The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-10
REDS BEAT SOX IN FINAL GAME
 WINNING TITLE

Continued from Page D 1 year. however. McGraw permitting him to cancel his contract to become man ager of the Reds in place of Chris ty Mathewson, who had managed the club in 1918. and who was still in overseas duty with the American army
 Henry Knight Groh. captain and third baseman of the National league champions, was born in Rochester. N. Y, on Sept. IS, 1889 and resides in Cincinnati He began playing base ball with Oshkosh, Wis. in 1908 and remained there for three years. He joined the Decatur, Ill, club in 1911, but was sold in July of that year to the New York Nationals who farmed him out to Buffalo where he played for the rest of that season. In 1913 he was obtained by Joe Tinker, then manager of the Reds, in trade of GrOh. Ames and Devore for Arthur Fromme and he has been with the Reds ever since. He played second for two ears and was then shifted to third base. where he has become star fielder. He is rated one of the best il not the best third baseman in the business. This year he is captain oi the team and has been an able assist ant to manager Moran
 Ed Roush, the champion batter ol the National league in 1917 and who il is believed will lead the league again this season, was born in Oak land City Ind May s, 1893. In 1912 he began playing with Evansville and was sold in the following year to the Chicago White SoX by whom he was released to Lincoln, Neb., in Sep tember. In 1914 he joined the Indian apols federal league team and went to Newark when that club was trans ferred. He was purchased by the New York Nationals when the Federal lea que went out of existence, and was traded in July of that season to Gin cinnat with McKeChnie and Christy Mathewson for Herzog. Last year Roush finished second in batting, be ing only a couple of points behind Z. Wheat of Brooklyn. Roush is a nat ural free hitter and a wonderful ground covering out-fielder.
 Sherwood Magee, outfiielder was born at Clarendon. Pa, Aug. 6, 1884 He started playing baseball in 1903 at Allentown and was obtained by Philadelphia Nationals the following season. He played in left field for the Philies for eleven years and lead the National league in batting one sea son. In 1915 he was traded to the Bos- ton Braves for Whitted and Dugey He remained until August, 1917, when
 e Nus obtained by Cincinnati by the waiver route. He was seriously i'll in May and June of this year, but in spite of this has been playing well this season.
 A. Earle Neale, outfielder, was born in Parkersburg, w. Va, Nov. 6, 1898. He first played with the Altoona club in the Canadian league. Cleveland drafted him in 1914 but he was re turned to London and from there went
 
 | where he was purchased b Cincinnati. This is his fourth year as a regular fielder with the Reds and he has be- come a great ground cOverer. Neale | played left and center fields until l this season when he took up the sun | field" in right and has been going well there. He is a fair hitter good | bunter and a very fast base runner.
 Morris Rath, second baseman, was born December 25, 1887, in Mobeetie, Texas He first played baseball pro | fessionally at Wilmington, N. C., 1908. Lynch-Athletics and played with them | in 1910 going from there to the Cleve- land and Baltimore clubs in 1911. He played with Salt Lake City. Rath vas this spring. He has played second
 base for the Reds since the season be- | gan and is considered a top notcher in the navy in 1918, joining the Reds | | his position.
 illiam Lawrence kopf shortstOp, | was born at Bristol, Conn.,, in 1898. | He left FOrdam college in 1912 and | joined Cleveland but was sent to | Toledo, and the next year pOined the Philadelphia Atheletics, playing se- cond base with them in 1914 and 1915. He was with Baltimore in 1916 com ing to Cincinnati the next year and in 1918 played with Fore River ship | building team and then went into the army. Kopf has been playing wonder ful ball all this season.
 Jacob E. Daubert first baseman, was born in Shamion, Pa, April IT, 1885, and played his first ball with the Kane semi-pro club and joined Mar ion, Ind, the following year. In the spring of 1908 he went to Cleveland,
 but was sold to Nashville in May. The next year he went to Toledo and join