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(COntinued from Page TwO) three years ago by Chicago. He started
 his baseball days in 1908 at Greenville. -S. C., his home city, where he was born < on July Is, 1887. Jackson is 6 feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. He is married.
 Oscar Felsch, center Iield, is said by
 some critics to be as good a fielder as
 Iris Speaker. This is his third year on a the club. He came to Comiskey from
 Milwaukee Like Jackson he is blessed
 with a powerful arm. and except for
 Russell, has the best batting average on
 the team. Happy got the baseball
 fever in 1913 when he started to play at . Fond du Lac, Wis. He IS feet 10 inches
 tall, weighs 175 pounds. is married and
 lives ', Milwaukee, where he was born
 April I, 1891.
 John Collins, right field, is the team
 veteran. He has been in the major league for eight years, always a mem Der of the Chicago club. He alternated
 in right field with Leipold and occa-
 sionally plays center He also has filled
 in at first base. tShano' was born at
 Charlestown, Mass, December 4, 1885. iIe
 started his baseball career at Haverhill,
 Mass, in 1907 He bats and throws right
 handed Is feet 111a :ncnes tall, weighs
 175 pounds is married and lives in
 Pittsfield, Mass
 Harry Leibold right field, is the
 shorty of the club and is called
 "Nemo.' He is only feet inches
 tall and weighs 154 pounds. Memo all telnates with John Collins in right field
 He was obtained from ile Cleveland club three years ago, and has been in the
 major leagues for five years. He was
 born February r, 1892, at Butler, Ind,
 and first played professionally in 1911
 at Milwaukee He throws right handed,
 but bats from the first pase side of .he
 plate. He waits out pitcher and
 makes a good 'lead-off man" He is
 married and lives in Detroit.
 /, Edward Murphy, outfielder, was beaten - out by John Collins and Leibold for the regular position in right field, and as a , result became a pinch hitter. Murphy has been in the American league six
 years He started his baseball work Tn
 1911 at Scranton, Pa. He is feet 10
 inches tall and weighs l60 pounds. He was born October ?. 1891, at Hancock, N. N. He bats left handed and throws
 right handed He is married and lives
 in Dunmore, Pa.
 NEW YORK NATIONALS
 John J. McGraw. manager of the New
 York National league ciuD came to New
 York from the Baltimore American
 league team in 1902, and has served m
 his present capacity TOT the past ID
 years Born at Truxtor, N. Y., in 1873. he began playing baseball as a. small boy .and has been connected with the game .s.as player or manager for close to 30 .syears His first appearance as a pro- -fessional was with the Clean club of the sNew York State league in 1890 The fol- Blowing season he moved to Cedar Rap sxids team, from which he advanced to the ssBaltimore club of the National league iu 4ls9l but did not get an opportunity to sss how his ability until the next summer. x McGraw, once he got the chance to play rregularly became one of the stars of the ssfamous Baltimore OriGcs and when that steam disbanded in 1900. he was sold with .ssWilbur Robinson now manager of the { Brooklyn club, to St Louis for $1S.900 (which was a big price for baseball play sers in those days. McGraw objected to going to St. Louis, and played there but "a short time before jumping to Balti- @more again, where he became manager .sof the Baltimore Americans. year ~later, after trouble with both league and zclub authorities, McGraw announced that she was through with baseball, and it was .athen that President Freedman of the New York club secured McGraw as man Eager Since his connection with the steam his players have won five league Championships and one world series. X Charles l.. Herzog, captain and second zbaseman, was born a, Baltimore. July Sg 1885, and resides at Ridgely, Md. He s.played shortstop on the college hines .whileNa student at the Maryland Agri-
 cultural college and the University of
 Maryland. His professional career on the diamond began in 190s, when he played
 khird base and shortstop on the Read
 ing, Pa, team of the Tri-State league. He played with the Giants in 190S-9, but
 was traded to Boston (N. L.) in 1910. He
 returned to New York the following year. playing three seasons under Me Graw until he was transferred in the
 Bescher deal to Cincinnati, where he ~managed the Reds until July. 1916. @Sinee that time he has been with the xNew York Nationals as captain of the 1team Last April Herzog injured his Mspne when he fell heavily on the stone sfloor of a railroad depot when the team sswas leaving New York TOT Philadelphia. sHe was unable to play for several wee:ss @afterward. but managed to take a part Fin many games during the season. ssacarly in September he was suspended by ,sPresident Hampstead for refusing to ac- scompany the Giants on their final vest sern trip, Herzog insisting on taking xrest on the advice of his physicians He -is g years old weighs 160 pounds and is sS feet 10 inches in height He bats and xthrows right handed.
 \ George l.. (Lew'D McCarty, catcher. ~born at Catawissa. Pa, November l7, <lsSS played on the high school team .there as catcher and ns professional en- ~tfy into DaseDall was With the Newafh wQnternationaD team in 1911. He was rsold to Brooklyn in 1913 and was traded Sto New York August 26. 1916. While play Sng at Cincinnati last June. McCarty sfractured a leg, just above the ankle. 1which kept him out of active work on 5the diamond for three months. McCarty Slives at Catawissa. Pa. He Is 2S years 'sold. is feet 1l% inches tall and weighs Sis5 pounds. He bats and throws right Shanded.
 4.s w, X. Rariden. catcher, born at Bed sYord. tfsd. February s. l8SS, played on
 the Bedford High scnool team as catcher. He Joined tho professional