Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-11
.HERzOG is MOsT-TRADED
BALL PLAYER OF HIS DAY
Famous Infieidcr Has Had Remark
ably Chcckcred Career in
National Pastimc.
STARTED ABOUT 1a YEARS AGO
Given First Trial by Philadelphia
Nationals and Sent Back to Minors
!. for Further Scasoning-Lator
Joined Giants.
by LANES J. connE1-r.

NEW YORK, August ll-lf beins
traded lends spice TO career in base
ball Charles Lincoln Heroes is ser
tainly leading one spicy lie in the
national rastime.
tIerzos is the most traded player in
the game today. Beins traded and
changing uniforms is just as natural TO
9 h as p 40 R Ra5 G' wsad
nave had the time OF his life with
Iicrzos If he could have been base
ball ma gnatc.
Mary!and some thirteen years ago
Rorzog began his professional base
Ridgiey his home town. In college
nc was star inhelder and his re-
putation became so widely known that
delph!a' Nationals, even before he had
finished school In those days the
cans OF ouaker;own Knew him as Me
Like, the average PLAYER He5zo-
started naturally enough by failing
to make s god. on his hrst ,TiaA anl
easoning would De the proper thing
SO, he looked on with Reading in the
eeild Trt .Siai,a LeaEpe in 1907, and
From the Tri-Sta.e League Herzos
can right back 10 the big show. but
ne has been a 7ietnbcr Of Mc C. S"s
team on three different occasions
Played for Giants In 1905.
ae PLAYED nf;y-nine games at second
base for the Giants III 1908 and piled
up batting average Of 300. but the
following season he failed to impress
Mctiraw. and finally. in 1910. he be-
came a member OF the Boston Braves
E9G he Re 5s s ina part The ne
with Boston, but on July % he came
back 20 the Giants, and the Braves
sot, Hank ,Gowdy and Al Briiwe!l in
In isl2 and 1919 he held down third
base for the New York club and played
q .narpy and br!ilian, game in the
actiY UP TO McC:raw's STANDARD. Finally
s!cGraw started reuiodeling his inhelde
He closed 2 deal for Heino Z!miner-
seal H sf1 to the the cqss and hes
IN The Rescher deal As shortstop FOR
the Reds in 1914 HerzoE. proved MS.
re5sati!iiy as an inhelder The fol-
position and durins his term at Cincy
ne acted as manager OF the team.
succeeding Joe Tinher.
Nineteen hundred and sixteen rolled
around and Mcciraw decid-i 10 make
more changes in the Giants He cooked
up the deal by which ShTisty Mathew
Ed Kousa sil Il! MeKs sai a ana e wlh
and in return the Giants got Herzoy
and Made killife-: During that sea-
son Herzos PLAYED second, THIRD and
clubs and took part in I55 games He
played good. snepoy baseball too.
Injured Spine hy Fail.
In the spring Of 1917. however Her
cog had the misfortune 10 injurc his
Pennsylvania Station, New York. and
eventually. after the season ended and
the stove league fire was built Nc
ton CLUB. getting Larry Doyle and Jess
Barnes in return.
Herzoe spent the 1915, season as
member Of the Braves. Once again he
perienced some difficulty with the club
over salary matters. which Away.
have been bone OF contention be-
years ne reported 10 the Boston club
and once again exhibited his old-t,rnc
snap and ginger as a member of the
inhe;d But now he has change uni
frantic ,enort to reorganize his was
az CUBS With an oifer f FOR Merzo g
Leslie I.si y, Ms q, ana CHARLEY pfck were
little tirebrani from Maryland.
Set Standard Long Ago.
IS an lnnelder OF exceptional DUAL;
iues. Herzog long ago set a standard
His fielding and begging 10 the bases
has always been Of a hieh cslber and
he is known and feared for hts ability
10 hit when hits are needed most
Herzog has, perhaps. made and saved
as much or more money than any
other player In tho game aside from
few select stars. He has seldom
failed TO come in for q slice Of melon
when deal was closed. which caused
him to change uniforms and during
the last seven or eight years he has
dra wn down a fat salary each season.
Three tipes with the Clans. twice
with :he Graves and once with Gin
cinnati. Her2og is now wearing his
fourth difcrcn; National League uni :
form. lie may have an ambition 10
play on every National League club
before he finally retires We don't
know 10 that but II ne has, he is
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