Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
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Baseball Expert Gives List of
Twelve Players Fired by
Charles Murphy.
Bv Sid G. Keener.
HE great "Tinker-to-E vers-to-
Chance" combination is busted

IN HE great iliihei
Chance" combination is busted
Il completely, and with the GUST
INC If Trojan Jawn as manager OF
the Chicago Cubs goes one more
member of the famous machine which
won pennants and worlds champion
ships in the National League and
made a fortune for Charles WEBB
Murphy. ~
hall club as hurriedly as this Murphy
nerson. Annually he springs a SEN
eation. and his latest Is the deposing
If Evers as manager and appointing
Hank ODay to the post.
The release of Evers, even after
he was held high enough to be signed
to a fiye-year contract as player and
manager, brings to mind the team
which for years was heralded as SUI
nreme in baseball. That club FRANK
Chance directed ranks right along
side of the present Philadeipnla Atn,
letics as the greatest of all baseball
clubs.
TT won the pennant in 1905, 1907
L and 1908. Also the worlds title
in 1907 and 1908. Also the pennant
again in 1910. And when the team
didn't win the pennant it came mighty
near, and always was contender:
But what happened to the athlete
when he started to slip a bit-the
nlayer who aided Murphy in building
IN his fortune, which is said to run
very close to the million dollar mark!
Peruse this list:
frank Chance, manager and first
baseman, released
Mordecai Brown, pitcher, released
x,,J,o,. loo one club
Jeff Overall, pitcher, released &c
minor league club.
lack Pfester, pitcher, released tc
minor league club.
Carl Lundgren, pitcher, released.
Ed Reulbach, pitcher, traded tc
Brooklyn.
Johnny Evers, second baseman and
manager, released.
Harry Steinfeldt, third baseman, re-
leased.
Cincinnati.
Jimmy Sheckard, outfielder, sold
to Cardinals for waiver price.
Art Hoffman, outfelder, traded tt
Pittsburg.
Johnny King, catcher, traded te
Boston.
There's a list of players, each and
every one a real star, now far, fal
away from the West Side park in Chi
cago. For years they were heroes
made money in chunks for Murphy
and what's the result?
Frank Shuttle. He Is the only regu-
THE case of Brown probably is the
i most pathetic. The three finger
ed marvel was a wonder in his day
never missed a chance to make the
Cubs a success, which meant dol
lars for Murphy. His finish, so fal
as Murphy was concerned, was be-
ing showed to minor league club.
Others suffered the same fate be-
fore Brown, others even after Brown
And now comes the climax-the re-
lease of Evers.
The release of Trojan Jawn brings
out another peculiar point. Only q
year ago, just after Evers was giver
Frank Chances job, the new man
ager was heralded as the Keystone
King by Magnate Murphy. Columns
were written by Murphy for the Chi
Cago papers about Evers' prowess or
the diamond.
Chicago was in the midst of the
shock of Chances release. Murphy
had to do something to win back the
fans, so he promptly boosted Evers
stock.
Evers managed to bring his team
home in third place, and it was the
unanimous verdict all around the Ma
tional League circuit that during the
last two months Of the season Evers
had the best team in the league.
The next on the list for the AK from
Murphys office probably will be
Frank Schultz. He is the only regu'
lar member of the famous machine
now with the Cubs.