The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
Al Niemic Given Praise In Baseball"

A nice tribute to the ability and promise of Meriden's Al Niemiec currently trying for an infleld berth with the Philadelphia Athletics at Fort Myers, Fla, is paid by Kirk L. Stiles, under the heading "Players You Ought to KnowV in the March issueo the Baseball" magazine.
 Says Stiles of Niemiec:
 with Connie Mack having done 1t again, that is, broken up one of his star teams, the old struggle be- gins all over. His efforts will be watched with interest by rival man. agers in the American league, as well as fans throughout the land. He is @ keen judge of talent and tries out youngsters with such prolific hand that he is apt to sur- prise everyone with Q fast stepping team of kids that may make Q lot of trouble. He may .. and he may not. If he should, one of the mem bers of that team could very pos- sibly be Alfred Niemic.
 Glamorous Career
 "This youngster had glamorous career while Q undergrad at Holy Cross University and seems to per- form his chores with that certain niftiness that calls attention upon itself. Tn 1892 he was selected on the All-Star Eastern team in the Collegiate league and the following season his scintillating play brought him National recognition as third sacker and he made the baseball All-America. As must seem quite natural, after the close of the col- lege season, he, upon graduation, signed to play professionally with Reading and in the remaining 62 games of the season, he enjoyed a successful debut, amassing bat ting mark of .306. He came to bat 209 times, taillied on 26 of those times, delivered GA safe swats for a total of one base less than & hun- dred. There were IS two basers in the collection and seven triples, as well as brace of four masters. He fell strikout victim 9 times. stole two bases and with timely hits, drove 40 runs over the platter.
 'The result of this season took the form of 8 step upward in the baseball civilization and Niemeic became @ toiler in the interests of Kansas City's representatives in the American association for the season of 1884. With the brilliance which had become characteristic of his play, Niemeic earned rating as the shortstop on the All-Star team of the Association. His hitting re- mained sharp rather than of the powdering variety and though he connected for only one round trip- per, there were 20 doubles and seven three cushion shots scattered alony the seasons duration. He collected l56 safe wallops for 103 total bases in SIS times Up at the plate. He was rendered 35 trips to first base byb cautious. or wild, pitchers, per- haps because of the sixty-odd runs he drove home. When it came to stealing bases. he and the rival catchers divided the laughs equally, for he stole safely and was thrown out four times. He continued in the three hundred class tbat. though not by a very wide margin. The Red 6ox gave him e trial at the close of the season and in 6 scant nine games. he was restricted by the big time hurlers to Q batting percentage of .2i0. By this time. he had become . shortstop where his speed in bounding the ball vas oi greater use.
 Recalled By B0S0x
 Last season Niemlec played with syraeuse but was called in by the