Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
Ball Players "Some" Travellers
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Seldom Stick With One Club
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.Ex-Southerners Big 'Movers"

TIME experiences Of Cozey Dolan,
professional ball player, have
been unusually active along
the line Of nomadic change of base
and yet are typical of a goodly pro-
portion of bail players in frequent
change Of business residence. We
all know that trades, sales, the re-
serve clause and those sort of things
of necessity have some players mem
bers of first one club, then another,
but few of us realize how few in num-
Der are the fixed post players. those
who have been fortunate-or unfortu-
nate-enough TO have a permanent
playing abode in one city. so that they
really could be considered part and
parcel of that city's industries
To illustrate: Players such as
Mathewson, whose big league career
has been confined to New York; such
as Speaker who has played outside
of Boston only in a minor league
way: such as Cobb OF Detroit; COL
Inns, of the Athletics; Schultz of the
Cubs, and Merkle, of the Giants, are
not numerous comparatively. Play
ers whose careers have been confined
to one club are in the minority-that
is, such players that have been at il a
respectable length of time. Even
Pop Arson, who is as closely ident-
fed with Chicago as Lincoln Park.
managed the Giants at one time.
Those players who have never played
professionally except in one city are
few and far between, in the big
leagues at any rate.
In the cases of men sticking with
the same big league club, the ques-
ton of ability sometimse enters prom
nently-M atty, for instance; but the
same grade of ability doesn't prevent
change of residence. Honus Wagner
has played in Louisville and Pitts
burg, but he has played under the
same boss, Barney Dreyfuss He
moved to Pittsburg when the club
moved. Sometimes it's a question of
money in big deal, and once in a
while new league springs up to en-
tice players to new field.
CozeY Dolan on the Move.
Cozey Dolan hasn't been playing
such a great length of time, but nc
has had rich and varied experience
in fitting from place to place. Early
in his career he performed a short
time in Cincinnati. Before Joining
the New York Americans he was
with the Jersey City eastern
League club, and from New York he
went back to the Eastern (now tn
Interna tionaD League via Rochester
Last year he was member first
the Phillies then the Pirates, and
now we find him a member of the ST.
Louis Cardinals.
Jim Vaughn has been shifted from
pillar to post Jim's teams in thaiT
order are something like this: New
York Americans, Macon (South Al
lantic League}, New York Ameri-
cans, Louisville, Washington. Kansas
City and Chicago Cubs Like Dolan,
he has been in both big leagues aud
maybe two or three others outside of
the American Association. There are
frequent cases of this sort too many
to enumerate all but enough to emu
plastic the wanderings to which the
player may be subjected.
Right in the National League Bill
Dahlen adorned more than half the
clubs on the circuit-Chicago under
Arson; Brooklyn, under Hanlon; New
York, under McGraw; then Boston
whence he went TO Brooklyn to be
manager. Jack knight has been one
of these migratory birds, having
professional home for more than d