The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
SOUTHERN STARS
BOLSTER|NG Up THE
BIC LEAGUE CLUBS
Pittsburg and Washington
Only Teams ON Which Ex-
Southern Leaguers
Fail to Appear
AsA no, NrREE, JR.

With the exception of Washington In
the American. and Pittsburg, in the Ma
tonal, every club Of the majors has one
or more former Southern league stars on
its roster.
Brooklyn, IN the parent organization,
leads all other major league clubs in this
respect. ON her pay roll are seven men
who at some preceding interval of time
drew their monthly stipend from some
Southern league magnate
The s3most prominent of these is Jake
Daubert, a former Memphian, who ca
vorts around the keystone sack for Char
| ley Ebbett's trolley dodgers. In 1908 he
was drafted by Brooklyn and has been
with that team ever since. Opposite him
at third. is Carlisle smith. commonly
known as Red product of the 1911
Nashville team.
On the pitching staff is Frank Allen
the young southpaw obtained from Mo-
bile in 1911 while in the outheld are Zach
Wheat, Hub Northern and Stengle
Brooklyn got Wheat in 1909 from Mobile
Northern in 1911 from Chattanooga and
stengle in 1912 from Montgomery,
Cubs Have Four
Charlie Murphy of the Chicago Cubs
has to sirn checks every month for four
old Southern leaguers. They are Artie
Phelan, 1911 Baron; Jimmy Archer of
Atlanta. who graduated into major cir
| cles IN 1906; Downey another Baron of
the 1908 vintage, and Lennon. a former
Volunteer who helped to win the pennant
in 1908 for Nashville
The most eccentric PLAYER that ever
drlfted into select company from Dixie Is
slim Harry Sallee. a former Baron of
| 1906, who, with the exception of Bugs
Raymond and Rube Waddell, has received
more injuries by falling off the water
wagon than any other player in either
| major league.
Among the stars ON the Philadelphia
team are Paskert and Rowan. Both of
these PLAYERS were obtained from At
lanta in 1907 by Cincinnati and both were
traded to Philadelphia in 1910 Pasllert
is an outfeder and Rowan pitcher.
George Suggs, Rube Benton. Beals
Becker and Almeida represent Judge
Kavanaughs circuit on Joe Tinker $
Cincinnati Reds; Suggs is a product of
the 1910 Mobile team Benton of the 1911
Lookouts; Becker of Mike Finn's 1903
Little Rock team. and Almeida of the
Birmingham 1872 champions.
Five in Boston
On the unlucky Boston team are five
eX-southerners, jackson, Hub perdue.
Hess. Dickson and I<irlle. Hub Perdue,
the hurting wonder from Galatin, Tenn,
graduated into higher company in 1911
from the Nashville team: Jackson, the
hard hitting right fielder of the Doves
was on the 1911 Memphis team before be-
coming a "bean-eater." Hess and Krke
are products of Charley Franks 1911 pen
nant winning Pelicans, while Dickson, q
former Baron, Is a graduate of the Mem
phis team of the same year.
The only southerner on the New Yorl,
! Giants is Demaree, whom McC;raw pur-
| chased last year from Mobile One oi
the batteries In the American league Is
Ford and Sweeney of the New York
Americans Both of these were formerly
on the Atlanta team. Sweeney went ur
in 1907, while Ford received his call one
year later.
Two With Champions
Iris Speaker and Steve YerlSes, repre-
sent the pride of Dixie on the Boston
American team. Both of these We're i'm
portant factors in the winning of the
American league and world champion
ships in 1872. Iris Speaker was the
leading outfielder of the Southern league
in 1905 At the end of the season he was
obtained from Little Rock by Boston.
Steve Yerl>es is a product of Johnny
Dobbs 1911 Lookout team and is one of
the best second basemen that has ever
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