Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19
|IBS SCATTER |Io ALL CORNERS
 | 0f THE COUNTRY
|.,,,har Present Day Stars will Probably Never Don Uniforms Again.
|prn MERKLE HAS
 pr.AYED LAST GAME
|eorqe Tyler Is Also Thot [.o Have Passed as Will ;,
 Y 1.orce Number Others.
Associated Press.

b ASSOclaIeu Aoo0'
 ch;caoo. Sept. 18.-Turning their y,sn .ls mon baseball until the German .;ans .n, shall have beeen driven back y"ss y,I the Rhine, members of the \ lV'u machine who won the national ,oua championship, but could not yner gss the world title, have scattered A and wide, complying with the aar of the provost marshal general Iv. Ssr to work or fight.
 Chicago 1b fans, deprived of their fla r rite sport, witched the departure of s;r % favorites with a feeling of om. It was apparent that num- Ian among the vanishing stars never ain would scintillote in the sport
 Armament and that hencefor- nd they will be merely names, ruely remembered by a Tickle pub which easily forgets.
 Among the men who in normal nes could be counted on. for sev- al seasons more of baseball on the (;o tihe," but who under the pres conditions probably will never n the uniform again, Fred Merkle Rnds pre-eminent. The last out in game at Boston on September Il |unded 'taps" on Merkle's baseball |reeer, one of the most stormy and most interesting in the games Dtory. The Chicago first-sacker msef admits he is "all through" has gone back to his farm and |ll devote the remainder of his life agriculture, with an occasional ball Ime from the bleachers for relaxa- bn, he says.
 Merkle's Statement.
 Merkle announced his retirement in is statement:
 ET am mighty glad that I never ached the point where l began to back toward the minors. I often bndered what I would do when I ached that point, but instead of quitting the old game, the game quit me, and Pm able to retire tn some measure of honor at the se of one of the most successful lsons ever had.
 Il am glad to quit, too, and go back the farm. Eve been on the big he for long while and for the few seasons Eve missed some of old pep. Every spring it has been httle more difficult for me to get D condition, and the time would we come soon when I would have lnd myself sitting on the bench, ltng for a chance to bat in a nch while some fresh youngster owed me up at first. Then would we come the release, and after that minors. I'm glad Pm through. George Tyler, the pitcher, probably
 gone forever. Local fans do not ieve the old timers can come back er a lay-off that promises to last Veral years.
 n., Others Go to War.
 bi!l Killefer will continue to throw seoalls when he is not throwing gienaoes Tn the army, as will
 Charley Hollocher, Bob O'Far-
 ana Bill McCabe. Rollie Zeider. oIaer old timer who probably will er pay big league ball again, has ared to his farm.
 aek will work as surveyor for a,lload construction company near
 nome at Bellville, Ill. Turner iDef IS hesitating between a job munitions plant with a chance FEY ball on the side and a season as a%scen1study to some farmer.
 faa m Douglas is booked for a job Me Alabama Power company of 1paaaln!gham; Wortman has a job with rs,.lmore ,ta. ,3 dry dock company; Nick ,mr naa. wlll pitch for the Virginia v,'s company team and do a little .,s . l1tle-work in the mill be- ~ad sa games. Charley Deal has been 'sa Oy the Breckenridge Allegheny