Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

league. lie pats rlSnI ndnueQ. lie IS married and lives at Springfield, Mo. I.iIaIns Is feet, o12 inches tall anu weighs 160 pounds. Lefty came to the Chicago club from the Salt Lake team of the Pacific Coast League,
 Joe Benz, pitcher, known as "Blitzen Joe" was born in New Alsace, Ind, January 21, 1886 and made his base bali debut at Clarksburg, w. Va, in 1909 Benz went into the majors seven years ago when he became a member of the Chicago club He is 6 feet, one inch tall, weighs 194 pounds, bats and throws right handed, is married and resides in Chicago, H. Benz has an excellent record but this season he has been unsuccessful in most of his starts
 Melvin WoIfgang, pitcher, has been a mem0er of the Chicago club for four years. This is the length of his major league career also. Wolfgang has done little work in the regular championship games, but his work in batting practice has been a great help to the team. In practice, Wolfgang works as hard as though he was in regular game and this has had a tendency to sharpen the batting eye of the players. He came to Chicago from Lowell, Mass. He bats and throws right handed He was born March 20, 1890, at Albany, N. Y. and in 1908 he started his baseball career in his home town. He is married and resides in the city of his birth. Wolf gang is feet [ inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.
 James Scott, pitcher. is tall rangy right handler, who when right was one of the best pitchers in the league, left the club the first part of Septem- Der to join the officers reserve train ing corps at Presidio, Tex, but the players have voted him a full share of the worlds series money. Scott, was with the club longer than any | other player, having come to Comiskey nine years ago from the Wichita, Kas., i Western League club. Death Valley i Jim,' as he was known was born in ! 1888. He batted and threw right l handed. He began playing in Lander,
 Wyo., his home town.
 Ray Schalk, catcher is the first string receiver of the White Sox. He | this season, and is said by some critics to be the best catcher in the i American League. He is hard work CT, a good general, and judge of plays. and his work in steadying pitchers and infielders has earned him much | praise He is said to be the "oig spoke" in the Rowland Machine, and when he is out of the game, is sorely missed. His first baseball engage ment was as a member of the Taylor vile, H., team. Later he went to Milwaukee, from which club he broke into the major league as a member
 of the Chicago club six years ago. He was born at Harvey, H., August F. | 1892, is married and lives at Litchfield 1 III. He is feet, inches tall and
 weighs 150 pounds. He bats and | throws right handed.
 l Byrd Lynn, catcher, is playing his
 second year with the Chicago club.
 He is an understudy to Schalk in the l catching department He nats and ! throws right handed. Lynn was born March 13, 1891 at Unionville, Ill.,
 where he now lives. He is married
 He began baseball in 1913 at Sacra-
 mento, Cal, and later went to Salt Lake from which team he came to Chicago. Lynn is , feet. 111s inches , tall and weighs ITO pounds.
 Joseph Jenkins, third catcher also bats and throws right handed. He is
 single. He was born October 12, 1891 | at Shelbyville, Tenn, and started his 1 baseball career in 1913 at Memphis l Tenn. He has been two years in the
 major leagues. Jenkins came to the Chicago cluo from Houston and is
 playing his first year with Comis- keys team. He is feet, 10 inches
 tall and weighs 175 pounds. His 1 home is in Hanford, California. Arnold GandiI, first base, was born
 in St. Paul, Minn., January 19 1889
 and started baseball as a profession 1 in 1908 at Shreveport. He has been 1 in the American League seven years.
 He played year for Chicago but was
 later released He then played with 1 Washington and later went to Cleve- land. At the start of the present sea
 son, Jack Ness, upon whom COmiskey ! had relied for first base, could not agree on terms with the boss of the White Sox. At that time, Gandil who
 was the property of the Cleveland
 Americans had not reported. Cleve-
 land was willing to let Gandil go and Comiskey purchased his contrac,.
 Gandil has fielded well and his bat ting has been better than the aver
 age. He bats and throws right hand ed He is feet ? inches tall, weighs
 196 pounds, is married and lives in Chicago
 | Robert Hasbrook, first base, is playing his first year with Chicago. He was signed by Comiskey last fai,
 but was sent to Muscatine, Ia., Central
 Association clubs He was recalled to-
 ward the close of the season. Has,
 brook is a first baseman and bats
 and throws right handed. He was
 horn in Crrndy Center. Ia., No
 vember 21. 1893. and started in base
 ball at Oshkosh in 1913. He is b
 feet, IF inches tall weighs 1S5
 pounds, is single and lives in Musca :
 tine. Ia.
 Theodore Jourdan. first basemar
 was born September 5 1895 at New |, Orleans and began his baseball career
 in 1915 at Austin, Tex. Ted" was
 obtained by Chicago from the St
 Joseph club of the Western League
 and is playing his first year in the
 'rn iors He is left handed. He is (
 feet tall, weighs ITS pounds, is un- married and resides in New Orleans , cdu,,~L Y. r,iIin-. -econd bose is
 one of the leading ball players in the country, is entering his fifth worlds series and completing his eleventh rnaior league season. This year Col. lins did not get started well but to- } ward the middle of the season begar to show his old time ability. He wa. . 2 member of the Philadelphia .Ath fetics and his work at that time wa. , far superior to other second basemer i-' the league Collins wen to tht l Athletics in 1906 from Columbia Uni. : versity and was one of the star mem ) hers of Connie Mack's "$10O 900 in, : field.' When Mack started rAhuildns his team three years ago. Collins wa, sold to the Chicaoo team. He we' horn at Millerton, N. Y.. May 9 1887 He is 5 feet Q ipchac tall waiohc 1c.