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Reds Leader Was Member of
Famous Old Cub Machine"
Pat Moran. Now Known as Cincinnati wonder
Man, Played With Chicago When That Team
Won Championship From E astern
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Red fans as the wonder Man."
broke into professional base ball
+ through the Eastern league. In 1900
he received his first major league
contract when he, was purchased by
the Boston Nationals from Montreal.
He caught for Boston five years,
and was released to the Chicago
Cubs. He had little chance to
work behind the bat for that club,
both King and Archer being in
their prime apd doing the backstop
ping.
Moran in February, 1907, accepted
~ oAtract to manage the small Wat
2. bury, Conn, team. but cancelled
rs contract to take one with
,.onnellsville. a month later. He
made another change the following
month when he went back to the
Cubs as a coach. About this time the
Wonderful Cub machine began to be
noticed in base ball, and great deal
o. credit is now being bestowed
upon Moran for the showing that
sub made in the succeeding four
ears. 1t is held that his coaching
vas mainly responsible for the good
itching done by Miner Brown,
Overall, Ruelbach and Lundgren.
Moran left Chicago in 1910 and
went to the Philadelphia Nationals,
: 1ere he again acted as coach to the
tchers. He was with Philadelphia
hen Billy" Murray and later
Charles Doom managed the. team,
succeeding the latter in 1915. He
won the pennant that year, through
the good work of Pitcher Alexander
and Catcher Killefer After Alex
, ander and Killefer had been sold
TO the Chicago Nationals, Moran
made a highly successful showing
with the Philadelphia team. He
was released by that club last year
and signed a contract with Manager
AIcGraw of the New York Giants,
as coach for this season. He did not
Join that club this year, however,
McGraw permitting him to conceii
his contract to become manager OF
The Reds in place of Chrlsty Math-
cwson. who had managed the CLUB
N 1918. and who was still in over
seas duty with the American army.
Charles A. "Chief" Bender, who
will probably act as coach to the
Reds pitchers and adviser to Man
ager Moran in the wotld's series,
started playing in the big leagues
when Connie Mack signed HIM to a
contract with Mack for 10 years,
being the mainstay of the Phila-
ydelphia pitching staff
Bender, in his day, was considered
one Of the greatest world series
pitchers. His work and that OF Ed
die Plank stopped the great Cub
machine in the series of 1910, the
National league representatives win
ming only one game. Bender also
took q prominent part in the 1911
series against New York, the Ameri-
can league club again winning the
worlds championship.
When Mack broke up the Athletic
team after the crushing defeat by
the Boston Braves in 1914, he re-
leased Bender. The Indian caught
on with the National league team in
the Quaker city, but was uncondi-
tionaliy released on March 7, 1917.
He was declared ineligible to play
in 1918
Passing out OF the big leagues
this year, he went to Richmond in
the Virginia league, became its
manager and sent the team to the
TOP with his consistent winning of
games.
Bender is in the sos, bats and
throws right handed, and weighs
about 40 pounds.
Henry Knight Groh, captain and
third baseman of the National league
champions, was born in Rochester,
N. Y, September Is, 1889, and re-
sides in Cincinnati. He began play
ing 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 jarmed him out to Buffalo,
where he played for the rest of the
season. In 1913 he was obtained
by Joe Tinker, then manager of the
Reds. in a trade of Groh, Ames
and Devore for Arthur Fromme, and
he has been, with the Reds ever
since. He played second for two
wears and was then shifted to third
base, where he has become a star
fieldes. He is rated one of the best,
If not the best third baseman in the
business. This year he is captain
of the team and has been an able
assistant to manager Moran.
Ed Roush, the champion batter of
the National league in 1917, and
who it is believed will lead the
league again this season. was born
in Oakland City, Ind, May 8, 1898.
In 1912 he began playing with
Evansville and was sold in the fol-
lowing year to the Chicago White
Sox by whom\ he was released to
Lincoln, Neb., in September. In
1914 he joined the Indianapolis Fed
eral league team and went to New
ark when that club was transferred.
He was purchased by the New York
Nationals when the Federal league
went out of existence, and was trad
ed in July of that season to Cincin-
natl with McKechnie and Christy
Mathewson for Herzog. Last year
Roush finished second in batting,
being only a couple of points behind
Z. Wheat of Brooklyn. Roush is
natural free hitter and wonder
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