Evening star., 1914-02-10
OLIVER PAT) TEBEAU GREAT
LEADER PLAYER IN HIS DAY
Managed Cleveland When 1t Won Temple Cup and
Was Known as One of the Scrappiest
Men in Base Ball.

filled by the regulars nearly every day
Those who labored as subs at third base
were Billy Alvord, Jack Doyle. Jerry
Denny and George Davis. the last named
finishing the season there. Bob Leadly
was the manager, but on July 10 he was
relieved Of his duty and Tebeau ap-
pointed to succeed him. The team fin
ished in fifth place. but in the following
year. 1892. it for the first time in the his
tory of Cleveland won second place.
Pat. in midseason of 1898. became tired
of third base and stationed himself at
first. which position in those days and
later was regarded as the .'stepping-of"
place. Players whose usefulness at other
positions came to an end. II they could
bat even just a little. were put on the
first sack. from which they stepped either
into the minors or into oblivion.
To fill the gap at third base. Pat, in
July, got James fChippy) McGarr from
the Savannah club. paying. $500 for his
release. chippy. like his boss. was an
aggressive sort of chap and in full ac-
cord with the "scrappy' methods Of his
leader He was a henchman of Tebeau
until 1897. when he showed signs of for
getfulness and was sent to the Columbus
team. His mind later becoming unsound.
he was forced to quit the game and died
in an insane asylum at Worcester June 6.
1894. Another of the men who played
with McGarr on the Cleveland infield is
also gone Cupid Childs. the second base
man. died at Baltimore November 8.
1912. OF Bright's disease.
Tebeau began the season of 1884 at first
base but apparently became tired of that
position, too. In July Of that year he Sc
cured the release of his brother George
from the Washington club and placed
him on first base. George is at present
quite prominent figure in base ball in
the west, where he is looked upon as the
poohbah of the American Association
clan. He was with Oliver in St. Joe in
1886. pitching and playing in the outfield.
In 1887. when oliver went to Chicago. he
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the captain of the Reds. He was known
as white Wings" because of his rasp-
ing voice lren,nding one Of popular
song Of that day. and the peculiar
what 'd-you-say" swing of his arms.
In 1880 he was let go by Cincinnati and
played with the Toledo team. In 1911
George was manager of the Denver team
and played first base. Therefore that
him. When he Joined Cleveland he and
his brother Pat alternated at the step
ping-of place. the tradition holding good
| in Georges case, for in 1886 he dropped
In 1899 the entire Cleveland team was
transferred to st. Louis. where it could
gain no better position than it did in
Cleveland in 1898. that is. fifth place.
| Patsy Tebeau threw up the sponge and
/ quit the game. That was the year In
which John McGraw. Wilbert Robinson.
Dan McGann and Billy Keister. from the
l
Mound city. Whether or not the inva-
| sion was to the liking Of Tebeau, the
| facts are that he played but one game
| that year, and that at short, a rather
unfamiliar position for him. and that
August 10 he surrendered his baton and
has never played game since. He was
| succeeded. not by McGraw, as one. un-
der the circumstances. would imagine,
but by Louis Heilbroner. the present sue
cessful president of the Central League.
The last game in which Oliver (Pat)
Tebeau took part was played at Philadel-
phia June II. 1900. In spite of the royal
| acquisition from Baltimore, the infeld
was III q jumbled situation nearly all the
| time. bunch Of players was seen in
the different infield positions. There were
McGann and Mike Donlin at first base;
Keister, Joe Quinn and Otto Kruger at
second and Lave Cross, McGraw. Pat
billiard and William Sudhof at third
Rhody Wallace played short and was the
| only steady player In the lot. He laid Off
| for over two weeks on account of injury,
and it was during this lapse that Tebeau
got his one days work. The sole game
in which Pat played the st. Louis team
lost, to 6. Burt (Broncho) Jones pitched
for St Louis and Frank Red) Donovan
| for Philadelphia
| After his retirement Tebeau. who had
| opened a saloon in st. Louis in conjunc-
| ton with Scrappy Bill Joyce, man Of
his ilk, confined his attention exclusively
to his business