The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-03
HOW HERzOG OF
 GIANTS GOT START
PLAYED WITH SEMI-PRO TEAMS IN MARYLAND IN YOUNGER
 DAYS.

Hardly a day passes but that ques- tions are asked regarding Charles Lin coin Herzog, the bright star of the Giants in the recent Worlds Series. A few of the questions follow: +Of what parantage is c l. Herzog?r "of what zog's religion ?'' Please decide the fol- lowing: Is Charles Herzog 8 college graduate?' ''When did Charley Herzog begin playing professional ball?''
 So that the admirers of this great young ball player, who did much for his team during the Worlds Ser ies, may know all about him, here is a sketch of Charles Lincoln (Buck)
 He was born 27 years ago in BaItf- more. He never attended college and had no connection with a college ex- cept to play on the University of Maryland team He has been play ing ball ever since he was able to han dle the ball and bat. He started out fessional ball player. He had the idea to become a big league player During his youth he was the best known amateur ball player in and rule, in those days, to get into some sort of 9 game every day. If he could arrange to play two games on a Saturday he was delighted.
 How Herzog worked his way up as rapidly he did is interesting and will stand out as @an example for young and ambitious players. He made rapid strides toward his am bi- tion while playing with the team of the Maryland Athletic club, the Bal tinore and Ohio university of Mary land and Sparrow's Point teams.
 He got his first professional engage ment from the Ridgely Club team at $75 per month. There he had as team mates J. Franklin Home Run" Be- ker, the late Simon Nicholas of the Athletics and Baltimore, Jarn Brock, the Boston pitcher and Bill Ke1log, la ter of the Dallas, Texas, Club, who was bought by the Giants in 1908 but that pleases Charles Lincoln most is that he converted Frank Baker from a pitcher into third baseman. He was running the team at Ridgely when the regular third baseman was taken sick. Buck put the hero of the Worlds Series of 1911 on the hot cor ner of the diamond. in which position he has made fame.
 Herzog spent two seasons at Ridgely and then went back to the Sparrow's s Point team. One day that team played a 16-inning tie game. Herzog got three hits and accepted IS chances at shortstop. his home position. without an error After that game York made him an offer. Ip 1907 he played with
 One season of the Tri-state was enough for Buck. He was spotted by the veteran Dan Brothers, then
 
 his find to John McGraw. Herzog was drafted and joined New York in 1908. He remained with the Giants un- til 1910, when he was traded to Boston In 1911 McGraw when Arthur DevIin began to slow up, got Herzog back from Boston, he proved to be of great help to the Giants in landing the pen nant that year.
 Ridgely made Herzog in more ways than one. He not only started his pro- fessionaI career there but met that -17 A Txne. ITO1 zog The couple have two children. He has a beautiful home, surrounded by many acres of good land. He rais- es crops thoroughbred dogs and fancy chickens. He sows his own grain, huslxs his corn and feeds his stock He has enough business ability to make farming pay. Fox hunting, horse back riding, homing pigeons and dogs are his hobby
 He says he is not Jew, but claims to be a German.