The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-29

lin the Tri- State for life or until his
playing days were over
Bob Wicker, for years one of the
Chicago Cubs best pitchers and high
salaried player, wound up his big
league career in Cincinnati last year.
He did not come up to the require
ments of Hanlon, who sold his release
to the Columbus club of the American
association Jimmy Jackson will also
play with Columbus this year, as the
Cleveland Americans have concluded
that he has outlved his usefulness in
the forest city.
Father Time will soon drive other
great players into the background.
James Mcguire of the New York AM
aeridans, who has been in the game
for twenty three years. has not much
further to go, while it will not be long
before Willie Keeler AL Orth, Jimmy
Williams and other members of Clark
GrifIith's band will be seen on the
diamond for the Taste time. Jimmy
, Collins, Cy Young. jesse Tannehill, Lou
Criger and Bill Dineen Of the Boston
Americans have only few years
left to serve. It will not be long be-
| fore Rube Waddell Harry Davis,
Monte Cross, Ossie Schreckengost and
Ralph Seybold of the Philadelphia
Americans retire after long campaigns
in which they have become famous.
John Anderson and Jack Warner of
/; the Washingtons are veterans who are
nearing the wind-up, while the same
may be said of Jack O'Connor Bob
Wallace and Jack Powell of the st.
Louis Browns. OF the worlds cham
pion White Sox, George Davis will
son get out OF the game, as he has
played steadily for eighteen years.
Elmer Flick and the great Lajoie of
the Clevelands are growing old, and so
is Bobby Lowe of the Detroits.
4 McGinnity in the estimation of
many, has seen his best days as
pitcher for McGraw's team, while Bill
.Dahlen, Frank Bowerman, Dan Nc
Gam, Dummy Taylor, George Browne
and Mike Donlin, all of the same
team, cannot last much longer in fast
company In Pittsburg, Fred Clarke
is practically through playing and will
take the bench this year, while Beau
mont is about to retire from the game,
with Philippe and Lever, the star
pitchers, on the ragged edge. Slagle
of the Chicago Cubs is an old player
iwho must be replaced in the near
future, but the other members of the
team are comparatively young. SO
are the Cincinnati players, except GAN
eel, Weimer, Coakley and Ewing.
Ritchey and Tenney of the Boston
Nationals are veterans who cannot
hang on forever, while Mccarthy of
the Brooklyns is good for couple
more seasons, perhaps.
The time is not far off when Kid
Gleason, the second baseman of the
Philadelphia Nationals, will be passed
Nlup for q younger man. as Gleason has
been playing in the big leagues since
1889. Jake Beckley of the st. Louis
Cardinals will probably play out this
season and then retire. He has been
4 playing with major league teams since
1885, and it was not until last year
that he began to show the effects of
4 the long gruelling. The average play
ing career of major league star is
about ten years, although many play
; ers have remained in fast company
longer than that Jim O'Rourle, who
began work on the diamond twenty
five years ago, is still able to catch for
Il
Van Haltren, who pitched for Anson's
Chicagos as far back as 1887, is play
ing in California.
u In 1894 the New Yorks won the
Temple cup from the Baltimores
lchampions of the National league
Nearly all of the players who took
} lpart in that memorable series have
I dropped out of baseball. OF the New
York team, John M. Ward is lawyer
lin this city; Jack Doyle is the man
ager Of the Milwaukee club; Shorty
Fuller is dead George Davis is with
1.-THE White Sox; Eddie Burke has re-
tired; Mike Herman is a Harlem sa'
q loon keeper; Van Haltren Is in Cali
Ifornia; Charley Farrep Dis q hote
Keeper in Massachusetts,: Rusie Is Z
lday laborer at Vincennes, Ind, am
L Meekin is in retirement OF the Bal
!. Itimores, Brouthers is living in retire
e Iment in Wappinger Falls; Reitz ha.
Il dropped out of sight; Jennings is thu
e manager OF the Detroit team; McGrav
4 lis at the helm of the New York Ma
/. Itionals; Kelley Is with Toronto
o Keller is with the New York Ameri
y cans; Brodie Is with the Trenton Tri
a State team; Robinson Is the owner o
d a saloon in Baltimore; Mcmahon is Il
Is obscurity: Pond Is surgeon; Mop
II lis in the Tri- league; Clarke Is
II minor league manager, and Kid Glea
q son is still on deck. Few ball player
: realize that when their finish come
y. they are quickly forgotten by the pub
,e Tic, while others do not make ha
lwhile the sun shines In the way :
y saving some Of the easy money the
receive for their services.
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