Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04
FALLING STARS
ACROSS DIAMOND


NiNNus AlIi rttNIO NHH tNfN N'Af
worthy bcoausc OF the number Of once
great pitchers who have been stamped
as passed in the fast set
Jack Chcsbro. carl LunGgren. Nick
Anrock Jesse Tannehill aud Tom
Hughes five falling stars. have
flashed across the baseball sky 10 sink
into dimucss % the darkness. OF re-
tfCmcut
Greatest among them Is Chcgnro. tie
reached the zenith Of his fame IN
1905 when he pitched the New York
Americans 10 within one game Of the
peunamt He really uitched the pen
nant away. as well because 10 was a
Wild throw that gave Boston the de-
Gliding game In that season Jack, the
niainstaN " the club. pitchcd %
games and won 81 Of them.
That wear he established the record
OF consecutive games won for pitchers
in the American league. with a. strin.
or a. Ell Rculbach has lust escaLeu
passing Il In the National Organiza
ton. the Giants clipping his string
after "a wins Early IN the season ed
worked Ike one OF the backsliders.
IDoLIzED AT P1TrsBURG
Cheshire was born in 1874 in North
Adams. Mass. He joined the Spring
1895 and I'm 1896 he went with the
Roanoke. Va. team Richmond got
him the next year, and the year fol-
lowing the Pittsburgs bought him. He
was the leading pitcher OF the Ma
tionai league while with the Pirates
IN 1902. and the Pirate fans idoliz-
cd him.
He TONED the Yankees in 1908 and
the next year he made himself the
most talked-of pitcher in the country
with the great work touched on In
tho foregoing
Jack is well fixed financially. and "
no big league wants his service--and
none OF them are at all likely TO take
chance on him---he viii retire. He
has fine farm in Massachusetts and
will spend the rest OF his days as a
country gentleman, with a wealth or
stirring memories.
Carl Lundgren was one Of the stars
OF the cham ion Cubs. He attracted
attention by his pitching in 1904, and
his work In 1905. when the Chicagos
Wrested the championship from New
York. was OF the steller order. In 1904,
Lundgren won II games and lost nine,
and in 1906 he captured the same
number and lost but six.
He had fallen behind the Cub speed
this spring and Frank Chance sent
him to Toronto. He couldn't show
there and he dropped out. He Is now
pitching independent ball In and
around Chicago. Lundgren was col
lege star. He created furore by his
work for the University Of Illinois,
which he entered in 1898. with Jake
Stahl at the other end OF the bat
terry. He signed with the Cubs In
1902.
JESSE TANNEHILL,
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IN 1895. with the Richmond club, The
hist week ne was there he pitched a
no-hit. no-run game against Roanoke.
Pittsburg got him in 1895, and he was
with the Pirates until 1908. The
Yankees got him that year. and I'm
1904 they traded him TO Boston for
Tom Hughes.
He gave Griffith cause TO lament
the swap, for II was largely by his
great work that Boston got its Sec
ond pennant In that year Tame
hin won Fl games lost eleven and tied
one.
Washington let Tannehill out several
| weeks ago. He was tagged for the
| American association, but he refused
| to so down the league ladder He has
/ announced that he viii pitch indepen-
| dent ball. His bankroll Is not wlzened
and he can worry along without swing
| ing his salary arm. He Is "a years old.
The great year Of Tom Hughes, just
! shipped to the American association
| fold by Cantilon, was when ne pitched
! the Roston Americans in line for their
| first pennant In 1908. He was a terror
To the American batsmen that season,
landing q out OF % games. Next year
| he went back and the Yankees took a
| chance on him. They traded him 10
/ Washington the same season for Al
| Orth.
! WHERE HUGHES STARTED.
Hughes is So years old. He started
as a pitcher with the Omaha club in
1860. The Chicago Nationals speaned
him that fall and he was with them UNI
Ill 1902. when Baltimore secured him
Boston got him the same year He has
few years OF first class minor league
ball left, and he has a hope OF making
the majors anxious TO call him back
| next season.
Nick AltrOck was shipped by Cantil-
Ion 10 Minneapolis last month. He was
IN the forefront OF the fight with the
White SoN IN 1906 when they snatched
the pennant and amazed the baseball
world by taking the worlds champions
ship.
Altrock is OF the centennial year. lie
I was n ldHrfhANl on the NNNfh fAlifrf
In 20 stopping place, Cincinnati. His
baseball debut was In 1898, with ths
Grand Rapids club IN the Interstate
league Two years later Syracuse OF
the Eastern league bought him. In
1901 he was with Toronto and Los An
geles. The Milwaukee club got him IN
1902. a1d Boston bought him OF the
Brewe 3. Collins let him go and Char.
ley ComlFkey having a valuable bunch
bought him in 1908
In 1900 Altrock pitched in a games
He won 20 Of them and tied one Ait
rock Is not am In. but his work vii
shine better In the American assocla,
tion than In the big show.
The Athletics almost contributed a
down-and- outer 20 the list Of dropping
stars. RUDE Waddell turned over tC
the 81. Louis Browns. was Of little fur,
Their use 90 the Athletics and Connie
Mack knew a. he has given signs OF
going 10 pieces as "A big league pitcher
ever since he started In for the Browns
ana next season will probably find him
sliding down the scale.
RUDE, In his prime. was a greal
strike-out pitcher, although he never
beat the mark set by Charley SWeens,
of Providence in 1854 Sweeney famed
10 men. Rube's record rs ~. He did
however, SET the existing record for the
| total strike-outs for a season in 1903
Tie famed 3ol hatsmen that year.
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