Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-27
AGE OF ALTITUDE
Large Number of Tall Men Are
in "Pro" Base Ball.
MAJORITY ARE PITCHERS
New Men Drafted From Minor
Leagues Are of Skyscraper
Variety.

NEW YORK, January 27-High alti-
tudes exist to a conspicuous extent in
professional base ball. This doesn't re-
fer to the Rocky Mountain League. Ell
Their 1t means that there is a conSplcu-
ously large number of tall players in the
game. In the two major leagues alone
the number of players who are over SIX
feet in height is notable. Whether or
not the game is gradually elongatinS the
human frame. there is to be found among
the regulars and recruits a great abGnd-
ance of tall sycamores. All of them
haven't skill commensurate with stature,
but skill and plenitude of inches are by
no means incompatible.
Most of the lengthy chaps of the ball
field are pitchers. but other positions have
share of them. Take some of the
pitchers of the Giants. string the tallest
of them together, and their combined
height would fall only trfie short of the
Metropolitan tower. Tesreau, Matty,
Wiltse and Marquard are all six feet or
over: Shore is six feet three. and the
heights of Perryman and Hanley are, re-
spectively six feet four and a half and
six feet two and three-quarter inches.
Nine of the players purchased by the
Giants last year are over six feet ana
MerSle Meyers and Fletcher are all six
fOOterS.
Every big league team has its sky
scrapers. There are Eppa Rixey of the
Phillies with his six feet four, and two
recruits, Arthur Saiada, who is six feet
three and one-half and w. III. Ritter,
who is six feet two inches. Six out of
fourteen newcomers among the Phlllles
are in the six-foot class. and other tall
members of the Doom clan are Doolan,
| Moore, Alexander and Chalmers.
| Five of the eighteen 1912 batch Of re-
cruits to the Pirates tower above six feet.
Gray is 61R, Holdeman g. and Smith
81. Of the others Wilson, Hendrix and
maybe one or two in addition are six
feet or better. The St. Louis Cardinals
herded a whole band of big men. Here
are some figures: w. G. Dill, ga; ]. c.
Galloway. 6.3; D. d. Griner, GIG; Ben
Hunt, 6.219; w. d. Perrett, 81, and
Frank Snyder, g.. Then to further off
breViated specimens as Higgins and
Hauser are Sallee, konetchy. Wingo and
Willis. Join this team together and
they'd puncture the clouds.
Three of the thirteen men rounded up
by the Brooklyns beat the siX-foot mark,
including William Wagner, who is 6.11s
w. G. James of the new Boston crop OF
1912 is 6.S and Frank Metz 6.1@. Nine
in twenty of the new lot are six-footers
and regulars Of that height are Hess
Gowdy. Devlin and Kirke.
OF the twenty neOphytes who fell into
the Cubs paw by purchase or draft in
I'I@ oHe-HdlI cAteuu SiA IeeI VI over
toward the upper regions. Look at these
I figures: w. b. Powell, e.; F. Williams
g.: G. Loudermilk, ga; James Maroney
81; r. f. Clemons,. 81, and l.. j. Mad
den, 81 Lofty Cubs who are fixture:
are Zimmerman, Reulbach. c. Smith
Mitchell and Richie. Johnny Evers won
be able to look down on his men.
The Reds landed man in the fal
cleanup named w. B. Burch, who is g.
> and Hobby, Severoid and Bescher arr
above the six-foot mark. Bedient of tn,
Red Sox is 81. and in the recruit crol
Were b. II. Van Dyke, 81, and ALT Wat
kins of the same dimensions. Stahl Hall
Cady and Nunamaker are in the sam.
, class. Among the list of purchased anC
{ drafted players of the White SoX are t.
t be found these sizes: P. B. Douglas
} G.4h: NJ. Ems, 81; f.. w. Johnson. 6.11a
George Mogridge, g.; w. Taylor, 81
f more.
:. Nine of the twentysiX in the season
recruit list of the Clevelands go at leas
six feet, and those over that boundar.
are r. Bates. Ga; W. III. James, GA
l.. NJ. Naegelson, g.; +. Wilson. g.
Besides the Maps have Lajoie and Jack
son. There fell into the Detroit net las
year George Boehler. c.: Frank Gibson
6h; Mark Hall. 611; Wilfred Howe
Ga. and c. E. Zamoch. 81.
Stump, Sweeney. Caldwell. William
: and Mcconnell of the Highlanders are al
six feet or more. and in the roster o
t recruits in the draft or purchased lis
were the following: c. L. Derrick, 81
i and p Green, 81. A. E. Gipe, g.
d. NJ. Harrell. SO; II. J. Pennock, Ga
i, and r. f. Salmon, 60. are statistic
which appear in the Athletics draft list