Evening journal., 1915-09-15
.GOWDY IN THE Bic
. SHOW TH|RTEENYEARS
Began as First BaSeman
With Giants, But
Wouldn't Do
BECAME FAMOUS IN
LAST WORLD SERIES

Hank Gowdy, the Boston backstop,
celebrated the nth anniversary of his
debut in the National League on Mon
day. Hank got his major league
start with the New York Giants on
September Is. 1914. when he covered
first base in a game In which the
Pirates opposed the McGraw clan.
Cowdy's record in the field was ten
putouts. one assist and one error. AT
the bat he didn't get a hit IN three
times up. the delivery of Babe
Adams being toe battling for the flu
ture star of the Beaneaters. Gowdy
bwas bought by the Giants from the
dallas, club Of the Texas League, and
had previously played with Lancas-
ter in the Ohio State League. Hank
stuck with the Giants less than a
iyeaf. and in July, 1911, McGraw swap
ped him to the Braves for Charley
tHerzog Gowdy's work at the initial
bag didn't make much OF an impress
lsion on Stallings. and he shipped him
OF to Buffalo. where he was put be-
hind the bag. and soon became the
tstar backstop of the International cir
cult Hank was recalled 70 the Bos-
ton Club az the close of the lnterna-
fional season.
Gowdy is not the only member Of
the great 1914 aggregation Of Braves
who failed TO make good on his first
assignment. but by switching posi-
tions developed into a star. Stallings
himself was a failure as a catcher in
the big show, but he is considered a
pretty fair manager Schmidt was
cheese as a pitcher but Jack Dunn
developed him into crack first sack
sr Evers started as a shortstop,
but soon found his natural position
at the keystone bag. Connolly also
started as a pitcher before he became
a backstop. Teddy Gather was an
other reformed twi-le,.
Thirty-two years ago on Monday.
Pitcher DALEY. Of Cleveland. then ia
the National League. shut out the
Philadelphia Club without a hit or
run Many other twirlers before and
since have broke into the baseball
hall of fame by performing this feat
but DALEY stands alone and unique
as the only one-armed twirler in IN,
history OF the game 10 attain sucl
heights OF stardom Lee Meadows
the Cardinal slab artist, As nov
considered something Of freak be
cause his lamps arc weak and he hal
to wear spectacles but such a handi
cap is not 10 be compared with tina
OF the old Cleveland twirler
n is not generally known thai
Jimmy Archer the immortal Cut
backstop has a bum wing. but suct
IS the fact Archer's deadly rishi
arm is an inch shorted than the left
and terribly scared When he was
about nineteen Jimmy. an immi-
grant from Dublin was working in
a cocperage shop IN Toronto While
thus employed he slipped and fell
so that his right arm was plunged
into a vat Of boiling sap All of
the skin and quite a bit Of the flesh
we're torn away when the clothing
was removed. aud for weeks Archer
was in a hospital For a time il
was thought the arm would have N
be amputated. but the surgeons man
aeed 10 save II. but Archer still
bears the scars Since then he has
had his arm broken az the elbow
while most Of the fingers Of his righi
hand have been broken or dislocatet
several times When " comes [,
looks Archer's right wing is far from
heine pretty, but IL still gets hin
The MONEY and II has won for him
larger measure OF fame than has hee'
accorded 20 any other backstop Il
recent times.