El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-08

! press notices brought him to the at
| tention of Ned Hanlon of the Baltimore
! club Since that time until the-pres-
| ent day the public has been pretty well
| informed about McGraw and his base
| ball career.
McGraw was not the only player IN
! the New York and Pennsylvania league
/ to achieve distinctiOn-nOt a long
/ shot. There was Jack ShearOn OF Brad
ford, affectionately known as the
/ Home grown" Jack learned to pitch
! on the town lots and was one of the
! best in the league He had record
| I6 consecutive wins-not far from RuDe
/ Marquard's record. This feat won him
, a berth on the Cleveland National
/ league team. He hurt his back in the
first spring training at Hot Springs
and only pitched a few games for
Cleveland. Then he went to the Inter-
national league and for a number OF
years starred as a batter and fielder
for Erie and Buffalo He played right
field for Erie when that Grub won the
pennant.
Cupid Chud's, the fat second base
man, graduated from the Altoona club
to Cleveland, and later to PhiladeI-
phia. The famous Kid Gleason was
signed by Philadelphia after winning
his spurs with the Williamsport team.
Among the New York and PennsyI-
yania league pitchers drafted by the
big league were George Cuppy, from
Meadville to Cleveland; Alex Jones,
Brooklyn Jack" Meneff, from Erie
to Chicago. Beatin, one of Johns
towns pitchers, was accounted the best
in the league; he also went TO Cleve- /
land, and his catcher, kinsIow, went I
to Washington and became a star OF /
the first magnitude. Cleveland /
picked up first baseman Jake Virtue I
from Altoona; Connie Mack also got a /
battery from Bradford. Seward and
ROXburg, and the famous Lave Cross !
from Altoona and Cobb Milbee, a pitch
CT now living in Mount Pleasant /
Tip ONeil, the president of the /
W estern league, was a star catcher in I
Bradford and went from there to be I
manager of the Kalamazoo, Mich.
team. Later he drifted to the Pacific !
coast and played with Oakland in the
California league. subsequently he
landed IN his present berth as the Big
Wig in the western baseball world.
Clark Armour went from Homestead
to play right field and manage the
Bradford team. After leaving the !
New York and Pennsylvania league, /
signed to manage Detroit He
now owns the Toledo club in the Tri-
State.
Big Charley DooIey came from Pat
erson, N J., to pitch for Bradford. He
had more speed than Amos Rusie but
lacked control Every time he pitched
a ball he endangered the life of the
batter, the catcher or spectator.
After the demise of the New York and
uonal where he played first base and
was manager of the Montreal team for
a long time.
There was plenty Of betting in this
league. but no scandal connected with /
Il The sports and fans in any of the I
towns would rather pluck out an eye |
Lhan bet on any but the home team. /
They backed the home team to the
limit and found excuses for their IA
'orites when they lost and hoped and !
ichemed for the future.
The league was under the protec-
ION OF the national agreement with a +
'alary limit but on most of the teams
ne salary limit, $500, would not be-
5ln to pay the wages of one star on
my Of the teams in the circuit This
Ultimately killed the league because
= could not stand the burden of al ,
most National league wages for play
RS with second class, minor league
1t was in this league that the his
ORIG dog game" was played The
anne was between Olean and Bradford
1 Olean. The towns are IS miles s
part and bitter rivals and always
ienty of money bet. The teams had
egot1ated 13 innings to tie In the s
9TH inning clean had two out, a man {
n first and second. There was a big
roWd present, the stands overlooking
nd the crowd fringed about the in
leld The batter hit a slow Texas / I
eaguer between short and left field.
1elder Bryan rushed for the ball but !
cur dog beat him to it. The dog
ounced upon the ball and began play ?
1ly side stepping all efforts of the
radford infield and Outfield to get to
I'M The two base runners of course
eurried home with two runs, winning
he game and lot of oil region cash
At this denouement great excitement Z
revailed- The clean crowd went wild 4
18th glee and did all sorts of stunts .
oppressive Of their joy. The Brad S
'rd folks were equally wild with rage, ! +
ain and mortification. There was a ] e
reat hubbub about the game at the
me, owing to the large sums of
oney bet on it, sporting authorities
'erywhere were appealed to for de-
sions. clean had the laugh on Brad
I'D and pocketed the coin. After
ards the game was thrown out in the
andlng Of the clubs.-Pittsburgh
azette-Times