The sun., 1918-08-04

showed up so well that PittsburE OBJ
ta!red him In 1913 and later traded him
to the Phillies. He drifted back to the
minors in 1905 and seemed to have lit
tie chance Of getting back when the
sma shup of the association gave him a
chance to try his luck in the American
League
Detroit took on real old bird the
other day when it secured Charley Hail.
Hall pitched on the Red Sox stan in
1912 and twiried against the Giants In
| the 1912 worlds series. He was A vet
eran then. as he had pitched for the
Cardinals in 1908. The Tigers got an
other old fellow in Bill Bailey. a little
! left handler who has shown signs Of
ability at various times during his ca
reer. He was with the st. Louis Browns
in 1909 and helped win the pennant for
| the Tigers that year ny his uncanny
| ability TO defeat the Athletics.
Comiskey signs Good.
| Com.skey took on a veteran with a
checkered career when he signed Wilbur
| Good. who has perhaps played on more
clubs than any big Lacquer. Good origi-
nally was a pitcher. He was tried out
| by Griffith when he had the Yankees in
both 1905 and 1906. Later he went TO
! outfelding and played with Cleveland
| in 1908 and 1909. He started the 1910
season with the Athletics and finished 1t
with the Boston Braves
| He went to the Cubs in the big King
deal OF 1911, and in 1915 was traded
| to the Ph,llles. Good therefore has
played on both Chicago teams. both
! Philadelphia teams, the Yankees, In
dams and Braves.
| At the present writing Jack Quinn. a
Yankee during the Stallings. Chase and
Wolverton administrations. Is a member
Of the White Sox. but the Yankees are
putting up fight to get Jack on their
roster. The Yanks bought Quinn from
his Pacific coast team, but he takes the
stand he was a free agent when the
coast league suspended and signed with
the White Sox. Quinn was going strong
with the Braves in 1918, but Jumped to
the Baltimore Jeds the following win
ter and has Neen In the minors ever
since the Fed blowup
Some OF the younger men brought
back to the big leagues. though classed
as big league veterans, are Ray Heating
and Hank Robinson, now with the Yam
KEGS. and Lutte Boone OF the Pirates.
None of these players again would have
seen a big league pay envelope had II
not been for war time conditions In
baseball g.. .f'
Leach Surprises Fans.
Few fans ever expected to see Tommy
Leach on the big league trail again. but
Wee Tommy Is bach IN Pittsburg uni
form. He occasionally gets into the
game too. He made single in that
twenty-one inning Priates-Braves game
last week which helped Pittsourg win
the long contest. Tommy will be IL
years old in November. so he is real
active youngster. ',,
Mickey Doolan was jobless when the
season started. but the plight OF tho
Dodgers when they lost young Schmardt
gave him an opportunity TO land with
Brooklyn. and though Mickey has a very
low rating In the batting figures he has
made a lot Of friends in Brooklyn.
Jimmy Archer has been able to keep
on n big league payroll. though he
never went to the minors. Released I'M
conditionaly by the Cubs at the start
OF the season. he hooked up with the Pr
rates. Let out by that team, Archer
found a haven with the Superbas.
Tommy Clarke, the former Cincinnati
catcher. also has managed TO draw his
semi-monthly check, though he has sell
dom appeared in box score. He was
with the Yankees for over two months
without appearing In a single game and
IL now with the Chicago Cubs, who are
keeping him in reserve On as TO have an.
experienced man when Killefer Is called
into the army.