Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1919 — Page 3

The Players as They Stack Up in • First Game of the World Series

CHAMPIONS OF THE TWO LEAGUES ARE BATTLING TODAY FOR THE WORLD HONORS—JOHNNY EVERS BELIEVES THAT REDS OUT MATCH THE WHITE SOX.

! (By Johnny Evers, written for the United Press) Cincinati, Ohio, Oct. I.—(Special to Daily Democrat) — "Percentage” always has been a big factor in deciding a world series. I believe the close figuring and head work that go to niake up "percentage in baseball";

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i are going to win the world’s baseball title for Pat Moran’s Reds. 1 Many pages of figures have been written to show the superiority of the Sox, but dope based on such a founda- : tion does the Reds an injustice. In ' i pitching the Reds are superior to the I Sox; on the defense they are equal;

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' in batting the Sox may have a bit of an edge. But the Reds are pinch play ; ers. They are just as surely a "money . club” as the Sox. They play real baseball. They nave "class”. And they have one of the greatest managers in the game in command. These are the reasons 1 believe the Cincinnati Reds will be champions of the world when the last play of the game I is ticked over the wires. i 4 , + + + + + 'fr + +d- + + + t <■ t + + PAT MORAN’S REDS + ( i •!• 4' + + + + + + +-> + + + + + + + , | Pat Moran, boss of the Reds, who I gave Cincinnati her first national lea-' gue champion team, is being called the “Miracle Man.” He'took a team that was rated early in the season as lucky, to land in the first division and copped a championship with it. I But the main reason advanced in crowning him with “wonder titles” is the fact that he brought about his miraculous feat with a team of cast-offs. He assembled a club from material discarded by other teams and moulded it into a consistent winner. He took a corps of pitchers who had been found wanting by other managers and developed the best staff of hurlers in the league. Jake Daubert, Larry Kopf, Morry Rath and Sherry Magee were on their way to the minors when Pat turned their steps to the Reds and handed them a slice of world's series coin. , Slim Sallee, Walter Reuther and Ray I Fisher had the N. G. tagged on them, but Moran took them and put their i wings in the best working order of •their career. Here are the Reds in a nutshell: Jacob E. Daubert (first baseman) is 34 years old. He was horn in Shamokin, Pa. He started his career, in 1906 with the Kane semi-pros and was bought by Cleveland in 1908. He was then farmed to Nashville. In 1909 he was transferred to Toledo and was bought by Brooklyn in 1910, playing there until this spring. He has batted around .290 in fourteen seasons. Morris Rath (second baseman) was given the test in the American Lea gue with the White Sox, but he failed to deliver the goods and went back

I- • , through the minors to Salt Lake City ,where he was secured last year by I the Reds. I William’”' Lawrence Poss (short stop) is 28. He was born in Bristol, 1 Conn In 1912. as captain of the Fordham college nine, he drew the atten- , tion of major league scouts. But he dabbled around for awhile in the New England league under the name of Brady. He was signed by Toledo and sent up to Cleveland. The Athletics got him on waivers. His stick work was too light and he was released to Baltimore. The Reds then nabbed him when Herzog left. His work this year has been high class. In point of service, Henry Knight Groh (third baseman I is one of the veterans of the team. He was born in Rochester, N. Y., 30 years ago. He started out with Oshkosh in 1908 and was sold to Decatur in 1911. The Giants bought him later in the season and then let him go to Buffalo. He was recalled in 1912 and in 1912.

wars icvuntu in aim m WaS f released to the Reds. He bats around .273 and is the best third baseman in the league. | Ivy B. Wingo (catcher) was bornl 29 years ago in Norcross, Ga. He jumped in the game in 1909 with' Greenville in the Carolina Association. He was sold to St. Ixmis in 1 1 1911 and was traded to the Reds in' for Gonzalez and Bescher. J William A. Rariden (catcher) is' , i 31. He was born in Bedford. Ind.J I ■ and started his career in 1907 with ’ } Canton in the Central League. The' Braves bought him in 1910 for $750.! He jumped to the Indianapolis Feds in ' i 1914 and then went to the Newark ( 1 Fels in 1915. He was sold to the J Giants iji 1916 for $8,750 and was i traded to Cincinnati in 1919. I Sherwood Magee (outfielder) was ’ I born 35 years ago in Clarendon, Pa.l ’ He started baseball in 1903 with the' f 1 Allentown semi-pros. He was signed ! n ,by Little Rock in 1904, but refused ■ to report and was sent to Philadelphia I Nationals. In 1915 he was traded to; ‘ the Braves. After three seasons there 6 he was released to Cincinnati this' year on waivers. I Ed J. Rousch (outfielder) was born' e in Oakland City, Ind . and is 26 years of age. He made his debut with Evansville .in 1912. After two seasons ® there the White bought him for $3,000 He played In eight games and was sent to Lincoln in the Western i League. In 1914 he came back with (1 the Indianapolis Feds. He was then traded to the Newark Federals and

. was sold to the Giants in 1916 tor $7,200. The same year he was traded with McKechnie and Mathewson for Herzog and Killifer. With the Reds he has been the leading hitter and the best league swatter last year. Earl A. (Greasy) Neale (outfielder) was born in Parkersburg, W. Va. He is 26 years old. He started in 1912 with Altoona in the Tri-State League. He was released to London in the Connecticut league and was drafted from there by the Cleveland Americans in 1914. He was farmed back to London and returned to Cleveland in 1915. He went from there to Dayton in the Central League and then to Saginaw. When that team disbanded, he was bought by Cincinnati in 1916, he has batted around .270 for the Reds. Harry O. (Hod) Eller (pitcher) was born in Muncie, Ind., 25 years ago. He started in 1913 with Champaign in the IllinoiSrMisk|nurt 'league. In 1914 he was sold to Danville in the Three-I league and pitched there two seasons. The White Sox gave him a trial in 1916, but turned him over to Moline without a chance. He jumped from Moline and joined the army on the boarder. He returned, anil was suspended. Later he was reinstated and was drafted by Cincinnati. Jimmie Ring (pitcher) one of the sensational youngsters of 1919. was drafted from Utica in 1917. He was traded to Buffalo and was sent to Chattanooga with Reuther as part of a deal, .but was recalled before the end of the season. Ray L. Fisher (pitcher) was born 132 years ago in Middlebury, Va. He j went to Hartford in the Connecticut j League in 1908. In 1909 he was sold ' to the Yankees and pitched “in and ■ out" ball until the Reds got him on waivers last year. Raymond B. (Rube) Bressler (pitch- , er) is 25. He was born in Brookville, j Pa., and started in 1913 with Harris- ; burg in the Tri-State league. In 1914 he was sold to the Athletics and was I turned over to Atlanta in 1917. He . was discharged from the army this : spring and was transferred to the I Reds. He played in the outfield most ■of this year, pitching only a few games. | Harry F. Sallee (pitcher) is 34. He j was born in Higginsport, O. He became a professional in 1905 when he joined Meridian in the Cotton States league. He was sold the same year jto Birmingham in the Southern Leafgue. He went to the Yankees in ,1907 and was released without trial ( to Williamsport in the Tri-State lea-J gue. St. Louis drafted him in 1908 and sold him to the Giants in 1916 for a reported price of SIO,OOO. He

failed to set the league afire and when he threatened U> quit if he couldn't ,land with a club closer to his home, McGraw sent him to Cincinnati. 1 Walter Reuther (pijchpr) Is 28. He started in 1913 with St, Ignatius college in San Francisco. The pirates signed him and he stayed with them before being sent to Los Angeles. From there he was traded to Sacramento and ended up with the semi , pros in Frisco. In 1914 ho was signed by Vancouver in the North-West LeaI gue and from there he went to Salt I Lake City in 1915. Spokane signed i him in 1916 and then he went to the ( Cubs. Cincinnati took him when he r failed in Chicago and was about to , turn him down. He was traded to t Chattanooga, but refused to go. He , went in the army and returned to the I Reds this year and became the best > southpaw of the league. >1 . ++++ ++ + +H-+ +++ ++ + 4

+ THE WHITE SOX + ++++++++++ + + + + + + + It’s no team of "spring chickens" that Pat Moran is going to stack his Cincinnati Reds against in the world's ' series. Both in years and experience “Kid” Gleason has in the White Sox what can be considered a team of .veterans. The main cogs of the machI ine that weathered a heavy storm and j copped the American League rag for . him are real veterans at the game. ' while the majority of them have been lon the “ups and downs,” back and i forth, from the minors to the majors. "Happy” Flesch, one of the bul- , warks of the outfield is the youngest member of the clan. He is 25. “Kid” ,Gleason .gray topped with 54 years, |is the senior member of the firm. Be- . twixt and between, as they say, are ■ Eddie Cicotte 35. John Collins 33, Joe ; Jackson 32. Eddie Collins 32, Faher ! 31, Chick Gandil 30, Bill James 29. Claude Williams 28, Buck Weaver 28, . McMullin 28. Eddie Murphy 28, Ray i Schalk 27. Leigold 27, and Risberg 26. I Brief history of the career of the i'American League champs follow: I Edward F. Collins (second base) i . born in Millertown. N. Y., 32 years i ago. Played three years with Colum- : i bia university before Connie Mack i' signed him in 1906. The White Sox ■ t bought him in 1915 for a reported I price of $50,000. He has a batting i! average of .331 for his major league i career, throws right handed and bats i left-handed. I George D. (Buck) Weaver (third

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hasp) was born in Stowe, Pa., and is 28. He was signed by Cleveland in 1909 after a year with St. Mary’s college and the Pottstown seml-pros. He was released to Saginaw in the Southern Michigan league and in 1910 played with Northampton in the Connecticut league and York in the TriState league. He went to the White Sox in 1911 and was released with strings to San Francisco. In 1912 he was recalled by the White Sox and has been a regular since. He bats around .260 right handed and throws right handed. Joseph Jackson (outfielder ) was born in Brandon Mills, S. C., 32 years ago. He started in 1907 with the Greenville semij-pros. Connie Mack signed him in 1908 and he was sent to Savannah in the South Atlaneic League in 1909. Was recalled to the Athletics in 1910 and sold to Cleveland. Later he was farmed to New , Orleans in the Southern League and;

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■ a i i a >' ——ii was brought back to Cleveland in 1911. The White Sox got him in 1915 in exchange for Roth, Klepfer and $31,500. He worked in the ehipyards during the war. He bats around Arnold C. (Chick) Gandil (first base) was born In St. Paul and is 30. He started in 1906 with Amarillo, Texas, and Humbolt, Ariz, In 1908 he was signed by Shreveport in the Texas League and was drafted by the St. Ixniis Browns in 1909. He was released to Montreal by the White Sox in 1912 and then traded to Washington for Cunningham, Beeker and Akers and $3,500. In 1916 he was sold to Cleveland and ended with the. White Sox in 1917 for $3,500 . He bats around .275. Harry. Leibold (outfield) was born in Bentler, Ind., and is 27. He started his professional career in 1911 with Milwaukee in the American Association; was drafted by Cleveland in I (Continued on Page 5)