Evening star., 1915-01-22
MAGEE LATEST OF LONG LINE
OF STARS TO QUIT THE pIILLIES
Joined Team in 1904 and Played Garden
With Barry, Titus, Thomas, Osborne,
Bates, All Now Out of Ring.

die Grant and Lew Moren for George
Paskert. Hans Lobert, Jack Rowan
and Fred Beebe. Paskert succeeded
Bates in center field for the Phillies,
and Is slated to continue in that po-
sition the coming season. He Is A
worthy successor of the stars that
preceded him.
Great Hitting Trio.
The work of this strong outf1eld in
vited little or no criticism. and went
its merry way until the middle of the
season of 1912, when the fourth break
occurred This time it was Titus who
was loosened, being pried from right
| field, a position he had held most ac-
ceptab1y since 1903, in which year the
Phillfes got him from the Concord club
of the New England League. Titus was
traded to the Boston club June Fl for
Dr. Roy Miller. who took his stand in
! right field three days later. The with
drawal of Titus made Magee the Oldest
| player In point of service on the team.
| The Philadelphia club then had a
substitute on it's list who had made
quite record with the Minneapolis
team of the American Association in
| 1903, 1910 and 1911. His name was
Clifford (Gavvy) Cravath, who four
years previously had broken into three
major league teams without being able
to make good. Cravath was with the
Los Angeles team from 1903 to 1907
and made splendid reputation in the
! Pacific Coast League. So great was his
renown that In 1908 the Boston Ameri-
can League club bought his release and
that of Walter Carlisle. another out
fielder, for s4.500. Neither seemed to
meet expectations at Boston. Carlisle
was let go to Kansas City in June OF
1908, but Cravath was carried along to
the end of the season.
| However. early in 1909. Cravath was
| nj cod to No on los. ~
League club and became a member of
! the White SoX. Here apparently he was
not much appreciated, for in a deal in
May. by which Chicago gave Washing
| ton Jiggs Donahue and Nick Altrock
| for Pitcher Bill Burns. Cravath was
thrown in for good measure. At Wash
ington he did not play a game, al
though he acted as pinch hitter cou-
, pie of times.
| In June of 1909 Washington sent him
| to the Minneapolis team, then under
| the management Of Jimmy Collins, the
one-time famous Boston manager and
vath was an instant success. Joe Can
| tillon, who was manager of the WASH
ington team in 1909, and who let Cra-
vath go to Minneapolis. took charge
of the Anllers in 1910 and kept a tight
! hold on the California outfielder until
the season of 1912. when he sold his
services to the Philadelphia National
League club.
The Phillies used him as substitute
during half the season of 1912. When
| Titus was traded to Boston, Cravath was
evidently not considered strong enough
to hold his own as regular. and so Roy
Miller got Johnny Bates place. How
ever. before the season Of 1912 closed,
| Cravaths merit was discovered and ad-
mitted, and he became the regular out
fielder, a position he still occupies.
Break in Old outAeld.
The fifth and last break in the Phila-
delphia outf1eld in eleven years occurred
month ago, when Magee was traded to
| the Boston club. There Is now some
| curiosity as to VIII, ;her the Philadelphia
I team will maintain its reputation as to
| strength in the outfleld.
| There were many changes in the Phila-
delphia team during Magee's career as
a member. In 1907 Bill Murray succeed
ed Duffy as manager, and was himself
succeeded by Charley Doom in 1910.
With Murray from Jersey City came
Eddie Grant and George McQuillen. That
same year Otto Kruger. from Toledo, and
Harry CoveJeskie, the Giant killer, Joined
| the team. and in 1908 Earl Moore came
| from Jersey City.
| In 1910 Masee witnessed tho release Of
Kid Gleason and Frank Sparks and the
| arrival of Pat Moran. Fred Luderus and
George Chalmers. also the return OF Roy
| Thomas, as a substitute. In 1911 Grover
Cleveland Alexander showed up and Bill
kiIIefer came in, forming one Of the
strongest batteries in the major leagues.
In 1918 Howard Camnitz and Bobby
Byrne came from Pittsburgh In exchange
| for Albert Dolan. Before he left the
PhflIies, Magee saw Doom deposed as
manager and Moran elevated to the POSI-
tion Of leader.