Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
of them complain if they are asked to go

of them complain il they are asked to go
In more than once q week.
How many Of the present-day pitchers
last over five years? And yet in those
days the life OF pitcher ran from ten to
twenty years, for instance, Matthews, Cal
vim, Radbourne. Burlington, Keefe. Welsh,
O'Neill and Corcoran. manager con-
sidered himself unfortunate IL he had two
or three men injured during an entire
year, while now most managers are ac-
customed to sometimes have that many
injured In a week For Illustration. Man
ager Fogel had his New York team COM
pletely broken up last summer by losing
the services Of fourteen of his players in
the first seven weeks of the season.
That the players of We olden times were
more hardy lot than the present crop
seems to be proved by the number of sur
yiyors who were In service when Hardie
Henderson Joined the professional ranks.
or who also came into prominence about
the same time-that is, during the early
eighties.
Thus, for instance, Adrian c. Arson, well
and hardy. and still colt" physically. is
at present seeking the Office of city treas
urer Of Chicago. James ORourke Is prac-
Using law and stu playing ball in Bridge
port Conn. Buck Ewing is spoken Of at
present as the probable manager of the
Philies under the new Dreyfus regime.
John Mont gomery Ward is now a shining
member of the New York bar. Mickey
Welsh is proprietor of hotel in Troy, N.
Y. Tim Keefe is a drummer. Roger Con-
nor Is owner of the Springfield (Mass.) Club.
Arthur Whitney and John Morrill, are
drummers for rival sporting goods manu-
facturers. Same Crane writes base ball for
New York newspaper. George Gore and
Charley Jones are on the New York police
force.
Joe Hart runs hotel In Providence; Jerry
Denny has a gentlemens furnishing goods
store in Derby Conn.,; Paul Hines has a
government job in this city; Joe Hornung Is
an assistant groundkeeper at the Polo
Grounds, New York; Sam Wise keeps a
tavern In Buffalo; Burlington is in the coal
business in Fall River, Mass. where also
his old catcher. DR.. Cunning, is practicing
medicine: John Manning is a groundkeeper
in Boston: George Wood and Billy Purcell
are bookmakers.
DR.. Bushong is a prosperous dentist in
Brooklyn; Charles Comiskey is president Of
the Chicago American League club; Tip
O'Nefll Is '1umbering' in Canada the two
Gleasons-not Billy of Detroit-are both in
the st. Louis fire department. Arlie Latham
lives in Philadelphia, and is now an umpire;
Jake Virtue has charge of the press box at
the Athletic grounds
Deacon White is in business in Buffalo;
Ed. Hanlon Is manager Of the Brooklyn
club; Bowie Weidman is farmer in Mich
tgan; George Meyers Is now wealthy real
estate operator in Buffalo: Fred Pfeffer is
manager and owner Of the Peoria Nl.) club;
Ed. Dafrymple, from last reports, was in
the tobacco business in Denver; Ed Swart-
wood has saloon in Allegheny City, Pa:
Harry Stovey, the greatest base runner the
game has ever seen, has a hotel in Clinton,
Mass.
Cub Stricken sticks to his milk route and
still plays with clubs around Philadelphia;
George Bradley and Buck Weaver are both
Philadelphia policemen; Jack O'Brien is
pressman in Philadelphia; Lon Knight Is q
travelling salesman: Billy Holbert is ster-
eotyper. and lis employed on a Philadelphia
paper: Charley Bennett, minus both limbs,
has cigar store in Detroit; Guy Hecker is
in business in Oil City, Pa.
Pete Browning, according to last reports,
was employed on an Ohio river steamer:
Hick Carpenter and VIII White both live
In Cincinnati, where they are in business.
getting through with their Cincinnati en-
gagement, both returned to Philadelphia,
and the latter was subsequently elected
magistrate; Bid McPhee was manager of
the Cincinnati club until the latter part of
last season; Charley Snyder is in Washing
ton; Eddie Cuthbert has a tavern in st.
Louis; Chief Roseman is New York fire.
man. and Sam Trott Is drummer for
Baltimore cigar manufacturer.
This list. while not altogether complete,
gives a fair idea of how many Of the men
who began their base ball careers about the
same time or prior to the time Hardie Hen
derson began his. still survive that erst-
while popular pitcher.
OF the real old-timers who played long
before Hardie Henderson and survive him
may be mentioned AL. Reach, AL Spalding,
Dick Mcbride, John Paul Jones Sensender-
Young. who, after serving as secretary of
the National League for twenty-seven
years, recently retired on account Of bad
health ~,