The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CORBETr

J. CORBETT
 other chance with the same team, but failed again. He went to the minors, but was drafted by Cincinnati in 1914 A year later he was sold to Brooklyn. Two months afterward-in June, 1915-he was turned over to the Cubs. They kept him | until the middle of the 1916 season ana then sent him to the minors once more He was recalled in 1917 for another trial, and~then he made good.
 Fred MerlSle became a Giant in 1907. a Dodger in 1916 and a Cub in l917 Rollie Aeider, who is second basing for the Cubs, was S White Sox player a few years ago, was traded to the Yankees in the Hal Chase deal, but shortly after ward jumped to the Feds Charlie Deal was Brave in 1914 and made quite a reputta1on for himself when he got a chance as emergency third baseman in the world series of that year. Later he l Jumped to the Feds.
 Leslie Mann was Brave in 1914 ana became a Federal leaguer in 19l5 FIack began his career with the Chicago Feds
 Ill l9l4 Paskert, who rounds out the Chi
 cago oGtfield. began his career with the
 Reos in 1907. Four years later he was traded to Philadelphia and remained with /: that club until the close of the 1917 sea | sep when he was traded to the Cubs for l FTed Williams.
 1 From this it will be seen that of the l l2 men who are sure to figure consplc- | uously in the world series of 1918. five
 Hendrix, Zeider, Deal, Flack and Mann
 are graduates of the Federal league.
 Each was member of the Chicago team
 in that circuit when Charlie Weeghman l bought the Chicago Nationals and con ! solidated both clubs. The lineup of the Red Sox this year is ] highly reminiscent of the Athletics in the l days of their greatest glory Four of the men who helped so wonderfully in the
 winning pennant fight of the Red Sox are pupils of Connie Mack
 l Waffle Schang, Joe Bush, "Stuffy'' Mc> I Innis and Amos Strunk became Boston, I ians during the winter due to various 1 trades and sales. Schang, Bush and l Strunk were involved in a single deal on December l4. 19l7 the Sox giving in ex- change three players-Gregg, Thomas and l kopp-and S60.0O0 in cash About a month l later Mc1nnis was sold to the Red Sox,
 but the price paid for him by the Boston
 owners never has been made public. 1 Sam Agnew, the ''second string: Red l Sox catcher, was a Brownie before he | joined the Red Sox. Sam Jones, whose
 great pitching during the regular season ! kept the Bostonians at the top, was 1 the "to boot part of trade with the 1 Cleveland Indians. Dave Shean, a fail- ure at Cincinnati. was secured for the waiver price by Boston last year and l blossomed into second base star
 1 Babe Ruth, who started as baseball l player with college team in 1913 played part of 1914 with Baltimore and the other
 bart with Providence Late in that sea- 1 son he was purchased by the Red Sox and has been with that club ever since. Carl Mays, master of the subway de- l livery" was drafted into the 1914 Boston club from Providence, and has been a Red Sox regular since then. Everett Scott got trial with the 1913 Red Sox, was found wanting and Harmed out to St. Paul in the American association. Boston recalled him in 1914 and he has been a fixture ever since. N Harry Hooper, veteran member of the Red Sox team and the oldest Boston player in point of service and also age, was purchased from the Sacramento Gal ifornia) team in 1908, and began his zlajor league career with Boston the following spring.