Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1919 — WHEN WALLY SCHANG BUNTED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHEN WALLY SCHANG BUNTED

Slim Love Knows How It Feels to Expect a Bunt and Have Batter Hit Out Home Run. “Slim” Love knows the embarrassment that seizes a pitcher who is expecting a bunt and then has the batter cross him with a home run. It happened in a game he was twirling two seasons ago against Boston. The score was close, w’here one run was much to be desired, and Wally Schang was up with a man on second and none out. “Put it over there; let him bunt and get out,” the infielders were shouting Bt “Slim.” “Slim” says he did just as he was instructed and came in with the pitch,

ready to jump on the bunt with hopes of getting the runner going to third. “The trouble was,” Love explained, “that Schang did not do as I had calculated he would. He hit a liner to my left, barely missing me. The ball kept mounting and never stopped until It reached the fence. Before it was returned, Schang had scored.”

Wally Schang.