Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — CANNOT LURE WAGNER BACK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CANNOT LURE WAGNER BACK

Old-Time Pirate Shortstop Refuses Pat Moran's Offer to Get Into Hamess Again. Pat Moran, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, has written Hans Wagner inviting him to join the Reds and help them in their drive “to the pen nant” At least that’s the way Fitch-

burg Pat put it. The old lure of th® diamond came back to Hans when he read it, but he decided he couldn’t spare the time from business to return to baseball. . Moran's invitation did not specify whether he wanted Wagner to play or to Aid in an advisory capacity with pinch hitting duties.

Hans Wagner.