Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — TRYING TO GET IN SERVICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRYING TO GET IN SERVICE

Umpire Bill Byron I* After Place in Aviation Corps—Age Keeps Him on Outside. While manv of the noted baseball stars are trying their hardest to stay out of the service, Umpire Bill Byron, who is forty-seven years old, is trying

his, best to get In. Byron has made many applications to get into the ground service of the aviation corps as a mechanic, but' has always been turned down because of his age. He’s going to keep on tryihg, though, arid expects to be successful before long

Umpire Bill Byron.