Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-12
MCCARTHY One OF OLD STAhS
Fast Right Fielder Of Browns and
Boston in Town Scouting,
ON TWO OF GREATEST TEAMS
Helped Famous Four-Time Winners
Cinch Title and Was One of
Frank seIee's Champions
at Boston.

Tom Mccarthy, one OF the bright stars
In the base ball armament Of the later
sos and the '9Os, is in Omaha, has been
for a week and will be for nearly three
weeks TO come, scouting for Cincinnati.
He occupies the same box at vlnton street
park each day over to the right Of the
plate on a line with third base and scans
every player with the eye OF the trained
Judge and skill OF the veteran player.
The other day in one Of the Topeka
games Dick Cooley, another old veteran
Of tho big diamonds, was sitting in the
box with Mccarthy. Dicks team was not
going good.
TN have to get out there and play
that first bag myself. tomorrow" sad
Cooley.
YES" quickly spoke up Mccarthy. get
out Dick, I want to look you over and see
what you've. got"
"If I make three hits will you recon-
mend me?' asked Cooley.
Cooley and Mccarthy we're both in for
mer years members of Boston.
Goes to the Browns.
Mccarthy was with the Oshkosh team
when that club was bought outright by
Omaha in 1855, but Mccarthy did not come
to Omaha with the others; he went to st.
Louis and Joined the old Browns. the
'Four-Time Winners" owned by Der
Boss Manager Chris Won Der Abe, and
led to victory In that old American as
ISOLATION by Comiskey. Mccarthy took
the place left vacant by Hugh Nicol in
right field, a place Little Nick had en-
deared to every st. Louis fan by his great
work. But Niool let down in his batting
and Mccarthy, like the invineible Tip
O'Neil, and a few others, could bat, run
bases and field and he at once became a
great favorite with The team.
The Browns had won three straight PEN
nants and one worlds championship when
Mccarthy Joined them and they won a
fourth the first year of his membership
but were defeated by the New York Ma
tionals for the worlds championship.
At that time the lineup of the team
was: Comiskey, first; Robinson, second:
Latham, third; Gleason, short; o'Neil, left:
Harry Lyons, center. and Mccarthy, right.
with Foutz and Caruthers doing the bulk
of the pitching and Bushong and Jack
Boyle the catching. Curt WEIGH had been
the brilliant star In center field and Nicol
in right, but both were sold at the end
of 81. Harry Lyons was later replaced
in center by Hugh Duffy, and with Duffy.
Mccarthy. after four years on the Browns.
went to Boston and became a member OF
Frank Selee's wonderful National league
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in 1891, the year before Mccarthy Joined
the team; it won It In 's2 and 'sS, while
he was a member, and again In 81 and '9S,
after he had left. Tom went from Boston
to Brooklyn for the season of 90, and there
wound up his career.
Like all the old boys who were members
of that famous team at st. Louis, Tom
finds pleasure in recalling the days Of
the Browns.
Likes to Recall Old Team.
I'VE were doing a lot more inside play
ing than the rest of them, 1 guess" he
says. and then we were fast on our feet.
There were only about two men on the
team who couldn't make 100 yards in bet
ter than II seconds, and some of us,
Latham. myself and O'Nell, could shave
10. Latham, Of course. was the fastest"
But Mccarthy thinks that aggregation
that Selee got together at Boston was
about as great as could be assembled on
a ball field, and when the roll is called
1t is easy to see he is right. Listen:
Clarkson. Stivetts and Kid Nichols for
pitchers; Kelly, Camel and Bennett, catch
ers: Harry Stovey. great first baseman Of
the old Athletics; Joe Quinn. Nash. Her
man Long, Mccarthy. Duffy, Hamilton.
Mccarthy was in Omaha when he heard
Of Frank Selee's death last week. and he
was much grieved at the news.
Though much stouter and a little older
than in the halcyon days OF youth, Tom
is still active enough to get out on the
Vinton street diamond and warm up"
with the boys.
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