Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1919 — FAMOUS NAMES [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS NAMES

There Vre quite a few famous names in the National league pitching ranks this year. Grover Cleveland Alexander and John Calhoun Benton have been famous around the league for some time. But now the Cubs have a splendid running mate to Alexander in Abraham Lincoln Bailey. Fred Mitchell, the Cub manager, started to call Bailey “Abe” on the training trip, when the rookie Interrupted him and said: “The folks back home ail call me ‘Line’ for short." And Mitchell wouldn’t quarrel about a little thing like names.