Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-18
SHODDY SHAW QUITS GAME
Oldest Player in Western League
Decides to Abandon Game for
Job in Greenhouse.
HOLLAND sUsPENDs PLAYERS


shoddy Shaw, veteran catcher OF the
Western league. has quit base ball. This
announcement comes from Frank Isbell
at Des Moines, where Shaw has been
playing.
Shaw was the oldest man In point Of
years in the Western loop last season
He is ~ years of age and has been in
base bali twenty years. Shaw is still a
good catcher. that he proved last year,
both behind the bat and with the stick
He was gettin gold, but he still retained
a pretty good whip, and from all appear
anoes had couple of more years in him.
Shaw is even more of a veteran than
Johnny Gonding.
shoddy has quit the game to become
nurse for hot-house plants. He is at
Uhrichville o., and wrote Izzy that he
preferred to train the rowing smilax,
to nurse the dainty forgetmenots and to
battle the fragrant carnation in green
house than to tutor untritd bushers in
the art Of chucking the sphere where
the batter amt.
Shoddys retirement leaves Isbell with
out a veteran catcher. Thus that per-
son has decided TO switch Dick Breen.
outfielder, to the position. Breen de-
clares he lie there as a catcher, 30 Icy
will let him attempe to prove 1t. lsbell
also announces the signing of George
varnell. an outfielder from st. Paul.
signs COIIeRian.
Lefty Masters. star hurler on the Will
liam Jewel college nine, has signed TO
try out with Wichita. The new manager,
Wares, is sweet on college athletes ls
Branch Hickey and is signing several
such for his team.
Robert Clemens, the big lanky south
paw, has decided to quit base ball
clemens came to the Kansas town last
season from Louisville and jumped into
prominence by heaving twenty-two-in-
ming game against the Sioux. clemens
lives at Dowa, Ia.
Wares has signed another player
Charles Fowler. to play third base
Fowler tried out with Wichita last year
but was not quite heavy enough. He
went back to Illinois and played such
good ball there that Wares decided tc
recall him.
Announcements of signed contracts by
Western league players have been made
by Secretary Farrell. They are: Del
Moines, Joe Boyd, Frank Gregory, VII
liam Hunter, Arthur EwoIdt. Georg'
Mogridge +. d. Felts, Edward Hahn
Allan Morgan; with Denver, Vernon
Spencer, William Fisher, John Kelleher
Larry Spahr. Glenn Helrler, James
Galloway, Harry Trekell; with st
Joseph, William O'Day, Dan Brown, H
c. 6ommers.
Holland True to Word.
Jack Holland. true to his word. hst
suspended a few OF his star athletes
Jack threatened to do that when hi
hired hands eyinced signs of dissatisfac
ton with salary clips, and that is ON
time he backed up his assertions witt
deeds. Bill Fox, left fielder; Rip Watson
second sacker, and Dobie Williams, RICH
fielder, are the men suspended. All ar
mighty good players, especially Fox AM
Williams, and Western league pitcher
won't be a bit peevish II they are no
reinstated Holland has also fired tw'
athletes, Bill Piercy and E. Egan
Wichita has also canned Bud Jones
catcher.
The Norfolk and Hastings clubs of tn
state are having a little trouble witt
their athletes, too, under the nfw salar.
limit, and have suspended them right an
left. Norfolk has suspended twelv
players, including Manager Babe Towne
while Hastings has suspended six. Tn
state league clubs are evidently firm Il
their intentions to run the league ON
sensible basis and players who don't Tx
the lower salaries win be treated with
out gloves.