Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1919 — MANAGER M’GRAW UNCOVERS INFIELDER WHO APPEARS TO BE FIND OF SEASON [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MANAGER M’GRAW UNCOVERS INFIELDER WHO APPEARS TO BE FIND OF SEASON

Manager McGraw is almost reconciled to losing the National league pennant because of the playing of Frank Frisch, his youthful second-sacker. The Fordham student appears to have everything and is hailed as'the find of the season. He jumped right from a college team into a Giant uniform. Frisch is not a “fresh” youngster. He simply is an aggressive ball 'player, the kind that fits in well with McGraw’s idea of what a player should be. The New York leader can overlook a lot of other faults in an athlete, but An incident showing his belligerent nature cropped up in the late series with the Reds when the Giants’ hopes were practically blasted. It was the first important set of games for Frisch, and at one stage in the proceedings McGraw yanked the collegian for a pinch hitter. What the youngster told McGraw is a classic among the New York players, part of which is printable and was: , “I’ll show you I can hit.” The first time up in the next game he cracked out a screeching single. And he didn’t forget to call John’s attention to it.

Frank Frisch, Giant Rookie, Who Is Making Good.