Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1918 — OLD-TIME BALL PLAYERS FAST FADING FROM GAME [ARTICLE]

OLD-TIME BALL PLAYERS FAST FADING FROM GAME

Ball players who only a few years ago were starring every day on the diamonds in the big leagues are gradually fading away. Tom Leach was recently released by a minor league club and Harry Davis retired. And now “Wildfire” Schulte has been released by the Phillies. Frank Schulte was a member of the old Cub machine when Frank Chance was its leader. For fifteen years Schulte, who batted left-handed, was noted as the champion right-field fence buster of the league. “Wildfire,” with Slagle and Sheckard, formed the Cubs’ outfield with which Frank Chance won a pennant. Later, when Slagle began to slip back, Artie Hofman took his place and Schulte continued his heavy hitting and more pennants were won.