The evening times., 1896-10-05
DEVELOPED into STARS
Players That Have Shifted
Around the Circuit.
RELEASED FOR POOR WORK
Donovan Was Especially Weak When
He First stepped Into the League.
Burke's Rolling stone Career.
Terry Was of Little Account Until
Anson Took Him-Other Notes.

'.ihe releasing OF a player is often his
making" said Capt. Anson one day, AMI
the columns of names that deck the roster
of the National League clubs today indicate
that The captain spoke well. a glance
down the line of names shows that some
of the brightest ST ars of the baseball firma-
meat OF 1896 have been, at one time or an
other, "cast aside,' discarded and told 10
move on for fresller blood or better men
better perhaps, at the time, but destined 10
fade and disappear, while the released man,
Frightening under different surroundings,
developed into star and reached an att
tude which the man who displacedhim could
never gain.
Jesse Burkett, who leads the batting for
the year. was let out by New York when the
Giants reorgauized in 1891, and had 10
seek Job out West. What would Freed
man give to have Jesse now?
Willie Keelcr, second batter, was discarded
by New York as tooraw and Brooklyn did
rot think him good enough to hang on to.
Either OF these clubs would fall dead with
JOY if he could be captured now.
Jennings. fourth batter, was SO weak one
year with Louisville thathe was exchanged
for Tim O'Rourke. Now 0'Rourke is for
cotteu-Gone TO a minor leaguc-and Jen-
nings, in the market, would bring about rs
much a. the whole team do VII IN Louisville.
KELLEY TOO GREEN FOR BOSTON.
Joe Kelley was given a trial by Bostonan
let out as too young and green. He would
have fitted in there beautifully this sea asoD.
Elmer Smith was pitch er, his arn gave out
and the Cincinnati ClubletiIim 90 instead OF
i.;v
Eugene DeMontrevillc was not good
enough for Pittsburg TO keep, but he suits
Washington to q dot. A nson had Jake
stencil six years ago and fired him. P-a
would have locked very pretty in left field
for the Colts this summer Eddie Burke, Of
Cincinnati has been banded about from
pillar to post and has served once before
with the Reds. with Philadelphia, Pitts
burg and New York.
Denny Lyons has vibrated, so to speak,
from club to club. Patsy Donovan could not
hold job more til an a few months whenhe
was new H. the league. Little Dummy Hoy
has been on the payroll Of half dozen
teams. Charlie Farrell has done lot OF
drifting. Kid Gleason would have had hard
times getting employment if he had not
quit pitching and gone 10 playing second.
ADson let Charlie Irwin 90. and he leads
the league third ba asemeD now. Tom Parrott
has pla yed on three teams in his shortleagu
career. Roger Connor was released in the
very city of New York where he won his
fame. Willie Merritt has been back and
forth in the league whole lot.
Fred Ely was tried and turned down by
Brooklyn years ago. Jack O'BrieD tried
his hand with Brooklyn aud Chicago before
he couid catch on permanently. Tom Brown
has skipped around almost the Whole cir
cuit. Stafford has had his troubles since
he first blossomed in 1880.
TEBEAU DIDN'T SUIT ANsoN.
Mighty Buck Ewinghas knownthe SORROW
of release. Pat Tebeau wasn't heavy
enough to stick with Arson in 1887. VII
son OF Cleveland was let out by Boston. Nc
Carr. in his ten years or more Of service,
has been In and out many time. Terry
was given up as useless by several clubs
before Anson t,ok him. Fred Pfeffer was
discarded as no good only this year by
Freedman.
Joe Quinn, Jack Crooks, and Lester Ger
man have seen their releases signed with
ncatness and dispatch. Ditto Frank Fore
man, Ed Stein, Ad Gumbert and Jimmy Ban
Hemming have been chased around quite a
good deal.
Some OF the players who have made rec
ords by the number of teams they have
played with, and who are yet in good stand
ing are Van Haltren, who has been with Chi
cago, Brooklyn. Baltimore. Pittsburg and
New York; Burke, with Philadelphia, Gin
ciunati twice, and New York; Brouthers,
with Detroit, Buffalo, Boston. Baltimore,
Louisville and Philadelphia: Donovan, with
Brooklyn, Washington, Louisville Pittsburg,
and a few other teams; Hoy, with Washing
ton twice; Cleveland, Buffalo. st. Louis and
Cincinnati; Merritt, with Chicago. Louis
vile, Pittsburg twice. and Cincinnati; Jack
0'Brien, with Brooklyn. Chicago Louisville
and Washington; Terry. with Brooklyn, Bal
timore, PittSburg, and Chicago; GuHbert,
with Chicago, Boston. Pittsburg. Brooklyn
and Philadelphia.