Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — ONLY A FEW VETERANS LEFT [ARTICLE]

ONLY A FEW VETERANS LEFT

Twenty-four of the 330 Players Who Figured in War of 1902 Still Remain in the Big Arena,

Although only 24 of the 330 ball players who figured in the American and National league races of 1902, the last year of the American league baseball war, still remain in the big arena, a team composed of these veterans, all of whom have been In the game upward of 14 seasons, would be capable of bolding its own, with any that might be selected today. All of these players are far above the average in intelligence, which accounts for their remaining in the game so long, are excellent fielders, great batsmen, and with one or two exceptions, grand base runners. This all-star team would line up as follows:

Matthewson, Plang and Hess, pitchers; Bresnahan and Dooin, catchers; Lajoie, first base; Evers, second base; Wagner, shortstop; Wallace, third base; Callahan, left field; Leach, center field; Crawford, right field. x

The manager for this team could be selected from among John McGraw, Fielder Jones, Clark Griffith, Hugh Jennings, Wilbert Robinson and Fred Clarke, as all of these former stars were in the game in 1902, Griffith and McGraw being pilots, as now.