The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-05
WILL LAJOIE OR
WAGNER FOLLOW
BOBBY WALLACE?
Veteran Scot Was Put on the
Major League Shelf by
Browns Last Season
WAGNER Is THE KID OF
THIS ESTIMABLE TRIO
At That, He Has Been in the Big
League For a Period of
Seventeen Years

Who will be next to pass away
among the three real veterans OF the
national pastime-Bobby Wallace
Nap Lajoie or Hans Wagner?
Maybe this year will mark the
passing OF another OF these athletes
Bobby Wallace. the shortstopper for
the Browns, having quit pastimine
regularly last season VIII II be La
loie or Wagner who viii toss up the
sponge in the coming campaign. or
viii both OF them star as they have
in years gone by?
OF the trio, Wallace has been in the
game the longest The ancient Scot
started in 1885 and until the season
OK ~. was always az his accustomed
place az short although he could play
third equally as Well AT short Bob
by was considered for many seasons
the peer of them all in the American
league
In the 1913 campaign he slowed
lot, and was used very little by Man
ayers George St0yall and Branch
Hickey In fact. he VAS not used at
AL when the new leader took hold
as Riyington Bisland the youDgster
secured from the Southern associa
ion. was put .n his place. Just the
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vice could make a lot OF the young
sters OF Che present day hustle 70
carry OF the leading lanrels.
Lii A4llacn- has pasEed Ilg-daXs
oi starring on the ball Held. are over
/ True he will not be turned over 10
minor league club for some time, bat
as an active participant he Is through
But his memory and the great plays
/ he made while operating between sec
Ond and third, will live long IA the
memo = OF baseball followers not
only in ST LOUIS, but also in other
cities around the circuit
Tie youngster OF the trio. figuring
/ The length OF service. j. Wagner Year
in and year on, il is stated that Hans
Is all in that he Will be unable to
PUT np the same article OF baseball ne
/ did The year before or in years gone
by bat always when the lnal whistle
blows, this same Hans Wagner is on
deck starring a. brightly as he ever
did From the way Wagner works
one would not imagine that he had
seen Il seasons OF active service in
the great and glorious pastime Of
baseball
Napoleon I.ajoie the great second
basenan OF The Cleveland club OF the
American league. made his debut In
1896 Larry has been in there pick
ing them mp around the pivot station
for Is years, and last year did IL just
as we'll as he ever did. Then also
he batted almost as well as he ever
did
VIII the year OF 1914 mark the
passing of another one of basebaIls
most illustriou~s lights, as did 1913,
when Bobby Wallace passed into the
background, To give younger ath
lete a chance To do some shining?
But just try to figure out for your
self. Where will some OF the players
OF today be after they have been par
ticIpating actively In the pastime as
long as have Wallace, Lajoie and
Wagner? VIII Ty Cobb be the same
star he is today, after Is years OF
connection with the pastime? The
same fop Walter Johnson. RUDE Mar
GUARD and several other stars OF the
baseball world OF the present day.
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Wallace has been a member OF the
! American league since It's organiza-
ton back I'm 1902. Before he came TO
81. Louis he was a member OF the
old Cleveland club OF the National
| league. but Jumped with lot Of other
! nlayers when the American league
was formed.
Probably the chief duty Bobby will
have TO perform during the coming
season viii be 10 coach the younger
| players. He may also get into tine
game when one OF the regulars Is in
| jured.
For years and years the prop. OF
/ tie Browns tried TO find suitable
athlete TO take the place OF Wallace.
hut always. after recruit had been
tried out. Wallace was on the job.
Next season, though, Manager Branch
Hickey thinks he has one or the com
ing shortstops OF the pastfme In Bis
land. and maybe Wallace's shoes VIII
then be filed as they should be.
True. Bobby Is not as good as he used
TO be. but he put UP good game
when he was called upon during the
1913 campaign.
Wagner also Is aging. He was born
away back in 1874. and since 1897
has been connected with the majors.
That's a period OF IL years, and for
that length of time Hans never has
batted below the 800 mark, which Is
truly a great record. The shortstop
for the Pirates is the only athlete
| who can claim such an honor.
Last year It was said that he was
through. He was injured early In the
season. and during the time he was
Incapable OF participating, rumors
we're afioat that he was through. But
Hans fooled them all. He came back.
and during the campaign handled
more chances per game than any
other shortfielder in the National
league. This proved that he was not
! through.
/ The convicts on the prison farm
al JACKSON, Mich. raised 1900 bushels
OF onions. $500 bushels or parsnips
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