Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1919 — TRIS SPEAKER BIDS FOR BIGGEST YEAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRIS SPEAKER BIDS FOR BIGGEST YEAR

Is Hitting Ball Hard and Showing Unusual Amount jf Pep. - Playing Shorter Center Field Than Year Ago, Racing Back for Occasional Ones Yhat Go DeepStrong for Aviation. Trls.Speaker will be more of a star this 7 a year ago. That is Indicated by the form shown by the Indian' captain to date. H.e is hitting the ball harder than a year ago and, If such a thing is possible, is displaying more pep. But that is not all. He is playing a shortdr center field than a year ago. Spoke, as he is universally known in baseball circles, revolutionized center fielding when he adopted a system of playing in close to second base and racing back for the occasional ones hit to deep center. Last year it was commented upon that be was playing a

deeper center than usual, and It was said it was because he was slowing up. . ' Speaker says that when the season is over he will complete the naval aviation course he started last fall. “I am sorry I quit,” Spoke said. “I want to be a full-fledged naval aviator, and I understand those -of us who did not complete our course will be given a chance to do so next fall. And that is not all Spoke intends to do in the aviation game. The first chance he gets Spoke wants to arrange for a flight with Glenn Martin from Cleveland to some town where is to play the next day, like Detroit, Chicago or Washington.

Tris Speaker.