Evening journal., 1916-04-24
NEW faces IN THE
MAJOR LEAGUE CANES
Big Changes Made in Line
Ups During Last Five
Years
ONLY TWO OF THE
OLD PHILLIES REMAIN

Five years isn't a long stretch OF
time, yet, in baseball. it has wrought
some sweeping changes in the make
up Of major league teams.
The other day we dug into the files
OF 1871 for the line-ups OF the opening
games OF that year. In our hunt we
found that almost 60 per cent OF the
men who figured in the initial combats
OF that season have faded and slipped
into the minors or are out of the
game altogether. Only 30 Of the 144
men who played in the opening games
OF 1911 figured in the first battle OF
1916
Not ono pitcher OF the 16 who work
ed in tho first games of five years ago
was accorded a similar honor this
season.
Comparing the 1871 and 1916 line
ups, we found the following:
or the men who figured in the 1911
Phillie opener only two still remain
with the club. They are Paskert and
Luderus Magee is with the Braves.
Doolan with the Cubs. Doom with the
Giants and Knabe with the Pirates.
Doyle and Merkle are the only 1911
opening-game Giants who also figured
IN the 1916 lid litter. Devore, Brid-
we'll Murray and Devlin have skidded
down. Meyers is with the Dodgers.
Snodgress with the Braves and Ames
with the Cardinals.
Not one OF the men who fought for
the Braves in the 1911 opener appear
ed in the first game of 1916. OF the
nine men only two remain in the
majors. Herzog is with the Reds aud
Goode is with the Cubs.
Jake Daubert and zack Wheat are
the relics Of the 1911 first-game Dodg-
ers. They figured too, in the first
1916 game
Tinker and Zimmerman are still
\with the Cubs. Both worked In the
Nrst 1911 game. zim figured in the
Ap16 opener-but Tinker was on the
bAnch. Evers. Of the 1911 opener, is
with the Braves: so is Reulbach
Chance. King. Sheckard and Hoffman
have passed out OF the majors.
None Of the men who worked for tho
Reds in the first game OF Ave years
ago remains with the team today Only
two OF them still are in the majors
Bcscher is with the Cardinals and
Hoblitzell is first-basing for the Red
Sox. Bates. Mitchell, Grant. Altizer.
Downey. Mclean and Frommo either
are in the minors or out of baseball.
HIGGINS and Sallee. OF the 1911 Car
dinal opener. still are with the team.
Neither figured in the first game this
season. Konetchy is with the Braves;
Bresnahan. Ellis. Oakes. Evans and
Hauser have shot the chutes
Honus Wagner worked for the Pir-
ates in the 1911 first game. And the
initial struggle OF 1916 found him
back on the job. But Wagner Is the
only Pittsburgher who owns the dis
tinction. Adams and Gibson. who fig
ured in the 1911 game. are still with
the club. but weren't in the first
struggle this year. Byrne is with the
Philles; Leach and Hunter are in the
minors; Clarke has quit baseball; 4;
Miller and Wilson are with the Card
mails
Shifting 10 the American League,
we found that Father Time has Gre
ated havoc.
Not one OF the 1911 Yankees played
for the club in the 1916 opener. Roy
Hartzell, who worked in the first fray
OF 1911. is with the team. but is n
utility player now. Chase is with the
Reds. and Jim Vaughn is pitcher with
the Cubs. The others-Wolter. Hemp
hill. Knight, Cree. Johnson and Blair
have passed from major league
view.
or the nine men who worked for
Connie Mack in the 1911 inaugural
Rube Oldring was the only one who
duplicated in 1916. Collins and Muir
phy arc with the White SoX. Barry
is shortstopping for the world cham
pions and Baker is doing chores for
the Yankees. Bender is with the Phil
lies. Hogan. who played left field in
he first game of 1911. has disappear
I'd. and Harry Davis quit active work
4 year later.
Even the Red Sox have been shat
cred by the bombardment OF the
years. Hooper. Lewis and Gardner are
the only men who played for Boston
in both the 1911 and the 1916 openers
Speaker, conspicuously present in
1911. is with the Indians; Wagner,
Williams. Engle and Kleinow have
gone. Joe Wood is looking for a job.
Milan. Mcbride and Henry. in the
1911 Senatorial lineup on the first
day. are still with the team. However.
only Milan and Mcbride worked in
the first game this season. Lelivelt,
Cunningham. Elberfield, Gessler.
Street and Gray are in the minors or
out OF baseball
None of the nine men who have bat
tied under the White Sox standard in
the first game OF 1911. appeared in a
White Sox uniform in the 1916 opener.
Walsh alone remains with the team
Zeider. who second-based in 1911, is
with the Cubs. Mcconnell, Lord
Dougherty Mcintyre, Jones and Sulli.
van are out of the majors.
Four of the 1911 first-game Tigers
also assisted in the 1916 opening
They are Cobb. Crawford, Stanage anC
Bush. Davey Jones has quit boseball
Dolehanty is back in the bushes; De
Gainor recently announced his retire