a world’s flag. The British king recently watched two teams from the United States play a game of baseball. One was a navy team and the other a nine from the army. The sailors won and after the game the king, who enjoyed the pastime, strolled up and congratulated the captain of the winning club. The man congratulated proved to be Mike McNally. Mike is captain of the navy nine. McNally

was noted for his speed and helped win a world’s series game when put on sdtond to run for a slow-footed athlete. Next to winning this great game, Mike prizes his meeting with the king. He hopes to bag a German submarine and then he’ll be perfectly happy, says Mike.

Mike McNally.