Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-07
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
CHANGES IN TEAMS.
Combinations of Ten Years Ago in the
Majors Shot to Pieces.

Three major league teams that are
much In the public eye and favor have
been SO completely shot to pieces and
made over in the last ten years that
even their best friends would not
recognize them if they had been alb
sent from the country for that period.
They are the New York Giants and
Boston's Red Sox and Braves.
Giants Twice New.
In the last decade all three of these
teams have won worlds remnants and
the Giants have been National league
champions four times. In fact, Nc
Graw has had two almost entirely diff
ferent teams of champions In that short
period. The Napoleon of the Polo
grounds won the league and the worlds
championship in 1905, then pulled his
team all to pieces and built I'D a new
one that licked everything in it's own
league in 1911, 1912 and 1913, but tried
three times to win worlds penuant
and failed each time Now that team
has gone to pieces and McGraw has to
rebuild anew.
Not many fanatics can name cor
rectly the worlds champion Giants of
1905. First and foremost, of counse, was
MatheWSon. He had as pitching asso-
c1ates McGinnity. Wiltse, Dummy Tay-
lor and Ames. Only Big SIX is left of
that staff. although Wtltse lasted I'M
I'll this season, and Ames still is work
ing in the National as a hurler for the
Reds. Wiltse found berth in the Feds
and McGinnity became an information
al league magnate and manager, after
ward drifting to the Northwestern
league in the same capacity.
That 1905 Giant infield contained Nc
Gam, Gilbert, Dahlen and Devlln, with
Strang as substitute. The outfield was
made up Of Donlin, Browne and Mertes
and the catchers were Bresnahan,
Bowerman and Clarke ONLY Deylin
"a &I~op, crfo
which occurred before the Giants again
were champions. The rest were drop
ped one by one, and Devlin has since
been turned loose.
Became Managers.
OF that lineup three afterward be-
came National league managers.
Dahlen. after being traded to Boston,
was put in charge of the Brooklyn
team. where he served as errand boy
to Boss Ebbets for several years with
out success. Bowerman filed in as
manager for the Boston team for a
spell. Bresnahan first tackled the man
ager1al reins in St Louis ard was
sufficiently successful to satisfy any,
one except a woman magnate. After
returning to the ranks for two years,
he took charge of the Cubs this year,
with a result now quite generally
known.
In Boston in 1905 Manager JIMMY
1uSC
won two American league remnants,
in 1903 and 1904. But 1t began to fade
in 1905, and was completely trans
formed before Boston won another
pennant in 1912. Not one of the previ-
Gus champions remained in 1912, and
none of them is even in fast company
now.
They were these: Pitchers, Young.
Tannehill, Dfneen, Winters and Glib
son; catchers, Criger, McGovern and
Armbruster; infielders. Grimshaw, Fer
rs, Parent and Collins; outfe1ders,
Burkett, Setback and Chick Stahl;
utility, Unglaub and Freeman.
Went to Browns,
Dfneen was transferred to the st.
Louis Browns and graduated into the
umpire class, where he has made as
great a success as he did on the slab.
Cy Young struck to pitching until he
was past 40 and the grandest cid man
IN the game, but the rest did not last
Eong after they started slipping. Parent
went to the White Sox and stuck for
Jeveral' seasons before the minors
slaimed him. Burkett bought himself
New England league franchise where
le could give his grabbed temperament
hull swing without anybody to suppress
him.