Evening sentinel, Tuesday, March 24, 1925 · page 9

 

 

 

ORE than thirty years in baseball—his record in-
cludes reporter, sports editor, secretary New
York Giants, editor Official Baseball Guide, confidant of ’

magnates, collaborator on special rules for all World

Series games, hono‘rary title ofl‘icial National League
scorer for life.

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JOHN B. FOSTER’SFIRST AUDIENCE NUMBERED LESS THAN A DOZEN BASEBALL FANS. IT GATHERED ONE
AFTERNOON IN THE LATE ’70’S BEFORE THE GENERAL STORE IN NORw ALK, OHIO; TO SEE HIM PITCH A
CURVE BALL AND TO HEAR HIM EXPLAIN HOW HE DID IT. HE WAS TH E FIRST BOY IN NORTHERN OHIO To
LEARN TO PITCH A CURVE BALL. TODAY JOHN B. FOSTER IS AMERICA’ S MOST W I D E L Y READ s_ P 0 R T s
WRITER HE IS STILL DESCRIBING THE GREAT NATIONAL GAME BUT 'NOW HE TALKS DAILY To MIL:

‘ LIONS. AND TODAY HE IS.ESTEEM ED BY ALL FANDOM‘OF AMERICA EVEN AS HE WAS BY THE SCRUB
' — NINE HE LED ON THAT NORWALK SAN DLOT YEARS AGO. '

OR more than a generation John B. Foster has

been an observer and reporter of Sports—he be-

gan with the Cleveland, Ohio, Press, went to the Cleve:

land Leader and then for a decade and a half was sports

editor of the New York Evening Telegram He has re-‘

ported more than 4,000 big league baseball games‘he

has been editor of Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide for

fourteen years and has edited the Official Baseball
Record for all the years of its publication save one.’

John B. Foeter sees baseball not merely from the
' viewpoint of the layinan. For seven years as secretary
7 of the New York Giants he lived and worked with the

NOW TOURING TRAINING CAMPS

John B. Foster now is making a coaStotdooast tour
of the Spring training .cafhps, visiting all of the majOr
league clubs and many of the important minors. Ecol-y,
day he sends his story to The Evening Sentinel telling
how the teams are Shaping up, what notable veterans
and promising rookies are doing and forecasting proo-

players and magnates. Thus in the field of criticism of .
professional baseball he has achieved that most uncOmv

:“ ‘mon vantage point that has won him the and .
esteem oi'his public and of the performers in t e arena. pects for the pennant races
aswell. ’

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JOHN B. FOSTER’S STORIES ARE PUBLISHED EXCLUSNELYBY ‘ .

 

 
 
 
 

 

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