The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-30

field two seasons. In 1894 he signed
with Franklin, in the Iron and Oi
league, then played with Omaha fol
one season; next went TO Houston. Tex:
where a scout discovered him and tool
him to Boston in the fall of 1896. Bos
ton banishcd him to Grand Rapids, from
which place he went to Kansas City
Pittsburg bought him, but before ht
played there he was traded to Wash
ington, and when the National leaout
was reduced to eight clubs in 1898 Sla
gle was sent to Philadelphia, where, ir
the greatest aggregation Of batters eyel
organized. the little fellow led the list
He was sold to Boston in 1901, and
near the end of the season broke a
finger. Selee. having a scheme, sold
him to Baltimore. The release 70 Bal
timore was part Of the plot to get him
to Chicago for as soon as Selee became
manager of Chicago he brought slaglc
back
Thai same spring Selee found the
man to stop the gap at sh1oSrtstop which
Joe Tinker. who began playing bal
with the John Taylors in Kansas City
in 1896, He was so good even then
that the next year Hagen s Tailors paid
So for him, and he helped that team,
win the city championship IN 1898
Then he went to the Bruce Lumbers
with which team he met and conquered
King s Schmeltzers. The next season
King traded Two uniforms and bat
for Tinker and brought him to the
Schmeltzers, but in June he went to
Parsons, Kan, and later in the summer
10 Coifevville Denver purchased him
and tried him at second base, but he
was so bad that he was sold quickly to
John McCloskey. who was managing the
f.pan H. l,r,S hot
Great Falls was in financial straits, and
needing money, McCloskev sold Tinker
to Helena for 5000 and Joe Marshall
saving the team and the league from
bankruptcy. He was taken to Portland
Ore, in 1901. by Jack Grim. Playing
third base, he helped win the pennant
of the Northwest league. He played
and Chicago bid for him. Jack McCar-
thy, who had been ill.treated by Gin.
cinnati, advised Tinker to try Chicago
and he joined the team as a third base.
man. Seiee insisted upon making a
shortstop Of him, and after long dis
pute Tinker agreed TO try-and became
one of the greatest in the league
Perhaps the greatest luck the Chi
cago club ever had was in forming an
alliance with George Hufr, athletic di,
rector of the University Of Illinois, for
The association of Huff with the club
as scout marked an era in the making
of the championship team. Huff 8 first
contribution to the team was Carl Lund.
gren, the University Of illinois pitcher
who had twice won the intercollegiate
Championship for the school Lundgren
was quiet, studious and the ''Human
Icicle. y one of the most careful OBJ.
servers of batteTs ever found. He was
of the type that studies three aces and
a pair of tens for two minutes before
calling-apd studies a pair of deuces
Just as hard. When he calls, he wins
and he pitched wonderful ball for Chi
cago.
(The following is by Fullerton.)
Late that same season Lowe, the ia
nous second baseman, injured his leg
and the team was left without any man
for the place. A scout was in Troy
n. Y. to get Hardy, pitcher, and in
despair Selee wired him TO get sec.
ond baseman, and forward him c. O. D.