Evening star., 1914-11-15
= 3Y JOHN II. GRUBER.

| Among the glittering base ball stars
| of the twentieth century Clarence H.
Beaumont must not be overlooked. He
broke into fast company early in his
| career and waited only few weeks
before securing permanent position
on team that two years later won the
| National League championship. Beau
mont was not only first class outfield-
er, but Il batter far above the ordinary,
| which made him one of the most valued
players in the country. He was an
| excellent base runner, being very fast
on his feet. However, nobody who saw
| him for the first time ambling along on
| his way to the batter's box would ad-
| nit this. A laZier or more Indifferent
appearing player, emphasized by bur-
ly body. could not be conceived. But
| when he hit the ball he was off like a
streak, which astonished the uninitiat-
ed and made him one of the wonders of
the century. His fleetness got for him
| the record, never equaled, of making
six hits and scoring six runs in one
game, although he did not get more
| than a single on each of his six trips
to the plate.
Beaumont was born in Rochester,
Wis. July %. 1876. AS soon as he was
/ old enough he played with scrub teams
| in the wilds of Wisconsin. little dream
| ing of the bright future that lay be-
| fore him. In 1897 his work attracted
| the attention of Connie Mack, who then
managed the Milwaukee team of the
Western League. He was signed In
1898 by Connie, who. not thinking him
| ripe enough for a regular job, sent him
| to Wampum for further education.
! Mack's outfield then consisted of VII
liam B. Weaver in left, George Nichol
in center and Irving Waldron in right:
Weaver was with the Louisville and
| Pittsburgh teams before joining the
Milwaukees, and Nichol broke into the
| limelight in 1894 as pitcher for the Pi-
rate team. Waldron was just beginning
his career, going to Milwaukee from
| Pawtucket. Later he was with Wash
| ington, and in 1903 was given a trial by
! the Athletics, then led by Connie Mack.
He did most of his life work for the
| Milwaukees before and after Mack left
| the Brewers to guide the destinies of
the Athletics in the American League.
Team of Pioneers.
, There We're a number of old-time
players on Mack's Milwaukee team of
1898, most of whom were at the end
of their careers, as Beaumont was at
the beginning of his. There was Bill
Terry, the noted pitcher, who did his
last base ball work that year. after
which he dropped into the bowling
| business in Milwaukee. Also George
| lasted a couple of years more. There
was Tom DAILY, the old pitcher and
| second baseman, whom Mack traded to
the Brooklyn club for Billy Hallman.
| DAILY had only few more years of
base ball left.
Another of the old players was
George Q. Schoch. who broke into the
| big league with Connie Mack in 1886.
He, Mack. William F Kriek and Frank
Gilmore were members of the Hart
ford team of the Eastern League, and
| were transferred in body to the
Washington team during the season of
1886. Washington that, year made it's
entry into the National League. OF
this quartet, Schoch was the only one
left in active service. Mack was man
ager of the Milwaukees, but had given
up playing. Gilmore quit the game
after 1890, and Krieg after 1892 Schoch
continued with Milwaukee in 1899, but
after that year he. too, dropped out.
By the end of August, 1898, Beaumont
was recalled from Wampum and placed
in left field. where his performances
his job a permanent one, but also to
draw the eyes of moguls of the big
league in his direction.
Barney Dreyfuss was then president
of the Louisville club, and was among
the first to begin negotiations for the
services of the wonderful Badger lad
But when 1899 rolled along, Barney
was astonished and veXed to see Beau
Pirates, under the management of Will
liam H. Watkins. He still claims that
Mack double-crossed him. Pittsburgh
secured Beaumont by trading Pitcher
Billy Hart and Infielder William T.
Gray for him. However. in the fol-
lowing year, Dreyfuss bought an in
terest in the Pittsburgh club and
transferred nearly his entire Louisville
team to the Smoky city. Beaumont was
among the Pirates retained by him.
Beaumont's Record Feat.
1899 the regular outfield was made up
of Jack Mccarthy in left, Tom Nc
Creery in center and Pat Donovan in
right. BY the end of June, however
Beaumont had secured a steady job in
center field. McCreery acting as utility
outfielder, with plenty of work to do
in left and right fields. July % Beau
mont made his unbeaten record. In
game against Philadelphia on that date
at Pittsburgh he made six hits and
scored six runs, not one of his hits
going outside the diamond. Wiley Piatt
pitched for Philadelphia and Jesse
Tannehill for Pittsburgh. the Pirates
winning by a score of Is to 4.
A few weeks later, August 3, Beau
mont demonstrated his ability to knock
the ball out of the infield by cracking
out three triples. one double and one
| Single, a tOIal OF Twelve pdses- II was
the heaviest individual batting done
in the National League that season
1899 This game was also with the
Philadelphias. but played at Phila-
delphia. Tannehill again was the
Pittsburgh pitcher. while William
Magee (secured by Philadelphia in
July from Louisville for s3,250). and
Al Orth pitched for Philadelphia. The
Phillies won the game by score of
/ IA to IS.
In 1900 occurred the invasion of
Pittsburgh by the Louisville Colonels
under the generalship of Fred Clarke,
Beaumont retained his position In CEN
ter field. Clarke nlaYinY in left and