Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-30
Old Baltimore Team of Middle
9O's Turned 0ut the Greatest
Collection Of Diamond Stars
BY w. S. Farnsworth.

T TEARD an interesting argu-
ment in the Piedmont lobby
last night. Two baseball
fans, local celebrities in fact. were
soaring up in the ambient over
what team was the greatest that
ever played. One said the Ath-
letics in 1911, the other the Balti-
more Orioles Of the middle nineties
After listening to their chatter
for fully 80 minutes, l eased myself
out, and am still wondering if thew
finally reached decision. Both
of said teams were bears, and
while | would send my ticket in on
the Athletics, there's no getting.
away from the fact that the ORR
oles of '94, '95 and go turned out
more men who have to this verv
day earned their bread and butter
through baseball channels than any
other one.
Doyle Signed as Scout.
Only few days ago it was an
nounced that Jack Doyle, the old
Oriole first baseman, had signed a
contract to scout for the Chicago
White Sox.
The signing of Doyle leaves only
few of the old timers in the
shadow surrounding the baseball
spotlight. Perhaps it can be said
that Walter Stevenson Brodfe Duke
of Roanoke, one Of the best center
fielders who ever played the game
is about the only one of the old
favorites who is not enjoying pros
perity as a direct result of work in
organized baseball. Even Brodie
coaches Rutgers college squad. but
his job is not so prominent as 9TH
ers.
OF course, the New York Giants
have the old third baseman and
catcher in McGraw and Robinson
on their bench every day. while
Sadie Mcmahon, the pitching relia-
Bile. is scouting for the same club.
Willie Keller, the right fielder. is
teaching the young Brooklyn Dodg-
ers how to bat That puts four Of
the former Baltimore stars in
Greater New York.
There Are Two in Chicago.
Chicago now claims two Orioles
Of prominence, for Kid Gleason,
second baseman, is assistant TO
Manager Jimmy Callahan. Of the
White SoX, and Jack Doyle will do
the scouting.
In Detroit. Hughey Jennings is
the star and Toronto is paving
homage to Joe Kelley, who piloted
its team to a pennant last season
in the International league. So.
grouped pretty closely together, is a
whole Orioe pennant winning
team, with the exception of a cen
ter fielder. And if any one tried
real hard to gather the bunch to-
gether some day during the base
ball season, he would only have to
go to Rutgers college. in New Jer-
sey, get Steve Brodie and complete
q nine.
A journey to Princeton would add
an extra catcher to the bunch, for
1t is there that Bill Clarke holds
forth as coach. Even Dan Brouth-
ers is floating about New York.
occasionally doing some work for
McGraw, and he should be added.
A Few of EN- Are Out.
But glancing back over the old
names, one sees that Pep Reitz.
Dock Pond, Tony Mullane, Char
ley Esper George Hemming, Arthur
Clarkson, Scoops Carey, Bill Hoffer,
Frank Bonner, Frank Bowerman,
Jimmy Donnelly, Joe Quinn, Joe
Corbett and others have not done
so much for baseball in recent
years.
However, there are a few more
old Baltimore stars not go fortu-
nate as to play on the pennant-
winning outfit who did not quit
baseball when they left Baltimore
For instance, Al Maui and Matt
kilroy devoted their efforts to help
ing out Connie Mack for a number
Of years, and Bad Bill Dahlen is
manager Of the Brooklyn club
OF course, there are many other
men who helped make baseball his
tory for Baltimore who are still in
the game, such as Joe McGinnity
Jack Dunn and Gene DeMontre-