The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-27
Big Baseball Teams Arc Al
ways on the Lookout for
Amateurs.
LIST INCLUDES VIRGINIA MEN
some OF the Best Professionals
Learned the Game With the
College Mines.

from the college teams Ten years ago
there were hardly "A dozen college men
playing professional baseball and those
who did were considered more or less
social outcasts. Since that time however.
sentiment has changed wonderfully. ana
and now an ever increasing stream OF
college bail-players is flowing into the
Leagues. This has benefited tho game ma
terialiy as # has tended 20 raise the
moral standard. and the sport to-day is
on a higher plane than IL has ever been
before.
In both the American and National
Leagues college men have made good"
and ali managers are anxious 70 secure
Thorn. for. AZ rule. they stick TO train
Ing rules better. play more conscientious
bau. dissipate less. are easier to handle
ana in many other ways are more desir-
able
Christy Mathewson. perhaps the best
pitcher that the game has known was
a football and baseball star Al BucknclI
college II was due largely % his mighty
arm and individual brilliancy that the
Giants disposed OF the Philadelphia Attn
ietics two years ago and Won the cham
pionship Of the world. Doc. White was
the man THAI played an important part in
defeating the Chicago National League
team IN the worlds championship series
last October. He is a graduate Or George
days was a brilliant pitcher.
Plank. one Of the best pitchers in tho
American League. IS another college play
er who has reached the top rank in pro
fessionai ball-playing. In college DAYS he
twiried for Gettysburg. DevlIn the Gil
ANS lnneider and heavy hitter. came from
Georgetown. GARRISON. who won many a
hoty contested game Tor Harvard 60 On
me pitching stan Of the New York Amer
N-an League team. Doniin the heayv-
hitting outhelder OF the Giants. PLAYED on
me University OF PENNSYLVANIA nine as
ala Roy Thomas and Caldwell. who are
now playing with the Philadelphia Ath-
Lewis. OF the Brooklyn Nstlonsr r.aae,,o
team IS another college man. Chase or
CiaEzc Griffths Yankees. is q for,,er
Columbia University bau-tosser vrbuo
aushey Jennings. IN his day the great
9-'oI .S'op mat ever PLAYED the game.
u a sraduate Of the Cornell Law School
iAese are only a few OF the MANY col
iege men who have made a brfIIis,,t -
utaton on the diamond and comma5,1
fancy salaries for their work They sr.
mentioned 10 show how well the college
- - t40s ~ measures up on the profes-
s'onaI diamond in the fastest COMPANY,
7'"els'cs Snow that larger percar-
Iase or college players make q success q,
pIvleSslonal ball playing than men fro7,
other helds who 80 70 iii the difre-e,,,
leagues There are now over 200 coll.-
sIa-S paying ball in the major leagues
a,1u PROBABLY three times that nt,rpbor
b-a9 n the minor leagues that are scat-
tered throughout the country
Inc number is steadily fncreaefr- -,
II the popularity Of the game ftsaIs sl ~
not decrease Il is not saving too 49,
10 predct that within the ner+ ef,ea-
years three-quarters or the profsssionaI
osi-players viii be ex-collegianS
a. Is impossible to give the entire list
OF college players that are nov in ~
different leagues. but the foIIoV.,re ~
hciudes the most noted and src.es.,,,,
win the colleges at which they use5 -
play. "ssu 10
1enney, Brown University. no,n with
Boston; Fuitz, Brown. now with PhiladeI-
phia; Lynch, Brown. now with pittsbl,,s.
FAttee' Brown. now with Jersey CITY.
Lauder, Brown, formerly with New yorl
ana PHI adelphia; 'Christy'' Matheo-son
BuckneN University now with the New
1ork National League team: Devlfn
Georgetown University. now with the
Giants; White Georgetown, now with the
Chicago American League team. Drill.
Georgetown, formerly with Washington:
Hart Georgetown. now with the Chicago
American League team; Harley, George
town, now with Toronto: Roy Thomas.
Pennsylvania, now with Philadelphia;
DOnlin, Pennsylvania, now with the
"A.
Philadelphia Davis. Gerard College: Pow
ers. Holy Cross. Henley. University OF
Alabama, nov with Philadelphia, Plank,
Gettysburg college now with Philadel-
phia; COalkley, Holy Cross. now with the
Philadelphia Athletics; Wills University
or Virgins. formerly with Boston and
Louisville: Nick" Carter virginia now
with Washington: Graham. Virginia last
season with Winchester; Glaze. Dart
mouth; Thomas. Carlisle Indians, now
with Philadelphia; Roy, Carlisle Indians,
now with Philadelphia: Holt OF North
Carolina, formerly with Augusta: Giles.
North Carolina, formerly with Augusta:
Jennings, Cornell, formerly with Balti-
more; Atkins johns Hopkins, now with
Baltimore: Walter GARRISON Harvard,
now with the New York American League
team Hillebrand Princeton, now with
Pittsburg: Tot" Murphy, Yale. formerly
with New York; Chase. Columbia, now
with the New York American League
team: Lewis, Georgetown. now with the
New York American League team: Lund-
gren, University Of Illinois, now with
Chicago: Barry. University or Rochester.
now with St Louis: Winter, Gettysburg
College. now with Boston.
Bender. OF the Carlisle Indians: Rhuel-
bach. the Chicago National League
pitcher: Beaumont Pittsburg: Camel.
formerly Of the Boston Nationals: Gibson
OF tbs Boston Americans: Mullen. Of De
troit, and overall. the Chicago pitcher. are
also old college players.
Among the famous college ball-players
that would, in all probability, have been
stars" IN professional ball had they gone
into It are the famous Yale battery
dutch" Carter and Jack Greenway; tho
University Of Virginia pitchers, Summers
gill. Adams and Pollard. sthe Princeton
twirisr Bryan. and Sitton. OF the Irniver-
sity OF North Carolina
Manager Mack. OF the PHILADELPHIA
Athletics. has a hobby for signing young
college players. and he says he has never
had the slightest DIT OF trouble with any
OF them. Jennings. for several years man
Rger of the Baltimore Eastern League
team. is another manager who likes 10
try out ex-cOllesians.
The college man has gone into baseball