The Washington herald., 1915-10-06

! In the middle Of the 1900 =. latter club
| sent him 20 rhe Minneapo team, Of the American
Association. where he began breaking fences and
| continued to 10 until the Phillics bought him.
nt the Close of the 1911 His previous failure
to make good in the majors had caused most Clubs
/ To be keptical gbout him, but Charlie DOOM then
manager Of The Phillies confident that he
great ball it,ycr. His great record in the Ameri-
| can Association in 1911 when he batted .3S9 making
80 doubles. Is uiples. and y home runs Caused the
! Philadelphia dub buy him at Doon's 5 recon-.
mendation. At int he used only a a pinch
hitter and Substitute. hut for the last two seaSons
he has been the PhieS' regular right fielder He
| bats and throws right handed
GEORGE BOSTICK wHITTED
| Center and tft fielder. is North Carolina boy.
hallng from Durham. where he was born February
- lssl- He Played baseball with the Wadesboru
team an indeTerdent organization. in 1910. In
June OF that year he signed with Savannah, Of thu
South Atlantic League hut was traded to Jackspn-
vile. OF the same league. before the end Of ths
month He was outfelder with savannah but
! at Jacksonville they posted him at first base, in
wfich POSITION he finished the season. The ST
Louis Cardinals dnfted him from jacksonville Il,
the fall Of 1917. and the following season he made
hne IMPRESSION throughout the National League by
ms Work IT tIird base shurtsnp and in the ont
field. He and Teddie Cath.r were traded .o Oh.
boston Braves in June Of last season in e1chanys
Tor Pitcher Hub Purdue. When he WAS notified
that he had Teen traded To the Phillies along with
DuGcy for Sherwood Mage last winter he At first
refused I" -nport because Of the share M vnr,d,.
series moncT he thought he would get thi, f.u a,
| member Of the Braves. He is . fast man bats and
,ht""s % night handed. and is one Of the best hit
and,rin me1 N the league. He has played center
field and left hoh for The Phillies and sLo r,b.,i
trt'd at fT- hsse when Luderus was hurt esr,v /,
the season. "
GEORGE PASkERT
''nter h'fi.r l. native Of Cleveland his natal
Gate Ming August y 1886. He learned baseball IN
The flerciaHd lots and graduated to tn. D,v,on
lohiol team. Ct the Central League IN IN IN
leo the atlanta club drafted him into The S,,,h,.-
League and n the fall Of the same year Cincin
ran drafted i'm. He came to the Philie. ,s ~,
Of the great deal pu. across by C,,,t. ~ iit
which Bate. Grant, McQmllen and MORN wsr,
I" me ke'is II exchange for PasSert Lob~rt Rox.n
and Bcebe deal in which the Philli-s werc N.
slcat teneiacto''. for Faskert and Iobsrt von
regular Jois it Oncc. although the two ,i,ch,-s - -
amounted to much. He bats and throw, ,i,h,.
handed. iSh'-
DEALS BECKER
outhelder. WIS born in E5dOrado Kar.. JuIv Z
lsss His first Job was riih Little Rock. Ark. in
the Southern LasIe Previously he va, piTs,, .
trial with Wichita. Rams in the VsS,,r, -.
where he lived at that tms. Cincinnati rurrbss"J
him from Little Rock in the fall Of 1907 N. va.
turned o'sr to the Boston club IN locs then tratel
to New fcrk in 1917. back to Cincinnati I'm 1pI3
but after tw" months with the Reds he was b.,ryht
ty Managcr DpOin of the Phis and has r,l,V1,3
center or left field: with Vacations spert on tho
bench. ever since He bats and throws left handed
OSCAR DUGEY
Substitute 5S"Cnd haseman. il the youngst MEM
Der of the team having been born al Palestine,
Tex. October S 1904. which mak,s hun q years
cid He served his first professional engagement in
lel3 with Waco. Of the Texas Lsasur, from which
team he was drafted that fall By the BogtOn
Erarcs- As utility infeider ard pinch-hitter he
contributed TO the Braves feat In winning the 1914
pennant and uCrld's ehampionship
JACK ADAMS
Catcher. is native of san Antonio. Tex. where
he first played hall before he signed by Cleve-
land lie was born Jumr 81. lssl They gave him
a trial in 1913, bat sent him to New Orleans in the
southcrn l. sguc. where ho pnained until the Neg
YCik GantT drafted him last fall. He never re
Icite1 IN the Carts, for hast winter he w&s in
c,,Itled witt DcralTec and Stock In the trade which
took Lcbgr- 10 New Ycrk- He bats and throws
right-hand,d. Ee has nne throwing ara and
locks very rruuuSrg. His wurk this has been
chiefly at the ends q games In which ths oppodn9
team had big lead