Evening star., 1914-04-05
"HEINIE'' REITZ MADE GOOD
WHEN STARS WERE NUMEROUS
In Addition to Being First-Class Second Baseman
He Was Safe Batter and Skilltul
Baserunner
Baserunner.

, in These he defIeo a host Of second base
men famous in the annals OF base pail
with Pittsburgh Riddy McPhce with Gin
cnnati, Billy Mailman with Philadelphia
Fred Ihfeffcr with Louisville, Joe quinn
with St.-Louis, Bobby Lowe with Boston
John Ward with New York. Cupid Childs
with Cleveland, Danny Richardson and
Tom Daily with Brooklyn and Sam Wise
and Cub Stricker with Washington. All
are names with which to charm the fans
Reitz iutruded himself into this select
circle and from the time he put on his
glove with d; jerk until he threw it aside
some years later he was counted as good
as any of them.
Started as Backstops.
When these famous second basemen
pass in mental review. it is with
strange pleasure that one observes
those who entered base ball as first
class catchers. Among them are Bier
bauer, Hallman and DAILY, whose skill
full work behind the bat nobody could
dispute. They fell into the infield posi-
tIon by accident, but they made good
Ward was once a pitcher with an envi-
able record, having n no-hit game TO his
credit, but he developed into one OF the
best intielders the game ever possessed
of these star second basemen, all have
dropped out of the game permanently
except DaIS ana Lowe. DdiS 10 io"
coaching the New York American
pitchers. Lowe has been selected to
coach the Washington and Jefferson
College base ball team of 1914.
In 1898 the Baltimore club traded
Reitz. Jack Doyle and Maurice Amole
to the Washington club for Eugene De-
montreville, James McJames and Dan
McGann. The last named had just been
secured by Washington from the To-
ronto club, and made his first entry into
60 p,if M
of the three to stick to the end of the
season He missed very few games dur
ing his sojourn with the Washingtons.
and his work appeared as good as ever
Pitcher Amole was released to BunaIo
June l, where he Joined corps Of
twirlers consisting of George Gray
Farmer Brown, Willie Mains, Bill
Mitchell and Elmer Qderky Yerky) Hor-
ton, nearly all of whom saw service In
the National League. The star catcher of
the Bisons then. was Jack DlgG1nS, VINO
was helped by Bill Urquhart.
Jack Doyle played first base for Wash
ington, and was later loaded with hon
ors Tom Brown opened the season as
manager of the Washington team. but
June he resigned. and Doyle was ap-
nointed in his stead. month later
Doyle was sold to the New York club
for $4,000. and was succeeded in the
managerial office by Jim Mcclure Nc
CURE held the job until September Is.
when he was displaced by arthur Irwin.
who came from the Toronto club, whose
team he managed from the opening of
the season. Irwin brought raft Of
players from the Canadian team, includ-
ing such good men as John Freeman.
DR. Jim Casey. Jack Suthoff, Kirtley
Baker and Frank Gatens.
In 1S9? ReitZ was traded to Pittsburgh
for Dick Padden. Shorty Slasle and
John ]. O'Brien. He put up a fair game
for the Pirates but in 1900 he was sent
to Milwaukee. and after that remained
in the minor league, playing with
Pueblo, Spokane and Fort Worth. He
wound up his base ball life by short
engagement with Milwaukee in 1904.