The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
BASEBALL AND RINGSIDE

Henry D. Polhemus, an old-time anna
teur of Brooklyn, died there on February
Il, 1895. Polhemus played with the Ex-
celsiors in 1860. The Atantics, of Brook
lyn, was considered the crack team,
but in 1860 the Exceisiors played them
three games, in which they got rather
the better of the Atlantics. The Ex-
celsiors won the first game, 9 to 4; the
Atlantics the second, Is to IA, and the
third got as far as the fifth inning, with
a score of S to c in favor of the Excel
siors, when the latter refused to play
it out on account of the prejudice of the
spectators.
William Eagan.
William Eagan. once a noted second
baseman. died of consumption, at Denver,
Colo, on February II, 1895.
William Eagan will, perhaps. be best
remembered as the star player Of the
Syracuse team about fifteen years ago.
He was born in Camden, n. J., on June
l. 1859. He began professionally with the
Harrisburg team of the Eastern Inter-
State League, at second base: and played
with that team during 1888 and 1890. In
1891 he played with the St. Louis team,
of the. old American Association. In
4oS- dAu 1913 he pay GU Will lle ALBANY
team. From 1894 until the early part of
1897 he played with Syracuse. and was
the leading player of that team in those
years In 1897 he went TO the PittSburg
National League team, and played in
eighteen games in that year and also in
1895.
1SSs-On February Is Fred ]. r. Warner.
noted third baseman and outfielder,
died in Philadelphia.
the Centennials of Philadelphia in 1873.
In 1876 he was with the old Athletics,
but soon went with the Indianapolis
team. where he played the greater part
Of that year and all through 1877 and
1878 In 1879 he was center fielder with
Cleveland. In 1880 he played with the
National team Of Washington, D. c.
When the Philadelphia National League
club was started, in 1888. Warner played
with them and took part in thirty-Seven
games. In 1884 he was with the Brook
lyns of the old American Association.
The latter part OF 1885 he was with the
MerrittS. where he led the batting and
third basemen of the Interstate League.
On February IS. 1893. Elmer Z. SutcIiffe
died at Wheaton. Ill Sutcliffe began
as catcher in 1855 being tried by the
Chicago Nationals, and also playing six
teen games with St Louis He was with
the Cleveland Nationals in 1889 and with
the Players League team of that city in
1880. In 1891 he played with the Cincin-
natl and the Washington clubs OF the
American Association, and caught forty
eight games with the OmahaS OF the
Western. In 1892 he was with the Balti-
more Nationals on first base. and with
st. Paul and Fort Wayne Of the Western
On February T. 1908, Col. Patrick
I mi
died at Denver. Colo, of consumption, at
the age of forty.
1S5-Al Hall died in an insane asylum
from the effects of an accident on the
ball field in a game at Cincinnati. On
May 13, 1Sso. Hall and another outfielder
collided with such force that Hall sus-
tanned injuries from which ne went in
sane. His leg was broken and his head
severely injured.
1SG-Edward c. Glenn died at Rich
mond, Va Glenn played in the outfield
Of the Virginia team of 1884 that was
in the old American Association This
was the team on which Billy Nash, who
afterward became so famous on third
base with the Boston Nationals, began.
The two Dugan boys, Mansell, Powell,
Terry Larkin, Latouche, Stratton, and
NJ. S. Allen were all members of that
team in 1884. Glenn had a great local
ItpuIdllbH III NHSlIlld III the early ~ y.
Donovan Leaves Washington.
On February IL, 1905, ex-Manager P. J.
Donovan was given his unconditional re-
lease by the management of the Wash
ington American League club. Early N
that month the club had been reorgan-
lied, elected a new board of directors,
and chose J. Garland Stahl as team
manager in place of p. J. Donovan. A
few days later the latter was uncondi-
tionally released.
P. J. Donovan was born in Lawrence,
Mass, on March 16, 1865. He began pro-
feSsionally in the outfield of his home
club in the New England League, and
played with that club through 1856 and
1887. He played center field for the club
in London, Ontario, in the seasons Of
1885 and 1889. He began the season of
1890 with the Boston National League
club, but went in midseason to take
Corkhill's place on the Brooklyn team.
In 1893 he left Brooklyn and went to
Pittsburg, and then to Louisville and to
In 1925 he went back to |
Pittsburg, where he remained until Pitts |
burg absorbed Louisville in 1900. That |
year saw him manager of St Louis |
National club, where he remained until
he went as manager to Washington, |
where ne renamed until his release early |
in 1906. Through i'll health, Donovan was |
idle until the fall of that year. when he |
signed as captain and manager of the |
Brooklyn National club. HIS was there |
until the end of the season of 1908.
1t was as a batsman that Donovan ex-
celled, and while a member OF the minor |
eague teams he showed marked ability |
in this line from the start Between |
1880 when he Joined Boston, until the |
-, 49, no foxxy
than ten times. This record puts him |
easily in the front rank of big league |
oatters.