Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1918 — IGNORED NAVY TEAM TO PLAY FOR YANKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IGNORED NAVY TEAM TO PLAY FOR YANKS

Bob Shawkey Made Mistake by Pitching for Old Team, ■ Offer of SIOO Per Game From New York American Leaguers Proves Too Strong for Hurter and He -Is Transferred. YeomanT Robert W. Shawkey, U. S. N„ is now at sea, having been transferred from the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia, where he was an accountant, to a transport. According to statements made to the writer by a certain Philadelphian, Bob’s sea trip followed his decision to pitch for the Yankees when his services wore desired by the League Island team, writes John W. Lawrence in New York Mall. Shawkey pitched several games for the Yankees in Philadelphia and Washington after he entered the navy, joining the team while he was on furlough. It happened that on one or two of these occasions the League Island

team put in a bld for ghawkey’s services. He was a member of this team at the time and had pitched several games for it. Bob didn’t know just what to do, but an offer of SIOO a game from the Tanks assisted him materially in making up his mind. The League Island team played without Shawkey and lost Bob pitched winning ball for his old teammates against the Athletics and the Senators. This, according to our informant, had an altogether retrogressive effect on the great twirler’s popularity in Philadelphia naval circles. , Shawkey discovered that he’d made a diplomatic blunder that even his winning personality couldn’t wipe out He found that he was politically in wrong. i A few days ago Bob received orders transferring him to sea duty and he is now bn an < eastward-bound transport

Bob Shawkey.