Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-06
FIVE BASEBALL
STARS RELEASED

G - -, bb NoIo VI MP
oeon (Larry) Laioie, Mordecai (Miner)
Brown, George (Nap) Rucker, Herman
Germany Schaefer and Joe Tinker~has
furnished the hotstove league with an ear
rul Of gossip for il is something out OF
the ordinary when five baseball stars of
such magnitude are given the gate at one
aud the same time.
All Of these FASTENERS have been bril-
liant performers ia their day. But the
passing of La loie. "the daddy of EN- all,'
s likely at attract most attention. What
he Frenchman couldn't 10 with a ball and
al has vet 10 be invented. The ease and
race with which he performed az second
nd the way he walloped the pll when at
al nave excited the admiration of baseball
ans Tor many years.
L.aioie virtually pumped from the sand
lis INTO The big show. His minor leagnt
xpeIience was confined to three months
rork with the Fab River New England lea.
ne team in 1896. In August of the same
ear he was signed by the Philadelphia Ma
%ionals. Since then he has played. in the
major leagues ~continuousnly and his 2l-
ear record shows 4 batting average Of
}3S and = fielding mark Of goo. As n
lember of the Philadelphia Nationals and
he Cleveland and Philadelphia Americans
= has az one time or another PLAYED every
nfield position. with the exception Of PIT
her and catcher. and IN 1891 he PLAYED the
uttield for the Phillic~.
~. A 4 ~ - ADDED WITH ffFpN
nr the other big ~lca-uer~ who have
'rawn the pink slip. joe Tinker comes next
y lajoIe in point M major league service
I was IN 1902 tiui n. started his career
nth the Chicago Cubs. lie was placed al
hort-top. and with Johnny Ever- at see
nj the fans were unirk to discover the
%rillianry that featured the work NJ the
w keystone artist. After ten years ~
h-ort~tnrnin- for the Cubs. Tinker tree
= hand ~ MANAGING the Cincinnati Reds.
vi suffered the same fate n the other %
urieiir, 81 Red Pilot. Later he became
,anaeer ~ the Chicago Federal league
cam and was al the helm NJ that outfit
hen the old slap Fed went t. the hot
ON. Last wear he piloted his first love,
he Cubs. but the team failed 10 get any
here and IA consequence Tinker cot the
AK.
Miner Brown. like Tinker, won hls
reatest fame as . mamher OF the old Cub
Iachine. He started has major league ca
-er with the 1. Ions Cardinals IN 1903
IA \ wear water was traded 70 Chicago.
after hooking up with the Cubs y didnl
AXE the Miner very long 10 establish
,imselt in the front rank or big time
,itchers. The Cubs were a pennant-win
ing outfit in those DAYS and the grand
| wiring ot Browne game after game
IA year after year, proved a bif FACTOR
keeping the team mp there Since Joe
| mixer has purchased the Columbus Amer
| ,an association team 1t would not be sur
| rising 10 find Brown wearing q Columbus
| inform next season. A strong friend
hIn EXISTS between the two old stars an'
I goes without SAYING that Joe viii place
he Miner If the latter can still SHOW
sample of his old time ilinglng.
SOUTHPAW FOR TEN YEARS.
Another pitcher who u no longer 10 keel
Il ID the DlE if.-N' fN'' N f
or ten years the star southpaw OF III
,rooklvn team. Fucker has been one %
ne greatest left handed pitchers the game
IA ever known. And 2 remarkable feat
~ nt hi~ career l. that lie was able e
mid az such q brilliant record with onl'
second division team behind him. Ii Il
aid that Rncker will he retained To act a
cout for the Robins.
Germany Schaeier. who completes tn
uintei or released FASTENERS. has been
opnlar performer under the bic top 10
nany wears. ell first appeared IN the ma
ar leagues a. a member of the Cubs II
COL. After two years with Chicago n
VI. rcaEca~ed Ia Milwaukee. In 1908 "
w, signed ~ Detroit and held down tn
ob AT second base Tor the Tigers unit
Q09. I'm that year he was traded To Wash
nrton. When "Germany' began to shoN
i.n- u slowing M - 4 player ne turne'