Evening journal., 1915-09-21
NO Players ARMY
FOR PAT MORAN
Quaker Leader Has Used
Only Twenty-three Men
This Season
WEISER THE ONLY
LUCKY RECRUIT

Patrick J. Moran has dealt the
theory that a whole army Of athletes
are necessary to win a pennant an
awful jolt. The Quaker chieftain has
had his team out in front almost all
season long. and he has used only
% players. One Of the athletes
showed into action by Manager Moran
was Joe Oeschger, now with Provi-
dence. who though doing grand work
for the Clam Diggers, was not recall
ed by the Phils In time TO figure in
the worlds series-proyided Of
course. the Phils do figure in Il.
No major league leader has done
less experimenting this season than
Charley Dooin's successor. He got a
good line on his men at the training
camp, and probably was the first OF
the commanders to get his team with
in the PLAYER limit Weiser. an out
fielder from the North Carolina
League. was the only rookie retained
after season started. additions 10 the
team since the championship gong
started being the pair of pitching
Georges Chalmers and McQuillan.
John McGraw kindly got Chalmers in
shape for Moran Dut a free agent,
passing up an opportunity to go to
Rochester in order that he could
stage a comeback stunt
One has 10 hark back to 1906 to find
National League team that has won
the flag with as small a roster as the
Phils of the present year. Then the
Cubs employed % pastimers- the
this year When FranlGLeroy Chance
captured his second banner, in 1907,
the Bruins numbered "a. and when
he landed his third flag, in 1908, he
had 26 players In 1870 the last year
of the Chicagoans greatness, q men
drew stipends from Taft Murphy and
Company between the opening and
closing dates of the championship.
Pittsburgh finished first in 1909 with
20 performers The number of men
McGraw used when he was winning
flags of 1911 1912 and 1913 was. re-
Bpectively. 2S, % and 80.
George Tweedy Stallings, inventor
OF the reversible outfleld. employed "a
men while he was capturing the gon-
falon last year
Moran has tried nine men in the
bdN this season. three men behind the
bat fve in the inheld and six in the
outfeld The iron man among the
Quakers Is Shoristop David James
Bancroft who has taken part in every
game played by the present pace-set-
ters and likely pennant-winners this
season David James missed a few
innings OF the second contest with the
Pirates on July -. saving same rude
things 10 Ernest Quigley and getting
banished in consequence. Milton
Stock sat in for Bancroft the rest OF
the time.
None of Moran's nine pitchers has
been called on IA labor anywhere out
side of the box this year. Stanley
Baumgartner an a couple Of occa-
sions has been showed into action as
a pinch-hitter and he and Ben Tincup
also have been utilized as emergency
runners
The one Philadelphia hackstop ask
ed 70 plav out of position has been
Jack Adams. He sat in at first base
for Captain Luderus for n couple Of
innings once Billy killifer and Eddie
Burns have been called on 10 bat for
weaker stlckers but never have they
been asked 70 run for any athletes.
Captain Fred Luderus has done moth.
ing else but play FIRST base. and Bert
Niehof never has been stationed any
where else this season than at second
Davy Bancroft as heretofore related
has been on the shortstoppng Job in
every game the Quakers have played this
wear. but not IN every inning of every
game Bobby Byrne was tried at sec
ond and short when Charles Sebastian
Doom was boss of the Quakers. but
Moran never has asked the Bantam Z,
do anything but play the bag he has GOV
cred for So long a time.
The other members Of the Clan Morai
have been shifted around a little Georg
Whited. who didn't want 20 20 10 Bos
ton last year and who had to be coaxe
to Join the Philies this year. covere
first while Captain Ludcrus was on IN
hospital list. and he has worked in lei
and center. Also he has done littl
pinch-hittng for the pennsylvanians.
Oscar Dugev pastimed at second Will
Niehof was hors de pastime, and th