Evening sentinel, Wednesday, March 25, 1925 · page 9

 

 
 
 

MORE 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, honorary title official National League
scorer for life.

America’s Most Widely Read Sporls Writer

JOHN B. FOSTER’S FIRST 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’ SMOST W I D EL Y READ S P O 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 sportsq—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 Yerk 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

NOW TOURING TRAINING CAMPS

John B. Foster now is making a coast-to-coast tour
of the Spring training camps, visiting all of the major

Record for all the years of its publication save one.

John B. Foster sees bglseball not merely from the
viewpoint of the layman. 0r seven years as secretary
of the New York Giants he lived and worked. with the
players and magnates. Thus inthe field of criticism of
professional baseball he has achieved that most uncom-
mon vantage point that has won him the respect and
esteem of his public and of the performers in the arena
aswell.

league clubs and many of the important minors. Every
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 pros-

pects for the pennant races.

JOHN B. FOSTER’S STORIES ARE PUBIJSHED EXCLUSIVELY BY

 

 

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