Evening star., 1913-12-07
BRILLIANT PLAYERS OF OLD
CHICAGO WHITE STOCKINGS
Ed Williamson Among Best All-Round Men OF His
Dav-On Par With Arson, Ewing and
Mike Kelly.

renuta1ion OF having made in 1866 as
a member of the Athletics, six home
runs in a game against the Alerts. also
Of Philadelphia five of the ourbag
gers coming in succession
Pitched Hitless Game.
Corcorar's best performance while
with the Chicago team was August 10
1889 when. he shut out Boston with
out a hit. being the third pitcher to
accomplish the feat. the other two
being Richmond and Ward He re-
, mained with Chicago six years. until
the close of the season of 1885. He
was with Washington in 1886 and
his last work was done in 1887. when
| he pitched three, games for Indian
apolis. He died October a. 1891. at
Newark ~ .tof Brights disease Cor
coran was the champion pitcher of the
National League in 1880 and 1881.
Goldsmith pitched for Chicago five
years, droppiuG out of the game after
1884
Silver Flint is accorded place
among the graat catchers and is
credited with having made" such re-
nowned pitchers as The Only Nolan.
Jim Mccormick. ! Corcoran, Goldsmith
the Chicago tearu, coming from In
dianapolis, where, in 1878, he caught
the swift delivery of Ed Nolan: He
was with the Chicago team until the
saloon in the Windy city and January
u. 1892. he died of consumption. In
the thirteen years of his professional
life he caught S35 OUT of 1925 games
played by his team
Adrian C. Anson.
The history of A c. Anson. who put
the smooth machinery together. is we'll
known. He is one of the grandest fig
ures in base ball. He was member of
the Chicago team from 1876 to 1897. a
period of twenty-five years. and for
tWchty-one years was manager, succeed
ing Al Spalding in 1877. Spalding be-
came president of the Chicago club in
lsS2 ana held the position ten wears.
when he was succeeded by Jim Hart. Diff
ferences sprang up between Anson and
Hart and the grand old man retired from
the team in 1898.
Quest was an active man at second
base and the champion of his position in
1881 After being ousted by Pfeffe- in
1885,. Joe played with Detroit and ST.
Louis In 1883, with St. Louis and Pitts
burgh in 1891, returned to Detroit in 1885
ana was with the Athletics in 1886. Then
ne dropped to the minors. playing. with
Eau Claire in 1887 and with Lowell in
1883 He was engaged by Toledo in 1883.
hut let go before the season was a month
old
Tommy Burns III 1880 came from the
Albany team. which. in 1879 counted
among It's players Ed HanIOn and Fred
dunlap, both of whom later became stars
of the first magnitude. Burns remained
with the Chicago team twelve years
from 1sSs' to 1891, inclusive In 1892 he
went to Pittsburgh to succeed AL Buck
enberger as manager, but met with re-
pulse He then assumed the managerial
reins of the Springfield tMassD team from
1897 to 1897. five years. and won the
Eastern League championship in 1895
lie was manager OF the Chicago team in
1898 and 1922. succeeding Anson after the
latter's fdre-up with Hart
Went to Buffalo.
In 1900. being succeeded By Tom Lotus
as manager of the Chicago team, Burns
was without an engagement, but i'll 1901
he managed the Buffalo team with indif-
ferent success. the Bisons finishing sew
enth in the Eastern League race. He
signed TO manage the Jersey City team
in 1902, but died before the season open
ed. his death occurring in New York
March 10. 1892. Burns was a reliable
player and heady one. His most nota-
Der q, 1852, against the Detroits. He went
three times TO bat in one inning. In that
inning. the seventh. % Chicago men went
10 bat, who made Is hits for a total of
81 bases and scored Is runs. The final
score was 26 to u.
Dalrymrle. who went to Chicago in
1879 from milwaukee,. where ne won the
batting championship OF the National