Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1919 — WORLD SERIES HERO IS SOON FORGOTTEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORLD SERIES HERO IS SOON FORGOTTEN

All Major League Clubs Waive on Outfielder Whiteman. Player Who Made It Possible for Boston Red Sox to Win Championship by Spectacular Playing Not Wanted. Baseball heroes are soon forgotten. Now comes the news that waivers have been received from all the major league clubs by Manager Edward Barrow of the Boston Red Sox on Outfielder George Whiteman, the hero of the 1918 world series, who made it possible for the Red Sox to cop the championship. In the first game of the 1918 world series “Big Jim” Vaughn, of the Cults, opposed “Babe” Ruth in one of the closest pitchers’ battles ever contested in the big series. George Whiteman was the only player who succeeded in getting two hits. Twice he saved this game by great catches. Whiteman's three-bagger to the Centerfield fence in the second contest scored the lone tally made by his team in that game. The third game

of the series was featured by George’s playing. He scored one of his team’s runs and in the fourth inning ended Chicago’s rally by a spectacular play. Up until the fourth game of the series Whiteman had hit safely in every contest arid, while scoring in this one. he failed to get a safe drive. Whiteman featured thp fifth game by another clever catch and in the sixth inning his perfect throw to the plate prevented the Cubs from scoring. In the final game of the series Whiteman's playing, enabled his team to cop the world’s championship.

George Whiteman.