Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
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GREET COCKILL
Steelton Manager Will Get a
Warm Welcome at Will
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Like the Pittsburgh club. with
Hans Wagner coming in Tri-State
days. is the Steelton club. with George
Cockill. Eddie" Plank, George Pierce
and other famous men, and the fans
throughout this section are getting
ready to just go crazy A fan in the
street to-day. said: SO far as l am
concerned for tomorrow afternoon.
our factory might as well declare a
holiday. for I would work nights to
make it up rather than miss seeing
this game"
Yea, 30, when the lads from Cottage
Hill hit WiIliamsport TO day. as the
local paper says. folks are going to
go batty We have a picture of Man
aser Cockiu alighting from the rat
Yer. with q mob OF old friends and
nero worshipers waiting to carry
him of, shoulder-high.
You see, George made much of his
fame at Williamsport, and he has
never been back since Tri-State days
until this "trip; when he takes. his
celebrated Steel League champions
whose names are now familiar wher-
ever baseball is read. First column.
front page, is hardly good enough for
the local papers 10 advertise this big
event. and Harrisburg and Steelton
fans would shiver with pride to see
how highly regarded is the Cottage
hill ball club over there.
is me fror team IN fspresen1ng MiiiSmspori
it Is afraid of no one. That the gam
will be worth the price of admission
is certain. for there was a lot OF kid
ding in arranging it. like this:
were baseball tanning at one of the
games. a few weeks ago. Tom
thought it would be nice TO get Cock
ilrs team up TO play. Walton said he
wouldn't mind having Steelton come.
even with the big guarantee demand
ed, II they would bring their regular
PLAYERS. but he didn't want any subs
"Cockill got a ietter to that effect
and came risht back. giving his line;
up with the comment: This is real
ball club, and IL your team expects TO
make a showing you had better get
present of $40 if you win and 81 for
every run YOU get
Says the local sport chronicler. in
telling of the Steelton manager:
"Cockill himself has a national repu-
tation. Like 'Christy' Mathewson. he
started his athletic career at Buck
nell University. After making quite
a name for himself in college base
ball circles Cockill Joined the, Provi-
dence club. playing there in 1eo6-o7,
He was drafted by Detroit, sold to
Williamsport and helped win the Tri-
State pennant in 1908.
"Cockilrs playing attracted baseball
scouts. who secured his release and
farmed him 20 Montreal for the sea-
sons OF I90s-lo, With Tom Gray
and Bill Coughlia. Cockil purchased
his release. managed the Reading
club and won the cup there in 1911.
Governor Tener then secured him TO
umpire in the National League and he
'Ntayed three seasons.
plan We're laid to have him come
here and manage the Lycomins
Foundry club this year, but as the
steel League. of which he might be
called the father, was then in process
OF incubation. he was offered the man
agement of Steelton and the position
of one of the advisory directors of the
newly formed league His influence
secured for the Steelton clubb such
renowned players as Eddie Plank.
Jack Knight. AL Kaufman, Steve
Yerkes and others"