The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
WHAT FAMOUS PLAYERS
OF LONG AGO DO NOW
Many Are Broken Down Old Men, Some Poor Some
Rich But All Filled With Love for the
Diamond Game

NEW YORK. oct 2S-How mary
times during a season do We hear about
the past performances IF such masters
OF the national game as Amos Rusie,
Jack Glasscock, Mike Herman, and u
hundred others?
How many times are we told that
those stars were far brighter than any
Of the stellar lights Of present-day base
ball?
What has become Of these erstwhiia
popular idoIs2 Like any other famous
public individuals private life soon
engulfs them in its secretive exclusive
ness, and they are forgotten for the
most part, and certainly lost
Father Time, with his merciless scythc,
has claimed many Of them in collecting
his toll Others are actively ENGAGED
in business and making good. We are
informed, and still others are retired,
watching from the cushioned seat OF
prosperity the activities Of younger
generations
Are Seen Sometimes.
Occasionally they bob up. Arc met by
former admirers when their prOwess on
the ball field was the same magnetic
power that attracts. but awes at the
same time They are EriZzled and gray.
but the clean athletic life LED by some
Of them has defied the ravages Of wan
ing years and the lus'~ IS fire Of agility
still shines in their eyes.
They have fon,wed baseball in its
growth. They are thoroughly convers-
ant with many changes wrought in the
style of play. which We have termed
oh A. taken
the place Of tho old "hit-it-as-fer-as-ye-
kin" game more familiar TO them
Mickey WEIGH stiH carries his IA
nous smile around Holyoke, Mass
where he IS conducting a hotel. and
all the money that passes into the
cash register Is needed 10 clothe ana
feed the brood of Welches, which Is
of a size indorsed by Colonel Roose-
welt
Tim Keefe. when not collecting rents
in Cambridge, Mass, has time 10 talk
baseball. Roger Conner. the man who
could hit them a mile" when he played
for the Giants. is about the best fixed
of the former stars Roger invested his
earnings in land In Waterbury. conn,
and up there they say he owns halI
the town.
"Silent" Mike Herman.
NTylra Herman is in New York. He Is
not a man Of wealth, but never VIII be
in want How can the oid-time fans
ever forget silent Mike?" How he
could bingle them on line for the cir
cuitr MANY a game was won on the
Polo Grounds by Mike. 49,.
And surely you remember George
Gore the man who had a leg as uis
as the leg of a piano George CoulH
hit them on the nose in the good Old
DAYS Gore Is located IN Sle,, ty;rl
in New York, but makes treqGeht IilPs
10 the city 10 see the Giants play
Or2rusb aside the cObwebS and let US
introduce "Pebbly'' Jack GlasScock.
Really. II doesn't seem as II htIeen
years had passed since ne was cavort-
~ around the infeld at the Polo
picking the pebbles out OF the
sand when not stopping those SIZZLING
grass cutters that the sluSgerS useo 70
hit Glasscock went back to ms trade
as a carpenter when he got through !
as a ball player. and now he IS one of
the leading builders in Wheeling, w
Va.
Big 40" Meekin Invested.
Jouett Meekin. Remember him2
Don't YOU recall the noise that was
made throughout the circuit when they
secured Meekin and Farrell, the crack
from Washington. and brought
them TO New York; Meek is enjoy |
ing life in New Albany, Ind, where |
his earnings from baseball are we'll I
invested in real estate.
Amos Rusie. whom many consider to !
have been a better pitcher than Math- /
ewson, had a short career Amos VS. /
attracted by the white lights Of New
York He is back at his home in Mum /
Gle, Ind, but unlike his former team
mates, Amos has TO work hard ten
hours a day to keep going What a Z
great future this pitcher had ana how I
he abused his chances. But he will 1
always live in the memory Of the fans. ]
Charley Bassett, who once held an
nfield position In New York, Ia At