Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
MAJOR LEAGUES
SEE BIG CHANGES
in FIVE SEASONS
Nearly go Per Cent. of Play
ers in 1911 Inaugurals
Have Passed On
ONLY TWO PHILs REMAIN

Five years isn't long stretch Of time,
yet. In baseball, It has wrought some
sweeping changes in the makeup of the
| major league teams.
The lIne-ups of the opening games of
the men who figured in the initial combats
of 1911 disclosed that almost so per cent.
of that season have faded and slipped
into the minors or are out of the game.
Only 80 of the 144 men who played in the
opening games of 1911 figured in the first
! battles of 1916.
Not one pitcher of the is who worked
in the first games of five years ago was
accorded a similar honor this season.
A comparison of the 1911 and 1916
lne-ups brought out the following:
OF the men who figured in the 1914
Phlllie 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 is with Pittsburgh.
Doyle and Merkle Left
Doyle and MerlSle are the only 1911
opening-game Giants who also figured In
the 1915 lid litter. Devore Bridwell
Murray and Devlin have skidded down
Meyers is with the Dodgers, Snodgrass
with the Braves and Ames with the
Cardinals.
Not one of the men who fought for the
Braves in the 1911 opener appeared in
the first game of 1916. OF the nine men,
only two remain in the majors. Herzog
Is with the Reds and Goode is with the
Philles.
Jake Daubert and Zacl< Wheat are the
relics of the 1911 first-game Dodgers
They figured, too, i'm the first 1916 game
Tinker and Zimmerman are still with
the Cubs. Both worked in the first 1911
game. Zim figured in the 1916 opener. but
Tinker was the bench Evers, of the
1911 openers, Is with the Braves. Rue
bach, Chance, Killing, Sheckard and Hoff-
man have passed out of the majors.
Reds All Gone
None of the men who work for the
Reds in the first game of five years ago
remain with the team today. Only two
of them still are in the majors. Bescher
is with the Cardinals and Hobitzel is first
basing for the Red SoN. Bates, Mitchell.
Grant, Altizer, Downey, Mclean and
Fromme either are in the minors out
of baseball.
Huggins and Sallee. of the 1911 Cardinal
openers, still are with the team Neither
figured in the first game this season. Ko-
netchy is with the Braves; Bresnahan.
Ellis, Oakes, Evans and Hauser have shot
the chutes.
Honus Wagner worked for the Pirates
in the 1911 first game. And the initial
struggle of 1915 found him back on the
who owns the distinction. Adams and
Gibson, who figured In the 1911 game.
are still with the club, but weren't In the
first struggle this year. Byrne is with the
Phillies; Leach and Hunter are in the
minors; Clarke has quit baseball Miller
and Wilson are with the Cardinals.
Changes in American
Shifting to the American League it is
found that Father Time has created
played for the club in the 1916 opener.
Roy Hartzell. who worked in the first fray
of 1911. is with the team. but is a utility
player now. Chase is with the Reds, and
Jim Vaughn is a pitcher with the Cubs.
The others wolter, Hemphill, knight.
Cree, Johnson and Blair have passed from
major league view.
OF the nine men who worked for Con-
ME Mack in the 1911 inaugural Rube Old
ring was the only one who duplicated In
1916. Collins and Murphy are with the
White SoX; Barry is short-stoping for the
world champions and Baker is doing
chores for the Yankees. Bender is with
the Phillies. Hogan. who played left field
In the first game of 1911, has disappeared.
and Harry Davis quit active work year
later.
Even the Red sox have been shattered
by the bombardment of the years.
Hooper, Lewis and Gardner are the only 3
men who played for Boston in both the
1911 and the 1915 openers. Speaker
conspicuously present in 1911, is with the
Indians. Wagner. Williams, Engle and
Kleinow have gone. Joe Wood is looking
Tor job.
Three Senators Remain
Milan, Mcbride and Henry. in the 1911
Senatorial lYne-up on the first day, are
still with the team. However, only Mi
Ian and Mcbride worked in the first game
this season. Lelivelt, Cunningham, Ell
berfeld, Gessler. Street and Gray are in
the minors or out of baseball.
None of the nine men who batted under
the White Sox standard in the first game
of 1911 appeared in a White Sox uniform
I'm the 1915 opener. Walsh alone remains
with the team. Zeider, who second-based
In 1911, Is with the Cubs. Mcconnell.
Lord, Dougherty. Mcintyre. Jones and
Sullivan are out of the majors.
Four of the 1911 first-game Tigers also
assisted in the 1915 opening. They are
Cobb. Crawford. Stanage and Bush.
Davey Jones has quit baseball Dele
hanty is back in the bushes; Del Gainor
recently announced his retirement from
the diamond George Mullin has drifted
into oblivion.
Austin Only Brown
Only one of the 1911 Brownie In
augurals still fingers In fast company.
He is Jimmy Austin, utility third base
man. Hoffman, Murray LaPorte New
nam, Clarke. Williams and Powell have
been lost in the minor league shuhle.
Bobby Wallace is an umpire.
Graney and Turner figured in the 1911
as well as the 1916 openers for the CleYe-
land club. Jackson is with the White
Sox; Lajoie, sseond-basing for the Ath-
letics, and Olson is on the roster of the
Dodgers Stovall, Easterly and Smith
are minor leaguers. Blanding has quit
baseball