Evening star., 1914-02-10
BY JOHN Il. GRUBER.

Oliver Tebeau. nicknamed pat was
ona of the most popular and at the
came time one of the scrappiest pay
ers that ever led a base oaii .ea''
never headed a pennant winner -
always managed to keep 'he
teams guessing. lie alohe anios
commanders Of CleVeialiu
brought the team in secono piAee'
highest point it ever reacheo ~
National League. The near
cleveland team ever came 70 WINNIE
championship honors was IN 1882 "nen
the Spiders finished secohd y '"e
orioles Of Baltimore, only three gaines
behind. and in the post-season series ioi
the Temple cup defeated the orio!es
four out of five games. 1t was the see
ond series for the cup, which was com.
peted for four times, in 1894. 1899, 1879
and 1897. after which It & was "lthd5nMn ~ P;1tsl
burgh. In 1896 Cleveland also iinished
second 10 Baltimore, and then Baltimore
won the cup by taking four out OF h'e
games. the first game eno1ng IN q nan.,,-
her 1864. and early in life was given
the name Of Pat by his neighDors.
because Of his fondness for snoeehnS
sand, and even carrying a oiiiisi ,a pat. ,at.
He learned the game on the Sand iots
Of the Mound city, and did his hrst pro
fessionaI work in 1885, with the jack
sonvil!e ILL.,, team.
In 1SSt, he was signed by the St Joe
team of the Western League, ana mere
he began to make a reputation as Sec
ond baseman. Among other PLAYERS "
the team was Pitcher Charles ISliveIl
King, who showed so much markeu aplii.y s1a.:,
that he was secured by the Kansas CITY
club Of the National League before the
season of 1886 ended. In 1887, Kansas
CITY having withdrawn from the Natlon-
lal League. King became msmoer e OF one
was one of their star pitchers. Another
PLAYER with st. Joe in 1886 was Joe Herr.
third baseman, who in 1888 and again
in 1890 also played with with Sgdsv sne sro~ns ~,,t.
lfielder. who, however, unlike his famous
leyangelistic namesake, never broke into
fast company.
Back to the Minors.
Tebeau was with Denver in 1857. and
was signed by Chicago before the close
| of the season. AS the renowned stone
WALL infield-Anson. Pfeffer, Burns and
| Williamson-was then in the zenith OF It's
fame, Oliver found little chance TO dls-
play his skill. However. he was USED IN
\ twenty games at third base. he aiso pc
\ gan with the Chicagos in 1883. put IN
June ne was released to the Mlnneapons
| club of the Western Association, and
after its disbandment Joined the omans
| team of the same association.
| In 1888 Cleveland resigned from Lne
! American Association and Joined the Ma
I tional League. The club engaged ieoeal
| 10 play third base, and he instantly made
| good. The other infielders were ia.
Faatz at first base. Cub Stricken at sec.
| ond and Ed Mexican at short. every one
of whom came with the club from the
| American Association. In 1880 the whole
infieid outfit jumped to the cleveland
| PLAYERS League team. However, NC
| Kean reconsidered his act and, repent
| ant. returned to organized base ball. In
!, 1891, after declaration OF peace between
the warning base ball ORGANIZATIONS. Ie'
| beau returned to the Cleveland National:
| and rejoined Mexican. but Stricker anc
! Faatz never returned. Faatz had peer
| released to the Buffalo Players League
club during the season of 1880, ant
| Stricken. after the close OF the season
| was traded to the Boston club for Gar.
ence Cupid Childs. Faatz's old place a,
| first base was filled by Jake Virtue. who
| in July. 1880. was secured from Detroit
| then member of the lnternatlona
League. the championship of which the
| future Tigers won in 1889 and 1890.
Tho reconstructed inf1eld of the Cleve'
land team In 1901 consisted therefore OF
| Virtue. Childs, Tebeau and Mexican
Tebeau was not a steady worker at third
y bot tho other positions Were SeltsiousE