Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-24
FOOTBALL STARS MAKE
GOoD ON DIAMOND
Long List of College Players
Who Held Their Own
in the Big League.

The reason Manager Clark Griffith
OF the New York Americans has a
hankerRnA after Doc Hillcbrand
the balky Princeton athlete, who has
steadfastly refused to join the Wash.
lngtons, came to light during the re-
cent meeting of the Johnsonites at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, says the
Cleveland Leader. 1t has been cur
rently reported that "Griff" refused
to waive claim to his services be-
cause lie considered by so doing he
would have better chance to get
Case Patten from Joe Cantillon, but
such is not the case. certain Judge
OF baseball material was urging the
little leader to keep his eye on a col
legge curver Does he play foot
ball?" queried Griff. mo- said the
scout. Then don't think care to
watch him." returned Griff, "for if |
get any more conege men l am 60
ing after the man with reputation
on the gridiron as well as on the dia-
niond.'
Christy Mathewson. who brought a
worlds championship to New York,
played fullbatk when he was at Buck
nell
Jake Stahl, OF Washington, and Carl
Lundgren, of Chicago, played. respec.
lively, at tackle and behind the line
Tor four years at the University of
Illinois. Arthur Deylin, of the
Giants, when at Georgetown, was
reckoned the best halfback in the
South, and Ralph Glaze of the Boston
Notwithstanding at Portsmouth, was
picked by Walter Camp as an all.
american end in 1905. Birmingham,
one of Cleveland's new players, was
quarterback at Cornell not many
years since, and Dutch" Meier, who
Is on Pittsburg's reserve list, played
the same position on the Princeton
eleven for three seasons. Birming-
nam Is an accomplished drop kicker;
Meier is not.
Fultz Was star Player.
Overall of the Cubs. VINO did
some good relief work in the worlds
series last fall, played fullback on the
University J. Of California, and
Branch" Hickey and Lefty" Mcu.
reen were ,gridiron heroes at Ohio
Wesleyan and Pennsylvania State.
Inc former was picked by Griffith In
preference to Spencer in the recent
trade with St Louis by which Joe
Yeager goes west, while Comiskey is
mhiiuS W give Une latter trial In
case Barney Dreyfus does not want
him. And then there was Davy Fultz,
who helped the Athletics win one flag
and was big factor in the High
landers' capture of second place in
1904. To this day some folks believe
that IL Dave had been playing in the
final series with Boston, instead of
Anderson, the pennant race would
have resulted differently. Dave was
a. halfback at Brown. "Rube" wad.
dell, Fred Parent and Ed Abbaticchio
can all do stunts as footballists,
though none of the trio ever played
on college elevens. abby" starred
at.tackle on the Latrobe, Pa, Pros for
years and had several ribs smashed
IN following this sport.
The number of men from the uni
Versities who have played football
and then failed to travel at the re.
quisite speed when they reachd the
big lague is not large. Libe Wash.
burn. the old Brown halfback, was
doing well with the New York Ma
tionals in 1902, when vic Willis hit
him on the head with wildly pitched
ball. and that crack put him out of
fast company. Pittsburg got stung
e