Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-23
STARS LIFE MIGHTY SHORT
Very Few Consider That When They
Hear Of His Enormous Salary.
BECOME oLD-TIMERs
After n Few Years Of Playing lie
Il ReIeEated 20 bush Leagues
90 Make Room for New
Aapiranta.


NEW YORK, Aug. 22--Tn all tho dis
cussions Of big base ball salaries yer,
little attention is paid 10 the short III,
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 man
ager TO cast 9 man adrlft at any time.
Yet not infrequently the star Of today
lie the bush Lacquer OF tomorrow Per-
haps the most famous instance OF this
sort was the case OF Robe. utility
player with the Chicago White Sox. BY
accident It was necessary TO draft him
for the worlds series against the Cubs,
and II wEs his terrific hitting which
brought the championship TO Chicago.
After the end of the series the papers
announced that comiskey had declared
Roho would always have home with
the White Sox In consideration Of his
great work in the series Possibly this
was mere newspaper talk. but at any
rate, the next year Robe was sent to a
cluh.in the Eouthern league, and not even
being good enough for that organization
was shipped far out 10 some remote spot
deep In the. Sticks"
Hung on for Years.
Jack Powell, once one OF the best right
handed pitchers in the game. seemed to
be 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 bull
M AZ H.
days, and after being sold TO the St
Louis Browns suddenly acquired a new
lease OF life and pitched some excellent
ball before he drifted out OF fast COM
pany. But he could not so on forever
and the last word comes from the Venice
team on the Pacific coast that Powell
has received his release and can 20 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
Mark Maddox. once a Pirate, who began
this season as manager OF the Wichita
team, has been released. Although an
extremely successful pitcher in the Ma.
tionsl league, the best no could do for
Wichita was to win three games and lose
twelve. He was succeeded by another
National Lacquer, Peaches Graham, who
made great reputation with the Boston
nationals as catcher. but fell away to
nothing when sent to the Cubs.
Trying 90 Come Back,
nd kiliian. the iron-armed lefthander
who held sway so long with Detroit ,s
trying TO make Come back" with the
Ottawa team I'm Canada. He has had
nothing hfgf g..
year.
The American Association. which the
Players know as the workhouse league"
because Its season is 30 long. fairly brls-
ties Win men once famous in the big
ieAsues' and some OF them are playing
such good base bah that Il 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 outfield and cloutinR
away at furious pace. The fact that
he was wellnish killed by a pitched ball
early in the season does not seem 70
nave affected the nerve OF the veteran In
the slightest
" Morgan, the minstrel man, once a
crack pitcher OF the Athletics. was a
teammate OF Titus. but has drawn his
release. Other onetlme big Ieaguers ~
the club are Rath. Msttick, Brief
Downey and Baskctte.
St Paul has Harry Niles, the speedv
outfielder, who played with the Browns
ana the Yankees and the Red sox before
Y came time for him TO go Perhaps his
best known feat was catching a ball for
fhe second out In the ninth inning OF a
game and then running all the way 10
inc clubhouse under the impression that
II was the final play OF the game.
All Yankees.
The Cleveland American Association
team. or the Bearcats, as they like 90 be
called, has an infieid riade up entirely OF
ex-fsnkees Leuvelt Is on first. Earl
Gardner az second. Knight at shortstop
and stump al third Jimmy sheckard.
well known 10 New York fans for his
depredations when Cub. is manager OF
the team
The manager OF the Minneapolis team
Il said 20 have a prejudice against ball
players under 20. Certainly he has vet
erans enough. Claude Rossman, who
hung up one OF the highest batting aver
ages ever made IN worlds series. Is In
the outfield.
BOSNIAN was with the Tigers when ne
made his brilliant record Tor the series.
leo fannehill. considered one OF the best
shortstops or third baEemen the game
ever saw. Il playing AZ the latter posi-