Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1919 — M’GRAW PUT GOWDY STRAIGHT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

M’GRAW PUT GOWDY STRAIGHT

New York Manager Compelled to Us© All His Powers of Persuasion to Make Him Catch. % John McGraw was talking the other day of ball players he had developed, and mentioned the name of Hank Gowdy. "The funniest thing about Gowdy is that he did not want to become a catcher, and I had to use all my pow-

era of persuasion in order to make hint do so. When Gowdy came to me from the Dallas club he was a first baseman, and though he was a fair enough fielder and good hitter, I soon saw he was too slow on his feet to make a first baseman. . I told him that his only chance to remain in the major leagues was to become a catcher, but at first he did not agree with me. I convinced Mm that what I said was true, however, and he finally consented to go behind the bat. Now he’s quite a catcher, ni say.”

Hank Gowdy.