The Washington herald., 1914-03-29

MANY CHANGESN
MAJOR MAKE.UPS
Big League Baseball History
Shows Number Of Shifts in
Roster Of Clubs.
YOUTH NOW HOLDS SWAY
But One Veteran Remains with One !
time Wonderful Chicago
Cubs Machine.
YOUTH NOW HOLDS SWAY

What wonderful changes come abcus
in few years in the makeup of major
ball club,
Back in 1907, 1903 and 1893. when the
Detroit Tigers swept everything in the
American League before them, they had
q ball club that was figured. at the
time. as one Of the youngest and fast
est in baseball history 1t was pre-
dicted then that the Tiger aggregation.
as 1t was constituted then. would last
for many years
But today. OF that bunch OF twenty
ave athletes who grabbed on the 1907
pennant for Detroit. only two men re-
main in a Tiger uniform-cobb and
Crawford Stanage, the catcher. who
Joined them in 1905. still is on the
roster, and so are Morairfty and Bush.
who Joined year later. These FIVE are
all that remains Of the hundreds OF
players who have worn the Detroit re-
galia-these alone have survived the
crowd that showed its heels to the other
American Leaguers a half dozen years
ago.
Cubs Are Gone.
Who hasn't heard Of the wonderful Cub
machine-the baseball outfit that alwavs
will be regarded as one Of the greatest
and most wonderful IN baseball history,
In 1906. 1907. 1908 and 1910 they landed
at the crest Of the National League
and landed there without much exertion
Except in 1905. In those days IL looked
as II 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 50
many records in 1906. 1907 and 1905. onlv
one man remain-Frank Schultz. the
veteran outfieider. And Il wouldn't be
surprising II he was shunted of to the
minors before the end of the wear.
In 19l0-less than four seasons aao-,b,
machine. for the most part. was intact.
AND then dtsintegration began. This aid
ed by the experimenting of one Charles
webb Murphy, wrecked the works,
and of that 1910 crew only Heinie Zin,-
norman and Schultz still wear the Cub
uniforms.
The Brooklyn club won the National
League pennant In 1900. surprising as II
may seem. The team was made IN OF
some wonderful ball players. but time
has collected its toll. and every man who
was on that team at that time has re-
tired from baseball.
Wagner stin Remains.
The Pittsburgh Pirates gathered toA
gether a great club in 1901. 1902, and 1SO1A
and annexed three pennants in a row
OF the mighty gang that labored in those
days for the greater honor and glory of
Pittsburgh only one man still fingers in
the lineup. And his name is Wagner.
Fred Clarke. manager Of the club now
was a player in those days. but he plays
no longer. Age has stiffened his joints
and dimmed his wonderful batting orb.
Only Mathewson and Wiltse. pitchers,
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 pay roll today who were
there in 1909 when the Pittsburghers
nabbed the National League bunting and
also the worlds championship. Those
men are Pitcher Adams. Catcher Gibson.
''Old Man" Wagner. and Ham" Hyatt,
utility
There is not one man in the Red Sor
lineup today who was with the aggre-
cation that won the pennant in 1906
All the stars Of those days have gons
either to the discard. to the minors. or to
their graves Ed Walsh is the sole sur
vivor of the worlds champion White SoX
team of 1896. while Bender and Plank.
but acts as scout and coach. are the re-
mains OF the Athletic team that breezed
along to a worlds championship in 1906.
Giants show Decay.
In 1872 when the Giants won the Ma
tional League pennant and forced the
Red Sox to go eight games TO win the
worlds honors. McGraw had a team that
looked as if 1t would hold together for
many years
II was a fast combination and made
up principally Of youth. Yet today more
than half of the men who grabbed OF
a share Of the Giants spoils are wearing
Giant uniforms no longer. Only eleven
men remain of the twenty-five who as
sisted AcGraw in harpOoning the Ma
tionsl League bunting.
Not q man remains either in the hiz
league or in White Sox uniform Of
the squad that won the 800 pennant for
Chicago. Jimmy Callahan and Clark
Griffith. the star twirlers of the 1909
pennant winning White Sox. alone re-
main in the majors. But only as mana
gers. Griffith never plays. bur Callahan
doDs uniform and shows
the youths Of this day and age what
their papas used to do.
But Three Remain. 7
Plank, Bender and Davis are the only
ones lcIl OF tne lsN< AtnlellcS- All the y
others have gone their separate ways
and landed, at last. in obscurity. Not
one man remains in big league company
Of the 1904 pennant winning Red Sox. ,
Where do they go? Sometimes from
one major league club to another Some
times directly to the minors But SOON
er or later they find their way to the
smaller leagues. and, as age creeps on,
they go down the baseball ladder month ?
after month, year after year. until they
have reached the bottom. And then they !,
drop OF and are heard OF no more in big
league circles. until the Grim Reaper
comes. along and claims them as his
toll. 7
Some there are who played on those 4
clubs who still are in the
majors, but with different clubs, to whom
they were traded or sold. And a few
others still linger In the big tent as
managers, coaches and scouts. The Iure
of the game is strong for them. and no
matter in what capacity II is they still
ike to Iinger 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 plaudlts. Even though the I,
cheers are not for them. as they were in