Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1919 — HOW SISLER LEARNED TO PLAY INITIAL BAG [ARTICLE]

HOW SISLER LEARNED TO PLAY INITIAL BAG

“Pitching came natural to me; batting, too; but I was positive that first base would not be so easy. I didn’t ask many questions; simply watched the other fellows In the league. I thought if I could catch them with one hand like Stuffy Mclnnis I’d be satisfied. I saw how Walter Pipp shifted his feet and stretched for yards, and I saw how Chic Gandil went in the dirt for the low throws. Mclnnis, Pipp and Gandil taught me hojv to play first base. I studied them and used them for my teachers.