The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-22
STARS OF YESTERYEAR
What Heroes of Missouas Old Baseball Teams Are Doing
in This Year Of Disaster in Sport.

Carl Zamloch, once idol of A1issouIa
fans, is back in the town where, he
made the reputation which gave him
Il chance in the big leagues. Curio0sly
enough, Carl was the last man Of the
pcnnant- winning Missoula team OF the
now defunct Union association Of 1912
to leave town that fall. and the first
one, of those, who, went up. to return,
even for short visit. Though Fam"
has had his ups and downs. Fortune
has smiled on him generously. even
though he had the misfortune to break
his leg last week while playing wits
the Spokane team at Butte. He got
out from under just before the, league
broke up, however. and should. worry
Zamoch has been a bfg league pitch
err, sporting writer. newspaper CAR
toonist. artist, bush leaguethurleri and
college coach during the years since
he left Missoula, and even has had an
opportunity to go on the vaudeville
stage, for be- it known Carl is quite
an artist with deck of cards, and
Is also there when 1t comes to few
other magic tricks.
The Old. Old Gang.
The return of Carl brings back TO
mind the gang of sturdy fellows that
composed that nine which won the
flag under the guidance Of Cliff Blan-
kenship.
cliffs career has been written in
large enough letters during the past
Fla haf Fo,
able to keep track of him. though just
now he. is out of the game, and will
probably stay out. cliff is well fixed
financially and need never worry about
keeping the wolf from the door. Ho
finished his baseball career In a blaze
Of glory. in spite Of being forced to
contend with misery directors, and
finished second in the coast league
both years that he directed the des.
TIMES of the Salt Lake club.
Roberts Working in Butte.
skipper" Roberts is working over
in Butte. The husky shipper played
a few games with the knights of Co.
iumhus at Anaconda last year, but has
not put on uniform this year. He
count of having refused to report to
the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast
league, to which he belongs. "Skip-
per caught in the Federal league for
couple of years. but fought himself
out of the third" major league.
Joe Bush Way Up.
Joseph Leslie Bush is at the zenith
OF his career as a big league pitcher.
even though he is only % years old,
Bush started in Missoula as an Is.
year-old kid in 1912 and shrannelIed
his way to the big leagues. Last year
his pitching was the only redeeminc
feature of the play of the Athletics.
and this year, in spite of sickness he
is going even better, having won seven
out of the Is games he has pitched.
four of them shutouts.
The Highland Huriers.
Cochran. the lanky right handler who
finished the season here in 1912, has
been In the South Atlantic league for
several years, though he recently lost
his job when the league blew up
Shorty Coyne, the midget hurler
dropped out of professional ball years
ago. Collie Druhot played in the
Portland city league last year, work
ing in the outfield; Sinclair Lyall is
still pitching in the California semi
pro ranks, while Bromley Is in the
outlaw Tri-Copper circuit.
Fred carman Jobiess.
Big Fred Carman lost his job Sun
day when the Seattle team blew up.
Fred was not located with one of the
| remaining four teams. though he was
| hitting at a ESQ clip, and will prob
! ably go back to dear old Chico. Fred
played with John McCloskey's Ell Pas,
team in the Cactus league after leav.
ing Missoula, and had trial with Salt
Lake in 1915. Last year ne signed ur
with Tacoma. in the Northwestern cir