The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
PENNSYLVANIA HAS MOST
 PLAYERS IN BIC SERIES
Keystone State Has Ten Men on White SON and Rcds-Illin- OiS Has Seven and COnnGCti- cut Has One, Billy kOpf.


 rrratest representation In Che base Sal classic this year, Ten players from, that ytatC win battle for tno btgNcst hOpors in baseball Four or them arc members of the Chicago White Sox. American lCaguc peuuant winners and six arc members of the Ciurinuad Rvls, flag winners in tho senior organ t1attUn,
 The White Sox manager, William Gleason. heads tho Ist of Quakcrs. Alopr with the lighting manager Is Ydaio Collins. one of tho greatest guardians ot the Keystone sack In the panc Eddie Murphy, utility out fielder and pinch hitter deluxe, and ! N.rSkIro Mayer, SidC-arm pitcher, a-e tho other members from FcnnsNl- vauia-
 The Reds have two pitchers, Ray B. N2rcssIer and F2d Gvrucr, m outfleldoT, &, R. NTarco, s veteran of Che game n~I three nfiC'duTS---JnC1n paunert. first base; Morris Rofh, sesoud base, and James T.. Smith. tAird base, as members rom Panu State,
 Iu1aOis where ono end of The pre- Eaiev events will be staged, is next in list The Prairie St1to Is represented by seven players, six Of whom are members of the White SoN, ana one is on the pay roll of tbe Reds. Three of tho White SoN live iu ChicaEo. They are Sullivan, Weaver and tfondtl. Ray C. Schalk, said by most critics to be the "creatost catcher of them all,' heads the list from Illinois for the White SoN. Along with Schall- Is his uuderstudy, Byrd Lynn, Then there Is the poppery George Weaver, known to fans ell over the country as ~'Isucs." ITc win be on third base. Arnold G-nlil alias "ChiaE" Far,l3au of Che initial sacs- and Grover Loud errniifI. the elongated right -harr5vd pitcher, and John Fl. SuiiiEan, alias 'IsefJy," a former Chicago sCn7i-prO- tessional twirler, make up the others H. Q, EZler, who one time was on the CoTnisloey payroll, is the only mem bcr from the state of Abraham Lin- coln and Ulysses g. Grant, on the Gin c1nnati roster, and "Iod' as he is tn- tsmate1y known. Is one of Pat 4Eoran's leading twiriers.
 Ohio, where the other end Of the worlds series will be played. Is tied with California for first place in the list of contributing states IL lays claim to four members. The Buckeye State quartet arc all members of the Reds Henry Groh, star third base man, and Earle NeaIs. ouSC elder of Cincinnati, and Harry F, sim Sal lee, pitcher, and Henry ". SchreIber, utility inficlder.
 California. Is represented in the fray with split delegation, three Of its players being member of-the Aueri- can league club and one the National le0gue aggregation The trio of Pa ellie coast men with the Gleason out fit are Joseph Jenkins, catcher, a for mer lieutenant in tho United States army overseas. Charles A. Rfsbc~z, alias "Swede,'' the strong armed shortstop, and Fred ATcNrullin, utiHsy tnfieider. William IT. Ruether. for naer member Of the Chicago Nationals and now ono of the aces" on the Reds pitching stan, Is the other mem Der from the Golden Gate State
 Michlg9n and Indiana will be rep resented by three members each. The Gopher Stafe dcIegu ton Is solid for the White SoN while the Hooslers go strong to the Rcd Legs. Each of these states Is the home or stars. Michigan is the home Of Fttte v. Cicotte- knuclzle and shine baU" rr- tist, and leading "acc' on the White aoN pitchlnG stan Harry Llebc7d alias Little Memo" dimfnutfvc out Helder, and Big Biu James. the 6 foat 1-2 Inch pitcher also hail from Mich tgan- this state also having the dis unction Of furnishing the taIlCst and shortest player to tho American le3g1Ie pennant winner, in L4eJoIl and flames, tho former being 6 float 5 inches Eldie Roush. one lima a member of the Chicago club and now Inc s.uTgin@ OutGeIdor of the Reds -'eWin B. Duncan, another 0utHelder and William A. Rariden. forruariy- catcher Of tho New York t5isD+s ,-. the HDosiers on the Garry rTor-r,,,,r, pay roll
 Two states have contributed t,y,o members each These are Texas ,r,5 9as5acllusctts- which go "fifty-ffft,- ,, by sending one member each to VI. White SoN and the Reds. Richard Kerr, tdimi1utivo Dick,) game Jeff handed pitcher Is the Lone Star state representative on Comisltey's club while A Roy Mitchell. also a mound artist. Is the Texas member of the Reds.
 Massachusetts has produced two veterans of the game. Patrick Moran, who puoted the Cincinnati Reds to victory Is the National League repre- sentative, while John "Shano" Col ins, outdelder, member of the White Sox for the past ten years, represents the junior organiza ton.
 Urban "Red' Faber, who was q star for the White Sox, in the Worlds Series against the New York Giants in 1917 is the Iowa representative in the premier event
 Three southern states will be repre. scented in the series-Georgia. Ken. lucky and South Carolina. The first named state contributes one member each to the Reds and the White Sox Ivy B. WinEO, first string catcher fol the Reds makes his home in Georgia while Claude Williams, leading south paw of tho American league, repre- sents that state on Comiskey's club "GeneraI' Joe Jackson, hard hittins outfielder of the White Sox, hail from South Carolina, although nor, recently he is laying claim to Geor gia. Hervey Mcclellan, the fast 1ittl utility infielder, Is from Kentucky the home of thoroughbreds
 Vermont has sent Ray l.. Fisher pitcher, to the Reds and Missouri i represented on the same club by Nicl Allen. catcher, and one time a mem Der of the White Sox.
 New York state is the home O
 three of the participants in the bi
 conflict but it is very unlikely tha