Evening star., 1915-01-24

diamond. However, Big Dan later stiII
nnne on in smaller company He PLAYED
,iist base for Poughkeepsie. and in 1905
ms very first Init in the opening game of
'he season was a home run
Clarke Succeeded Roger.
Jim Roger. the other noted PLAYER on
the Springfield team when Dolan ioined
II, deserves mention because his release
by Louisville as manager gave Fred
clarke a start in his managerial career.
career never once interrupted Roger
was with Louisville for two seasons.
going to the Colone]s from Washing
ton in 1896. He was made manager
in 1897, in succession to Billy Mct;In-
nigle. In June, 1897. the Colonies We're
IN ninth place, three notchcs from, the
bottom. when Harry Pullian. presi-
dent OF the club, released him. and ap-
poihIed Clarke to the job of manager.
IN TINS matter Pulliam was merely
following the advice of Barney Drcy-
| russ, owner Of the team, whose faith
m ClarEe has never, from that day, June
lt, 1897, TO this, been shaken Roger
was with Springfield until May, 1898
| Deing then sent to Lyons of the New
lorh state League, where he pla we'd
nrst base until the team disbanded in
1 August.
Dolan remained with Springfield four
seasons, 1897. 1898. 1899 and 1900 Dur
ing that period he served under three
managers, Tommy Burns. Billy Lush.
Billie Earnie and Tom Brown. Coy,
always good batter. rapidly devel-
oped into a fast outfielder In 1900
Burns returned to Springfield as mana
ger. The previous year he was at the
head of the Chicago Cubs, who let him
go and installed Tom Lotus In his
place. However there does not seem
to have been any ill-feeling between
the two on this account. Lotus need
ed reliable outfelder, and when the
eastern League season closed Burns
handed Dolan over to him for the small
consideration of $500.
| Dolan was the only Springfield PLAYER
| disposed of to the majors Walter
! Woods. the pitcher, reverted back to
Pittsburgh, but all the others, in 1901
were scattered among minor league
teams. Springfield dropping out of the
Eastern League that year. Buffalo,
which was a charter member of the
American League in 1900. took Spring
fields place in the Eastern League in
1901. and gave the management to
Tommy Burns. who succeeded George
Carey, the original Scoops Burns
did not have a single Springfield player
on his Buffalo list of 1901.
Dolan Goes to Chicago.
Cozy Dolan played his first game for
the Cubs September 90, 1900. The de-
sertion of Bill Lange threw the outfeld
into confusion. Bill, one of the great
est stars in base ball. was married in
April. 1900 in California, and then
solemnly declared that he would play
no more. He has kept this resolution
to the present day. When Dolan joined
the outfeld was made up of John Nc
Carthy in left field, Sam Mertes in CEN
ter and Danny Green in right. Dolan
at once occupied right field. Green GO
1 ing to center and Mertes to the bench.
Cozy did not miss game to the close
of the season. taking part in thirteen.
just two less than needed to give him
| re recognition in the official records.
| cluster of future stars broke into
the camp of the Cubs at the time Do
Ian entered it. month before his ar
rival, Roger Bresnahan appeared.
toed the mark for the Washington, To-
| ledo, Minneapolis and Buffalo teams.
Now he undertook to reverse the bat
| terry position by becoming catcher.
agement by the Cubs, and caught only
| in part Of one game, handling the de-
livery Of Jack Taylor after Charley
Dexter became tired in the second
game of a double header. August 81.
| Then he was let go.
! His exit was accelerated by the ap-
pearance of Johnny King, q young
| catcher from the st. Joseph team of the
Western League. Killing at once made
good. fitting nicely in the line with
+
Donahue and Charley Dexter. and later
driving them all to the woods. Killing
caught his first game in the big league
September II, 1900, Clark Griffith, now
manager of the Washin g ons, being the
pitcher. 1t was also the second game
of Il double header, played in New
York, the Giants battery being Bill
Carrick and Frank Bowerman. The
game ended in tie. to 3. being called
after the ninth inning on account of
darkness
Strans Now i'll Europe.
The next day, September l.. clyde
Strang. who came from St Joseph with
king, played his first game inf the big
league. covering third base substi-
tutc for Bill Bradley. Before the close
of the season he also subbed at short
and at second base for Barry McCor-
mick and Clarence (Cupid) Childs, re-
spectively. His real name was Samuel
Strang Nicklin, the son of a Southern
League president. He is now studying
music and for the opera in Europe
Then came Dolan. and the day after
his coming Tom Hughes pitched his
first -ame in the National League. He
was obtained by Lotus from the Oma-
ha club. and pitched two games for the
Cubs before the end OF the season. beat
ing st. Louis to l in the first, and
being defeated to by Cincinnati in
the second.
Two days after Hughes first attempt
Malcolm Eason, coming from Syracuse,
made his initial bow in the National
League. The season being near its
close and the Cubs anxious to retain
fifth place, he was used in only one |
game, handily defeating st. Louis
to >.
In>June of 1901 Dolan was released to
Brooklyn, where he remained until the !
end of 1902 In 1903 he was released to |
the Chicago American League club. |
which in June traded him and Tom |
DAILY to Cincinnati for George MaSoon. |
II was one OF the first trades between |
the two major organizations since the |
declaration of peace. The first took |
place before the season opened. when |
traded Kid Gleason to the New |