Evening journal., 1908-11-16
PASSING OF THE
BASEBALL STARS
Diamond Heroes of a Few
Years Ago Little Heard
Of Today


The hero of to-day in baseball may be
a dead one Tomorrow In fact. baseball
fame is heeting. It is not what you
were yesterday It's what you are TO-
day, and the player who is a member Of
championship club one year may be
back in the miners before a year or so
blve passed
OF Che Chicago White Sox that won
the American League pennant in 1900
only one man. Frank Isbell. played with
the Chicago this year. The other cham
pions Of the first year OF the leasue were;
Denzer Katoll. Fisher and Patterson.
pitchers; Sugden, Buckley and Wood.
catchers; Padden, Hartman. Shugart and
Charley OLeary, inhelders Hoy. Dllla d..
Mcfarland. Brodie and Shearon, outfeld-
ers. or these Charley OLeary Of the
Tigers. is the only one left in the Ame7i-
can League.
The following year the White sox were
made up as follows: Piatt, Griffith. Gala
han, Patterson and Katoll, pitchers; Sug-
den and Sullivan, catchers; Isbei Mertes,
Shugart, Burke and Hartman, infelders;
Hoy, Fielder Jones. Mcfarland and Tos-
ter. outheldors. OF this list. Filder
Jones. Isbell and Sullivan are the only
survivors either on the White Sox roster
or i'm the American League. Clarke Grif-
hth was let out at New York last sum-
mer. while Jimmy Callahan is a semi
pro magnato in Chicago
The season Of 1902 saw Philadelphia
with fha parnarf wifi, ff.o f,ff...t.,r.
ers: Waddell. Plank. Husting. Mitchell
and Wilson. pitchers; Schreck and Pow
ers. catchcrs; Davis. Castro. Bonner. Muir
phy, Monte Cross. Lave Cross. indelders;
Hartzcl. Fultz and Seybold. outfielders.
Many Of these are now either in the min.
or Leagues or out Of the game altogether.
the big league survivors being Waddell.
Plank. Schreck. Powers. Davis. Murphy.
Hartsel and Seybold
Boston took it's turn at winning the
Pennant in 1908, with a team composed Of
Young, Dinneen, Hughes. Winters and
Gibson. pitchers. Criger. Farrell and ].
Stahl catchers; a Chance. Ferris. Par
ent and Collins n1elders Dougherty. G..
Stahl. Freeman and O'Rrcn. outhelde~s
Perhaps that bunch have not scatt, rsd.
or the pitchers Young is the only one laft
)inneen is in 81. Louis Winters iu De-
troit. Hughes In Washington. while C,ib-
SON is coach az Notre Dame After bav-
ing been member Of three other clubs
Jake Stahl is hack again 10 play first base.
Criger is the only catcher left. Ferris is a
Brown. Jimmy Collins belongs to Phiia-
delphia and Parent is one Of the White
SoN. Chick Stahl is dead. Doughertv is
Chicagoan and Freeman is in tho A A.
The only change in the makeup Of the
team that won the pennant for Boston in
1904 were the substitution of Jesse Tame
hin for Tom Hughes and kip" selba,h
for Dougherty in the outfeld Tannehin
rs now with Washington. while seibach
is a minor Lacquer.
Philadelphia won the pennant again in
1905 with practically the same line-up az
In 1899. The new men we're Henley. Coax
ley and Bender pitchers Knight. in6eld-
er. Lord and Hoffman. outfelders. OF the
six new comers Bender Is the only ono
who Is still one OF the Athletics Coslley
is with the Chicago club. Hoffman with
the Browns and the others dropped to
the minor leagues. Lord being scheduled
to Join tho Maps in the spring.
Although the White Sox won the pen-
nant as late as 1906 four members OF
that worlds championship team failed to
stick. the quartet consisting of Pitcher
Patterson. Second Baseman Dundon.
Third Baseman Robe and Outhelder
O'Neil.
Pitchers siever and Eubanks. Catchers
Payne and Archer and Inaelder Lowe
are the only members Of the 1907 Tigers
who failed to last the present season.
A resume Of the above shows that Of
the first two pennant-wlnning teams there
are only three men left in the league,
while there are only twenty-five cham
pions Of the first FIVE years stin remain-
ing In the circuit.