Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1919 — BIG ED SWEENEY RELEASED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIG ED SWEENEY RELEASED

Pirate Catcher Who Was Thought to Be Most Capable Backstop Is Let Go by Pirates. Big Ed Sweeney, former New York Vankee catcher, who was purchased by the Pirates last winter, and who

has been with the club ever since it spring trained in Birmingham, was hapded his unconditional release. “Merely reducing our expenses, and we figured Sweeney could be spared,” was the excuse given by the management when questioned as to why Sweeney was let out. > »

Ed Sweeney.