Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-11
STARS SEEK HOMES
IN MINOR LEAGUES
STORMY, CAREERS IN FAST COM.
PANY TOO MUCH
Smaller Organizations Mean More to
Ball Players Than Parent Bodies.
Many old-Timers Still
on Deck

Some major league ball players go to
the minor leagues because they have
passed the period when they are up in
major league speed; some go to the
minors because they need more develop
ment and are not yet up to major league
/ speed; some return to the minors because
| they are not made of good major league
| capacity. Whatever the reason, minor
leagues are a blessing for the great army
of professional players for whom there Is
no room In the big leagues.
| The minor leagues are filed with play
ers who once played in the National or
| American leagues and no doubtssome of
these could hold their own in fashionable
company were they to return to it. At
| the same time they are quite busy holding
| their own where they are, for the princi
pal minor leagues are speedy on their
own account and call for ball playing of
quality.
| A former National league player of note
| indeed he was famous in his day-who
| has found a sanctuary in the minors is
Theodore Breitenstein, the once crack
| pitcher of the st. Louis and Cincinnati
| teams. Brett has been with the New
| Orleans club of the Southern league for
several years and has played much good
| ball there. He Is not played out yet by
any MEANS and in that climate has shown
as good form as he ever did in the parent
| organization
| Another old-timer still on the baseball
| earth is George Van Haltren, who IS
earning his daily bread with the Oakland
club OF the California league. Bill Phil
lips, the former Red pitcher, is with the
New Orleans team, as is Lave Cross, the
veteran third baseman, recently released
| by Washington. Billy Gilbert, who played
second base for McGraw's world champion
| New Yorks, is filling the same position for
| the. Trenton club for the Tristate league,
and Joe Kelley, star on the old Orioles
and later manager of the Cincinnati Reds,
| is managing and playing on the Toronto
Eastern league team and doing well.
| Jake Beckley, who spent years In Ma
| tional league service is playing first base
| for the Kansas City team of the Ameri-
can association, and Mike Grady, vet
eran of both the National and American
| leagues. is doing backstop duty for the
Wimingtons of the Tristate league
Frank Lachance, who played first base
for Brooklyn in the National league, is
| now guarding the first cushion for the
Waterbury team of the Connecticut
league
Hamilton with HaverhiII
On the Haverhill club of the New Eng
land league is Billy Hamilton, late of
Boston and Philadelphia, and one of the
National league ever had. Cupid Childs,
a noted second baseman over dozen
years ago, and an associate of Patsy
Tebcau on the Cleveands, is playing sec
ond base for the A., J. and @. team of
the New York State league. Sam Mertes,
who worked on various big league teams,
is with the Indianapolis club of the Amer
lean association So is Buck Freeman,
who was famous as home-run slugger
In The big league. Both are playing the
game right up to the handle.
Malachi Kittredge is still in harness.
He catches for the Montreal team in the
Eastern league. Billy Kiester of the Jer-
player who has found a good berth In the
| minor league ranks. Hugh Duffy. a hit {
ter OF rare quality in the National
league years ago, is managing the Prov
idence team. Heine Peitz, for many
seasons conspicuous figure behind the
bat in the National league, now sports the
mask and pad for the Louisville team.
Other former league players now in the
American association are: Charles Carr.
manager of the Indianapolis club; Jim
my Burke, who is playing in Kansas
City; Ambrose Putnam, the big south
paw pitcher with Louisville, and once
with the New York Americans; Mcbride,
Huelsman and Kruger, with Kansas
City; Monte Beville, with Milwaukee,;
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Greminger, the big third baseman, with
Minneapolis; Geier, Koehler. old Joe Sug
den and Pitcher Leroy, with st. Paul;
Smoot and Abbott, with Toledo; Robert
taille and Wicker, pitchers, with Column
bus; Dick Cooley, with Louisville; Briggs
and Kelum, pitchers and Otto Will
liams, shortstop, with Indianapolis; Jack
Mccarthy, with Kansas City.
Thoney Comes Back
Thoney, the Toronto outfielder. who is
doing fine work this season and Is to join
the Boston Americans next year, was in
the American league a few seasons ago.
both with New York and Cleveland. He
is one of the fastest runners in baseball.
and splendid thrower. Harry Schlafiy,
recently with Washington, is on the same
team. Charley Babb. who played short
for the New York Nationals not so long
ago, Is with the Memphis club of the
Southern league. In the same league,
playing with Atlanta, Is Otto Jordan, who
was Brooklyn's second baseman for one
season. Jack Dunn. who did valuable
work on the New Yorks for McGraw as
utility man, Is manager and second
baseman of the Baltimore Eastern league
team.
Van Zandt, the former st, Louis Ameri-
can outfielder is playing with Bingham
ton Of the New York State league. Steel
man. the former Brooklyn catcher. is with
Utica. Jimmy Sebring, who played the
outfield for Pittsburg and Cincinnati. is
with the Williamsport club of the Tri-
State league. Harry Arndt third base
man for the st. Louis Cardinals last sea-
son, is with the Wilmington club
Lew Wiltse, one time boxman for the
New York Americans and brother of
George Wiltse, Is one of the Johnstown .
club pitchers The Harrisburg club has
two noted veterans on It's roster OF play
ers, both OF whom were big league stars.
One is Bill Schriver the catcher, who saw
long service on various big league teams.
and who once tried to catch ball thrown
from Washington Monument. The other
is Kip selbach, who played in New York,
Washington and Boston, and In his time
shone luminously as batter and out
fielder
PURITY OF GASOLINE is