Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — JINX BALL DAY FOR SPEAKER [ARTICLE]

JINX BALL DAY FOR SPEAKER

Most Miserable Game Was Played at Cleveland When He Hit Womart With Batted Ball. ■ » ( Tris Speaker has done such wonderful playing throughout his baseball career that it’s hard to tell what was his most brilliant play at the national game. ' But Spoke says he has no trouble picking out the most wretched game he ever played. It was tn Cleveland. “One day, summer before last.” says he, "the upper stands were packed with people. My firsbtime up I caught* a ball square on the end of my bat and drove it a mite a minute into that upper crowd. “It hit a woman In the head, and I cduld see. them help her out of the stand. A few minutes later I got the 4< report that she was dea<j. “The report wasn’tjhrae, but I didn’t find out uptil aftqr the game. I muffed two flies in the outfield—a new record for myself—and I struck out, helping materially to lose the game. Nobody knows what mental anguish 1 suffered tm 1 found out the truth.” ’ ,