The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Where Are the Former
Boston Champions?
Not Member of the 1904 Aggregation on Present
Team-Frank Lachance First to Go.
Old Cy Young the Last.


fielder has since graced the first sack.
Poor hitting FASTENED his end in the ma
5ors. In 1906 he went 10 Providence. then
to the Connecticut League, and in 1906
he. retired from tho game. Lachance Is
now living on his small farm in Water
Vile. Conn.
Duke Farrell also passed out Of the lime
has since been identified with major
league teams as a coach. his last engage
ment being with the Yankees during the
present season.
Al Selbach was the next to 90. Provi-
dence taking him in 1soS. He was not
used regularly in 1906. but remained with
the Boston club. He later went to the
Tr-State League and spent several year,
Of usefulness as player and manager of
the Harrisburg team.
Gibson remained with the team during
ing the 1906 season, but in 1906 he was not
with the team. He quickly dropped from
sight and has not played professional ball
for several years.
Chick Stahl remained with the club dur
ing 1905 and 1906 and seemed destined for
several more years OF usefulness In the
majors. but in March. 1907, while on the
spring training trip with the club, he COM
mitted suicide at West Baden. Ind. His
tragic end was a severe shock TO baseball
followers everywhere, As Stahl was .
great ball player and immensely popular.
The year 1907 also marked the finish of
Buck Freeman In the majors. The once
wonderful batsman fell down to such An
extent In his speciality as . slugger that
he was let out after the season Of l90s.
with Boston. He drifted TO the Ameri-
can Association. and spent q few years
there, and is now managing the Scranton
team of the New York State League.
Jimmy Collins was traded to Philadel-
phia In 1907 played there in 1908, man
aged Minneapolis In 1909 and Providence
In 1910. He 10 out Of baseball now.
In 1905 the greatest changes took place
Jesse Tannehill was turned over to Wash
ington. and later he found his way to the
American Association with Minneapolis
He has since given up the game. Bill
Dineen was sent to the St. Louis Browns
In the same year and remained with the
Mound City team until 1910. when he re-
tired to become an umpire on Ban John
sons stan. a position which he still holds.
Winters went to Detroit in the same year
and is now out OF the game.
1t was in the same year, 1905, that Young
went to Cleveland. Criger and Ferris to
st. Louis, and Parent to Chicago. the last
two going before the season opened and
the noted battery at the close Of the sea-
son. Young remained with Cleveland
through the seasons Of 1909 and 1910. was
with the Boston Nationals In 1911, and
Is now out Of the game. Criger was with
the Browns during 1909 and 1910. and was
with the Yankees in 1911. but 10 now out
of the game like his noted battery mate.
Ferris was with the Browns for two years.
holding down third base, and for the last
three years he has been with the Minne-
apolis team Of the American Associa.
ton. Parent remained with Chicago for
three years. and has been with the Balti-
more team Of the International League
during the last two years.
A surprising feature Of the Boston
teams success in 1901 was that 1t did not
contain a 800 batsman. Stahl led. with
.2S. Parent was next in line with 80,
and the others ranked as follows Free
man, .26s: Collins, .165: Selbach, .2s3; La
chance. .z31: Ferris, N: Farrell, .2I9:
Criger. .2I7: Dineen. .2l2: Young. .21l:
Tannehill. .2o6; Winters. .114: Gibson, .o65.
Three inielders. both catchers. and all
five pitchers hit below rs. and only two
players Of the entire team were above
10
OF the 1872 champions Bill Carrigan IL
the veteran. having first Joined the Bos-
ton club in June, 1906, after finishing at
Holy Cross. He was sent to Toronto in
1907. went back to Boston In 1908, and
has been with the team since! For con-
tfnuous service Charley Wagner Is the
veteran. having Joined the club in 1907.
and has remained there since. Jake Stahl
Joined Boston in June, 1908, being pur-
chased from New York. Except for the
season Of 1911. when Stahl voluntarily re-
tired, he has since been with Boston. iris
Speaker Joined the team In the fall Of
1908. Wood. Hall and Collins in 1909: Gard
ner, Engle. and Hooper in 1910: Lewis.
Yerkes, and Nunamaker in 1911; Cady,
Henriksen. and O'Brien in 1917. O'Brien
nrst Joined the Red Sox In 1910. was sent
to Denver for the season of 1911, and was
recalled for 1917