Duke Jantzen
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E. C. Jantzen, the giant catcher of the Milwaukee base ball team (Western Association), has seen twenty-four summers. He is 6ft. 2in. tall and weighs 180lbs. He began playing as a professional with the Louisville Club, and he again filled the position of catcher for the same team in 1886. In 1887 he transferred his services to the Syracuse Stars, and he was well up in the general averages at the close of that season. The following year he was engaged by the Commercial League, of Chicago, Ill. In 1889 he played the early part of the season with the Minneapolis Club, of the Western Association, but the Milwaukees, of the same Association, having purchased his release from the Flour City management, he finished the season in a Cream City uniform. This year he was again one of the mainstays of the Milwaukee Club, and his play throughout the present season has been of a very high standard. He is a man that can always be depended upon at any critical period of the game, and his timely batting has been of immense service to his side on several occasions. His averages for 1890 up to a recent date are: Batting, .250; fielding, .955. [1]
Footnotes
- ↑ "A Gigantic Catcher", pg 7. Sporting Life, 1890-10-11. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1890/VOL_16_NO_02/SL1602007.pdf.
