The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-09


Cy Morgan is Also Free Agent. /
Many Former Big Leaguers Are Max
ing Good With Minor Leagues.
In all the discussions OF big baseball
salaries very little attention is paid to
the short life of the star player and
the wanderings which he must endure
once he has passed from the big
leagues. Conditions are somewhat
more equitable now since the practical
abolition by court decision of the ten
day clause, which enabled a manager
to cast a man adrift at any time
Jack Powell, once one of the best
right handed pitchers in the game,
seemed to be a man who defied old
age. Although not noted for strict
training methods, he hung on for years
after his end had been predicted. He
was one of the bulwarks of the Yankee
team in its early days and. after being
sold TO the st. Louis Browns. suddenly
acquired Il new lease of life and pitch
ed some excellent ball before he drift
ed out of fast company But he could
not go on forever and the last word
comes from the Venice team on the
Pacific coast that Powell has received
his release and can go where he
pleases.
Another pitcher who was famed for
a time has apparently come to the end
of the road much more rapidly than
Powell Nick Maddox, once Pirate,
who began this season as manager Of
the Wichita team. has been released.
Although an extremely successful pitch
err in the National league, the best he
could do for Wichita was to win three
games and lose twelve. He was sue
ceedcd as manager by another Nation
al Lacquer. Peaches Graham, who made
u great reputation with the Bostons
as catcher. but fell away to nothing
when sent to the Cubs.
Ed Nillian. the iron armed left hand
er, who held sway so long with Detroit
is trying to make Il come back" with
the Ottawa team in Canada. He has
had nothing but semi-professionaI work
this year.
The American association. which the
players know as the work house
league" because it's season is SO long,
fairly bristles with nen once famous
in the big leagues. and some of them
are playing such good baseball that it
seems certain they were cast adrift too
soon. Old John Titus. long "A smuggling
star for the Phillies. who played his
last big league engagement with the
Braves. is now in the Kansas City out
field and cIouting away at Il furious
pace.
Cy Morgan, the minstrel man. once n
crack pitcher of the Athletics. was Il
teammate of Titus. but has drawn his
release Other one time big leaguer>
of the club are Rath. Mattick. Brief
Dowuey ana Baskette
st. Paul has Harry Niles, the speedy
Outfelder, who played with the Browns
and the Yankees and the Red Sox be
fore it came time for him to 20. Per
haps his best known feat was catching
a ball for the second out in the niutl
inning of a game and then running al
the way to the clubhouse under the i'm
preston that it was the final play 81
the game.
The Cleveland American association
team or the Bearcats. as they like to II,
called, has an iufield made up entirel,
of ex-Yankccs. Lelivelt is OH first
Earl Gardner at second. Knight a
shortstop and Stump Mt third. Jimm.
Sheckard, we'll known to NatiOna
league fans for his work when Il Cul
is manager Of the team
The manager of the Minneapoli
i. 4 III
ball players under forty. Certainly n
has veterans enough Claude Ross
man, who hung up one of the higheS
batting averages ever made in
worlds series is in the uutfield.
Rossman was with the Tigers whe
he made his brilliant record for tn
series. Lee TaunehiIl, considered on
of the best shortStops or third base
men the game ever saw, is playing q
the latter position Lee was always
great fielder. but his weak hitting ca
ried him ont of the big leagues as 500
as he began to slow up at all.
Daredevil Dave Altizer is anoth'
player tried and true who helps Oh
with the chores about the infeld. !
first base Is Hunter, who once promise
to be phenom with the Pirates. ,Iir
my Williams, the best second basema
the Yankees ever had. is still hittig
the ball hard. as a Minneapolis ua
Burns, the big. left handler of the VIII
SoX and the Senators. bears part
the pitching buIdeI. = g.
The Iuternatiofiaf league once Ii,
only a fewv eter3fiis. but now it uur
bers many foelper big leaguers. Ere
dy Parent who played for the 4,
SoX i'm the first worlds series and en-,
~ outshone Hans Wagner is with r;
timore So is Neal Ball. an ex-Yankt
who made Il triple play unassfst
while with Cleveland Tim florida
who reigned for n very brief time
the best slugger in the Nation
league. is still with Toronto Da
Ehean. Boston's butcher boy. is me
hcr of the Providence CraVS and