Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1916 — FEW VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FEW VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE

Sam Crawford of the Detroit Tigers, who is slowing up somewhat, I* surely a veteran of the American league. Sam has been with the Tigers continuously since 1903, when the National and American leagues signed the peace agreement. Other players of long service in the American league are Ed Walsh, who joined the White Sox in 1904, and “Terry” Turner, who joined the Cleveland club in 1904. The veterans of other clubs and the years in which they joined are as follows: Carrigan, Boston, 1906; Johnson, Washington, 1907; Fisher, New York, 1910; Austin, St. Louis, 1911.

Old Timers Who Are Still in Harness.