Rochester Era [Rochester, Oakland, Michigan], April 7, 1911:

Hubert Hadley, Rochester's star baseball player and its only contribution to professional ranks, signed a contract recently under which he will play the short-stop position for Manager Grant of the Evansville, Ind., Central league club the coming season and left last week to report for spring training. This is his second season with Evansville. He finished last season batting around .250 and is one of the fastest infielders in the league, considered far and wide as a star of the minor league variety. Hadley has any number of admirers in the Indiana city who are constantly pulling to get him a berth in the big leagues. During the Detroit Tigers' training camp last spring, a couple of games were played with Evansville. Hube on short, pulled off several sensational plays and showed up exceptionally well, receiving much comment in Detroit papers. During the past season several major league scouts looked Hube over and it is rumored that at present the Boston Red Sox have a string tied to him.

Hadley has played with the following teams during his career as a "prof." which he began with Port Huron, when but 19 yers old: Dubuque, Ia., of the Three-l league; Terre Haute, Ind., of the Central league and Flint in the South Michigan. He was with each club for one or two seasons, playing either short or second base. He was also a star on the local high school team during his school life.

After the Central league closed last fall, Hadley played short on the Rochester Independents for several games and proved a good drawing card, fans coming from all the surrounding towns to see Hube in action. The Evansville fans dubbed Hube "Hans Wagner" last year. In fact, Hube, when in uniform, looks very much like the "Demon Dutchman."

Hube expects to play better ball this year than ever before and who knows but Hube wiwll be playing "Honus'" position for the Pirates when Mr. Wagner is gone and forgotten.

Hubert P. Hadley