The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-29
white Sox Composed OF Veterans
Who Have Smeiled Powder Be-
n fore and Know What IL
Means to Play Hard.
FELSH rs THE YOUNGEST
His Age Record Shows Him to be
TWENTY-FIVE While His Boss is
Twice That and Four
More.

I "ofC-
II It's no team of spring chickens"
that Pat Moran is going to stack his
Cincinnati Reds against in the
worlds series. Both liz years and
] experience kid" Gleason has in the
White Sox what can be considered a
team of veterans. The main cogs OF
the machine that weathered a heavy
storm and COPIED the American
league rag for him are real veterans
at the game, while the majority Of
them have been on the ups and
DOWNS" back and forth, from the
minors to the majors.
Happy" F'elsch, one Of the bhl>
warks of the outfield is the youngest
member of the clan. He is twenty
4 Eve. Kid Gleason, gray topped
with fifty-four years, IS the senior
member of the firm. Betwixt and be-
tween, as they say, are Eddie Cicotte
! 35. John Collins SO, Joe Jackson 80,
Eddie Collins, 80, FHaber 81, Chick
Gandil 80, Bill James %, Claude Will
liams %, Buck Weaver %, McMullin
Is, Eddie Murphy %, Ray Schalk II,
Leibold q, and Risberg 20.
Edward F. Collins Second base),
born in Millertown, n. Y, thirty-two
wears ago. Played three years with
Columbia university before Connie
Mack signed him in 1906. The White
Sox bought him in 1915 for report
ed price Of $4,000. He mas a batting
average of .331 for his major league
career. throws right handed and bats
left-handed.
George d. (Buck) weaver (third
base) was born in Stowe, Pa, and Is
twenty-eight. He was signed Dy
Cleveland in 1909 after year with
St Mary's college and the Pottstown
seni-pros. He was released to Sagl-
nav in the Southern Michigan league
and in 1910 played with Northampton
in the Connecticut league. He went
to the White Sox in 1911 and was
released with strings to San Fran
cisco. In 1912 he was recalled by
the White Sox and has been resu-
lar since. He bats around .260 right
handed and throws right handed.
Jackson Fom Dixie.
Joseph Jackson loutnelder) was
horn in Brandon Mills, S. c., thirty
two years ago. He started IN l9Ui
with the Greenville seml-pros. Con
ME Mack signed him in 1908 and ne
was sent to Savannah in the South
Atlantic league in 1909. was recall
ed to the Athletics in 1910 and sold
to Cleveland. Later he was farmed
TO New Orleans in the Southern
league and was brought back TO
cleveland in 1911. The White Sox
got him in 1915 in exchange for Roth,
Klepfer and s31.50O. lie worked in
+ba sIinyards during the war. He
bats around .365.
Arnold c. (Chick) Gandu (irst
basel was born in st. Paul and IS
thirty. He started in 1906 with ANA
rillo Texas, and Humboldt, Ariz. In
1908 he was signed by Shreveport in
the Texas league and was drafted by
the ST. Louis Browns in 1909. He
was released to Montreal by the
White Sox in 1912 and then traded
to Washington for Cunningham,
Becker and Akers and $500. In
1916 he was sold to Cleveland and
ended with the White Sox in 1917 for
$4,000 He bats around .215.
Harry Leibold (outield) was born
In Bentler, Ind, and is twenty-seven.
He started his professional career in
1911 with Milwaukee in the American
association; was drafted by Cleve-
land in 1912 and released in 1915 to
the White Sox for waiver price. He
bats around .245.
Born in Milwaukee.
oscar (Happy) Felsch Coutfield)
was horn in Milwaukee and is only
twenty-five He started with the city
league Of his home town in 1912 and
went to Fond du Lac the following
wear. He was sold to the White SoX
in 1914 for $1,000. He is .278 bat
ter.
fcatcher) born in Marvel, Ill, is
fwenty-seven years of age. In 1911
he went from Taylorville to Milwau-
kee in the American association for
s7Oo. The White Sox bought him in
1912 for four players valued at ST.
600. He is a .249 sticker.
John F. Collins (outfelder) was
born in Charlestown, Mass, and is
thirty-three years of age. He started
out in 1907 with Havernill and went
Ia Springfield in the Connecticut
league in 1909. The following year
he was sold to the White Sox. His
batting average runs about PTS.
Edward j. Murphy (utllity) was
born in Hancock, n. y, overweight
years ago. He started in 1911 with
villa Nova and went the same year to
Scranton in the New York State
league He was sold TO the Athletics
in 1912, and was released later to
Baltimore in the eastern league. He
was recalled to the Athletics in 1913.
He was sold to Chicago m 1915 for
$4,000 He generally bats around
.290, but has been clouting this year
as pinch hitter around 800.
Frederick McMullin C'nf1elder) was