The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05
VETERAN STARS ARE
DROPPED FROM RANKS
Only Few Players Survive of
Old-time Championship .
Teams.
sy Tribune Special Sport Service.

AcSe
when the Detroit Tigers swept every
thing in the American league befor'
them, they had q ball club that wa
figured, at the time, as one OF th'
youngest and fastest in baseball his
tory. It was predicted then that tn,
Tiger aggregation, as it was constituted
then, would last is. for many years. .n.,.v
FIVE athletes who grabbed of the 190i
pennant for Detroit, only two mon re
main in Tiger uniform-Cobb ant
Crawford. Stanage, the catcher, who
Joined them in fp0e, still is on. the
roster, and so are Moriarity and Bush
who Joined q year later, These five
are all that remain of the hundreds OF
PLAYERS who have worn the Detroit re-
galia-these five alone have survived
the crowd that showed its heels to the
other American leaguers half dozen
years ago.
Frank Schultz Remains.
Who hasn t heard of the wonderful
Cub machine-the baseball outfit that
always will be regarded as one of the
greatest and most wonderful in baseball
history7 In 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910
they landed at the crest of the National
league-and landed there without much
exertion. In those days il looked as if
that grand old machine was good for
six to ten years more. But what has
happened? The machine has been
smashed, its main cogs removed and
of the wonderful club that hung up SO
only one man remains-Frank Schultz,
the veteran outfelder. And it wouldn Z
be surprising if he was shunted OF to
the minors before the end of the year.
In 1910-less than four seasons ago
the machine. for the most part, was in
tact. And then disintegration began.
This, aided by the experimenting of one
Charles Webb Murphy, wrecked the
works, and of that 1910 crew only
Henie Zimmerman and Schultz still
wear the Cub uniforms.
The Brooklyn club won the National
league pennsnt in 1900 surprising as it
may seem. The team was made up of
some wonderful ball players. but time
has collected its toll, and every man
who was on that team at that time
has retired from baseball
The Pittsbrrg Pirates gathered to-
gether great club in 1901, 1902 and
1908, and annexed three pennants in a
row.. OF the mighty gang that labored
in those DAYS for the great honor and
glory of Pittsburg, only one man still
fingers in the lineup. And his name is
Wagner. Fred Clarke, manager OF the
club now, was PLAYER in those days,
but he plays no longer. Age has
stiffened his joints and dimmed his
wonderful batting orb.
Walsh Sole Survivor.
Only Mathewson and Wiltse, pitch
ers, remain of the collection of ball
players that brought the pennant to
New York IN 1904 and 1905. There are
only four men on the Pirates payroll
today who were there in 1909, when the
Pittsburgers uabbed the National
league bunting and also the world
enampionshlp., Those men are Pitcher
Adams, Catcher Gibson. Old Man
Wagner and 'NHam' Hyatt. utility.
There is not one man In the Red Sox
Lineup. today who was with the aggrcpa-
tIon that won the pennant in 1908. ALL
the stars Of those days have gone either
to the discard, to the minors, or to their
grayes- Ed Walsh is the sole survivor
OF the world champion White Sox team
OF 1905, while Bender and Plank and
harry Davis, who no. longer plays, but
acts as scout and coach, are the remains
OF the Athletic team that breezed along
to world championship in 1905.
In 1912, when the Giants won the
National league pennant and forced the |
Red Sox to go eight games to win the
world honors, McGraw had team that |
looked as if it would hold together for
many years.
1t was fast combination and made
up principally of youth. Yet today more
than half of the men who grabbed off |
share of the Giants spoifs are wear |
ing Giant uniforms no longer. ONLY 4
eleven men remain Of the twenty five |
who assisted McGraw in harpoonine the |
National league bunting.
Become Managers.
Not man remains, either in the bio
league or in White Sox uniform. az |
fhe squad that won the 1900 pennant for |
Chicago. Jimmy Callahan and Clark
Hrlffltn, the star twirlers of the 1902
pennant-winning White Sox, alone re.
main IN the majors. But only as man. |
ayers. Griffith never plays, but Gala |
han occasionally dons a uniform and |
shows the youths of this day and age !
what their papas used to do.
Flank, Bender and Davis are the only
ones left Of the 1902 Athletics. All the |
otners have gone their separate vays
ana landed at last, in ohscurity. Not |
one man remains In big league company
OF the 1904 pennant-winning Red Sos.
Where do they go7 Sometimes from
one major league club to another. Some.
times dlIectly TO the minors. But soon- !
er or later they find their way to the
smaller leagues, and, as age creeps on.
they 60 down the baseball ladder mont, |
after month, year after year, until fbey
have reached the bottom. And then
they drop off and are heard of no more
in big league circles, until the Grim
Reaper comes along and claims them as |
his toll.
Some there are who played on those
championship clubs vino still are in the |
majors, but with different clubs. to |
whom they were traded or sold. And a !
few others still inger in the big tent as |
managers, coaches and scouts. The lure
of the game is strong for them, and no |
matter in what capacity it is they still |
like to hnger each spring and summer |
where they can hear the crash Of the |
bat against the ball; where they can
hear the throng jump to its feet and |
shrek its pluadits. Even though the
cheers still ring as music in their ears,
aud bring back TO them so wildly the
memories of the days when thew were
young and grabbed into themselves the
major portion of the spothght--ard the
idolizing Of the fans
Delhi's Arm Improves.