Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
TRIO OF MUTES n
BIG-SHOW STAN
Dundon, Hay and TaylcK
Made Good in Major u
Baseball Leagues
ALL STEADY PERFORMERS

Baseball has had players who were
severely handicapped by physical all
ments or loss Of limb who made soodiln
tho diamond There has been the or
eyed and the one-armed ball tosser. ,alld
even a few who made a crcditable sh9Y-
ing minus a real leg The athlete No
enters any branch of sport minus hts
hearing carries the most severe ifadidi-
cap. The loss of speech does not cqt
,so much of figure in baseball; in fax.
it would be better If some players didn't
talk quite so much. Useless talking 70
lost energy. sF@
Edward Dundon was n right -handed
hurler who never questioned an 'umpirees
decision, whether It was right or wnnHt
and Dundon was UP against some poor
umprirg in his day Dundon never pet7
the least bit Of attention to the coachNES,
for this hurler was a mute. sGe
william +. Hoy was the second ffI1afe
to gain fame on the diamond and ~
nounced his arrival in the big league nv
striking out three times in SUGGESTION
before the delusive delivery Of car
tain Leddell Titcomb. southpaw hiif}<r
'
York Giants In the fourth time up Hdy
made a single and it was the frst fs5f
2233 base hits he annexed during fte
fifteen seasons he starred in the majors
Dummy Hoy Started in '88
Hoy blew into the select circles Of n
leaguedom in 1888 with the washine1Sn
team. then in the National League. ASR
haserunner and run-getter Hoy cfaEfxd
with the best. an average OF .078 sru4e
per game would class him Considerably
above the recognized run-getter. AIN
stealing bases the voiceess lad waSy1a
reritable demon. He led the league Nie
very first season out by annexing eighty
three stolen. bases. A batting average
for his entire career in the big show 6f
| .2s2 shows that he lacked Just a M
strides OF getting a seat in the gfqd5
| circle of the selects who batted .300.X,
In 1900 the name Of Luther Taylk5
| flashed across the horizon of baseba q
| OF the seventeen recruits tried outst
| the New York management In 19gos
| only the names of Mathewson End "a
| Tor remained on the roster. and form
nine seasons which followed Taylor, l.
! deaf and dumb hurler, was a star on I. =
! New York Nationals. and in four ({4'
those seasons was P sensation In IN
| itching game. M
T""'or Only N. L. Mute
Taylor was the only mute hutlstf
break into the select circles Of thesd L.
tional League By winning three Q}111(
"a. games ne pitched in 1900. LuI
was granted further trial and in q
with the Gia nts. as a team, going HoQ8t =
| Taylor. with Matty. by sheer grit
pitching ability, made good. In the eM& /
seasons that Taylor was membeAkS
the Giants pitching staff he won IA 4
games out of a possible 212, A. r9E01
average in games won of .547. The -
son of 1905 was the banner season. 6f ~
| great mute hurler, and his grand pck :
ing was a factor in landing the GU
In first place. ~
Taylor pitched his last game for ~
| New York Nationals in 1905, WITH hi
departure the big leagues have had -
more mute players, and II is rema rl<n1 .
how few of these silent boys have M =
the big show. and one os the boys VIl1
| couldn't say word or hear the roGE3&1
applause or abuse was a star In xN1r
big minor leagues for many Seasons. ~