Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1919 — SCOUT FOR PLAYERS IN ARMY [ARTICLE]

SCOUT FOR PLAYERS IN ARMY

Minneapolis Club Has Man In France Looking for Likely Performers Among Soldiers.

The Minneapolis Baseball club has a scout in the American expeditionary forces. His name is Claude “Lefty” Thomas, star flinger of the 1917 Millers, and he has been authorized by Manager Cant illon to “ehgage several t h e begt ball players whom he sees perform on army teams. According to a recent letter from Thomas, he expects to return overseas in Time to go South with the 1919 team. He writes that he will bring possibly three good ball players with him for the Millers. Mutt Williams,■ in the air service mechanics’ school at Sr. Paul, expects to engage several players from his branch of the service for 1919 trials with the Millers.