The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-31
GORRID0N OF CUBS
 HAD STRANGE CAREER

Although Red COrrtd0n is an eX- pert ma,chinist, a graduate cum Iaude Of the railroad shops at Iogansport, Indiana, you would never call him mechanical ball player after watching him perform for a few minutes He isn't as finished a player yet he Is machfnist, but he is one of the kind who knows what he is doing when he does it, and also knows intuitively when not to do 1t, which is al most equally tine mark of a. natural ball player, says an exchange. Corri- den served his time as an appren- Michael Corriden- It was not until he began to play ball that he acquired the more descriptive handle of Red. That was in 1907 with the Frankfort Qnd) independent team. Next sea son Keolzuk picked him up and he played with that team for two sea- sons at third base.
 In the, fall of 1909 Red was sold to the St. Louis Americans, but was Harmed out to Omaha during 1910 He was recalled and reported to the Browns just in time to get in trouble ty being involuntarily involved in the La5oie-Cobb batting scandal of the fall of 1910. Red was the goat who played first base in both games of the double header when Lajoie made bes@S them all out. ''I was told to play deep" says Corridor in recalling the unpleasant memories of that day "It did not take me long to get wise, of course. to what was being pulled. but what was going to do say about it? I was kid trying to break in and make good, and all my training in machine shops had taught me to obey orders implicitly. I did think of pulling up lame or pleading off from playing the second game on ac- count of sickness, but no good excuse occurred to me, so I stuck to the finish and never have regretted it. That probably had something to 60 with sending me back to the minors, but it did me good" anyway.
 When the St. Louis club cleaned house after that mess by firing Man ager OaConnor and by asking for waivers on Conrhden, Pittsburgh. claimed him. but could find no place for him. so Barney Dreyfuss disposed of the infielder to Kansas City. Red played two seasons for George Te- beau's team and made so much noise that the Detroit club bought him tin August of last season. Corridor re- ported to Jennings and was placed on third base during the last few weeks of the American league race.
 Corrfden probably would be in De- troit yet, or at least in the American league, if the opportunity to get Frank Chance as manager for the New York HighIanders had not arisen Corriden was the keystone in that trade, which involved four clubs and a bunch of players. His release to Cin- cinnati by Detroit was made possible because the other seven club owners waived claim for the good of the league. Once in Cfncinnati's posses sion he became part of the deal that made Tinker manager of the Reds and Frank Chance pilot of the New York Americans.
 Corr1den is 25 years old, having been born in 1887 in Logansport, where he began his career as machinist, serv- ing full time as an apprentice and getting his papers before he turned to baseball as a means of chasing the wolf from the back door. He is mar ried and glad of it. Red is right hand ed in throwing and batting, weighs 155 pounds in fighting trim, and is 5 feet 8 inches in height He is the freshest recruit in Manager Evers' roster when on the diamond but that Is a boost instead of 2 knock In the games with the regulars he has fought every inch of the way and beratei his te teammates tor keeping so quiet when they were being beaten