The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
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orally so much work that the fun gets
lost, It's the same old routine day after
day. and il doesn't vary bit more than
that OF some prisoner doing six months
in ..@n {Sil' ,,vs Soma ,,,r v,,, .,n. rro.r.s,
OF the bushers' breaking In, but the
young players have IL easy to what the
new ones did a few years ago Ten
times riding the goat. but today this has
almost all been cut out The old men
realize that the kids arc taken south to
learn something. and as all have the in
terest of the team at heart there are
very few veterans that are not willing to
teach the new players the finer points Of
the we game: Certainly get some gree, o,,s
When / was south with New York In
lsoS; we had a pitcher by the name OF
TO warm up. as he was going to work
him in three innings in a game. The
pitcher took ball and went out and
the big stone abutments Of the grand
stand. He then tossed the ball against
the stones and caught II as II gently
bounded back He did this for about ten
minutes; and then said he was warmed
up. What happened to him when he
went on the slab is a pity How those
outfielders did chase that ball! He
warmed them up all right.
"On one Of our trips we had a young
pitcher, a nice fellow. who wasn't quite
good enough and the manager hated TO
tell him 70 go home SO one night while ns
manager got an old washboiler. tied a
string to 1t. placed his release inside,
and lowered II from an upstairs window
until II danGled in front OF the victim
Talk about being canned"
Gotham Wants Titles.
Every section of the United States and
Canada will be, represented at the a; A
U. The championship games will be held
In New Orleans In october. Full teams
g. i and Dc the sef Ihe G. of this eity' There
will be athletes from practically every
state in the union.
share OF the honors Is evident from the
number and class Of the. men who VIII
represent the various clubs OF this city
More than two hundred Gotham title
holders will make the trip, and when
they leave here every one. OF them Will
the threat that only those who show
form will be sent, pracu-
cally every athlete of note has begun
training TO get himself In the best condi-
Bernie wefers. trainer of the New
York Athletic club. has an entire team
Ssm SsS sard gsysasi ISLAND pVea
park, Lawson Robertson is busy coach
Ing his charges of the Irish-American
The meet promises to be the best ever
held for the national titles, Every sec
tion Of the country will be represented
by its best men. In an effort TO make
cials promised to send $4,000 to the A A.
U,, to be used as travelling expenses for
the athletes. This money viii be used
to aid the boys whose clubs cannot af-
When Elmer flick. one of the veterans
d the American league. was sold by the
Cleveland lev club, club to Kansas o City Of the
the fact that for several years the Ban
Johnson organization has been wedding
out the veterans until today there are
league ranks: New blood has been
gradually but surely taking the place
Of the men who were in their time among
OF those who were with the American
league when 1t dropped the name OF
Western league In 1900 and took up the
tbe TanSs Who bas Se Sesn on
IN service In the American league: That
Is our old friend Norman Elberfeld. who
at that time was really kid. +" Others
now in the league who were in II in 1900,
put were out for a time. are Charley
Hemphill OF the HighlaDders. Topsy Hart |
sell Of the Athletics and Kid conroy Of
the Washingtons.
1t was in 1901 that The American
nent that Jimmy Collins OF Boston. Ma
poleon Lajoie of Philadelphia. Joe Nc
OF Brooklyn and Clark Griffith |
of Chicago had jumped from the National
league to the younger organiza ton
remains in the league. Others who were
1901 recruits and are still In the ranks
are Freddy Parent OF Chicago Billy Sui |
Ivan of Boston. Lou Criger of the High
anders and Cy Young Of Cleveland. |
Fielder Jones can also be counted in this
list. as he is still a member Of the Chi
cago club under baseball law and intends
to return to the game next year. SO the
report goes.
with the exception of Billy Sullivan,
not one OF Clark Griffith's Chicago cham
pions Of 1901 is now in the American |
eague. Of the champion Athletics of
1902. Harry Davis, Danny Murphy. Eddie |
Plank and Hartsell are the survivors. |
Davis Is the only lnfielder in the league |
IF the championship teams prior to 1909
who still holds his regular position. The |
Athletics captain looks good for several |
years service. as do the others.
Davis is considered ths champion home |
run hitter Of the league. In nine years |
he has made total Of sixty-seven home |
run drives. In addition to his homers |
Davis is credited with 292 doubles and |
seyerty.six triples.