Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-04

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TX managerial wing of Jake Stahl
lid a Chicago boy, have finally
clinched the pennant in the
lAmerican baseball league. 1t is the
first chance the fans. Of the Hub have
lhad to root for a penilant winner in
a worlds series since 1908. The new
leaders in the American League are
considered to be the best balanced
club developed in several seasons.
i Following are brief sketches of the
Inew leaders in the younger major
league:
Jake Stahl, manager, is the Oldest
4 member of the new champions Of the
American League. Stahl is 81 years
old. His home is in Chicago. He
started playing for the University OF
Illinois team as catcher, and went
| to Boston for the first time in 1908.
Later he went to Washington as a
/ first baseman, and for time managed
that club. He was sold to the Chicago
White Sox in 1907, but refused to go,
and in 1903 was awarded to the New
York Americans, but in July of that
year was traded back I'd Boston. He
retired in 1911, to become banker,
but was drafted into the service this
season as manager BY the new Nc
Aleer-McRoy regime. Stahl bats and
throws right handed. He is 6 feet 2
inches in height and weighs 1876
pounds;
Mi Gn1dnr nf
the recognized stars of baseball, is 20
years old, and his home lis in Hubbard
City, Tex. Speaker is one Of the
greatest outfelders in the game and
a rival of Ty Cobb. He started play
ling in Cleburne, Tex. He joined Bos-
ton in 1907, but was turned over to
the Little Rock (Ark.) club for de-
velopment in 1908. He rejoined Bos-
ton in the fall of 1908, when he led
!, the Southern League in hitting. He
bats and throws left handed, and
weighs ITS pounds. s-~~.E
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Joe Wood, right handed pitcher, is
recognized as one of the three great
est pitchers of the American League
and one of the greatest hurlers of all
time He is % years old. He started
playing with the Hutchinson (Kan)
team in 1907. He was with the Kan
sas City team in the American Assoc
citation. He joined Boston in 1908 and
has been a sensation ever since. His
home is at Parker Glen, Pa. He bats
and throws right handed, is feet IL
inches: in height and weighs, 18S
pounds. He has pitched two no-hit
games in his career, one while with
Hutchinson.
Bill Carrigan, catcher, is. % years
old and the backstopping mainstay of
the team. He started playing at Holy
Cross College, from which institution
Eof learning he was secured by Boston
in 1906. He was farmed out to To
ronto in 1907, but Joined Boston again
in the fall of that year. Bill" as he
lis called at the Hub, was due for the
auction block under John, l. Taylor,
hut was retained by McAleer. He
hats and throws right handed, is 5
feet 10 inches in height and weighs
1856 pounds.
+ Heinie Wagner, shortstop, the most
adept short fielder in the game in
blocking players off second base, is
81 years old. He started playing
around the suburbs of New York City.
He was with the New York Giants,
Columbus CO., and Reward IN. j.
teams He joined the Boston club in
1905. He has been big cog in the
machine that has won the champion
ship for Boston. He bats and throws
right handed. He is feet 9 inches
in height and weighs 1873 pounds.
Larry Gtrdner, third baseman, one
of the best. fielding third sackers in
baseball and a dangerous pinch hitter,
started playing in Boston and is 26
years old. He was classmate of Ray
Collins at the University of Vermont.
He was signed by Boston in 1908, but
turned over to Lynn, Mass, tried out
at second base as the successor of
Andy Mcconnell, but. came into his
own at third base in 1911. Gardeners
home is at Enosburg Falls, VT He
bats left handed and throws right
handed. He is 5 feet inches in
height and weighs 16S pounds.
Harry Hooper, right fielder, is Is
years old and one of the most popular
players Boston ever had. He started |
playing at st. Mary's College, Cali |
fornia. in 1907. He was with Oakland |
and Sacramento in the Pacific Coast
League and joined the Boston club in
1909. His home at Santa Clara,
Cal, wht-v ne was born in 1887. He t
bats eft handed and throws right. He
is feet 91h inches in height and !
weighs 165 pounds.
Duffy Lewis, left fielder, one of the
greatest throwing outfielders baseball |
has ever produced, is "a years old. He
started with Alameda outlaws in
northern California, played with the
Oakland club in the Pacific Coast
League and came to Boston in the
spring of 1910. He was marked for