The Washington times., 1919-12-26

hated all umpires. their families, their
relations, and their friends. even unto
the third and fourth generations.
Finally, In 1912, he got into a Jam
with Bill Finneran In Philadelphia.
Nobody heard their verbal remarks.
out everybody saw Sherry drop the
umpire with q heavy "rock" to the
jaw. A large fine was plastered on
berry by President Lynch, himself a
former umpire. and suspension COM
pleted the punishment. That was his
last and most serious battle with an
umpire.
Magee came to the Phillies fresh
from the lots in Allentown. That was
in 1904. In 1907 he got into the 800
class for the first time, with a mark
Of .32s. In 1910 he got up to .ssl, his
high water mark. He has been Drop
ping steadily ever since.
like all dyed-in-the-wool players, IL
was Sherry's ambition to get into a
WORMS series, yet twice he was
cheated out of this distinction, and
last f-ll he got into the series only as
pinch hitter.
Then Phlls Teok Flag,
After weathering many storms and
even more rumors Of sales or trades,
Sherry Magee was traded to the Bos-
ton Braves for Dugey. whitted, and
a bunch OF money. That was before
the 1915 season got under way. The
Boston Braves had won the worlds
championship in 1914 and great was
Sherry's Joy At leaving the poor old
Phillies to Join tina worlds champions
The Braves started big favorites to
repeat. Then the Phils surprised the
baseball world by winning the Ma
1ional League championship. leaving
sherry with an also-ran.
Magee was never In his rightfui
element In Boston. Some say he and
George Stallings could not get along.
and that Stallings' iron rules about
Following orders At the plate kept
Sherry from hitting at his best. Any
way. on August 1. 1917, Sherry went
on waivers to the Cincinnati club,
the ragbag OF the league At that time.
CORY" grtnned Sherry, mo soon
er do leave the Phillies than they
cop the bunting. As soon as 10 n the
Braves, they lose the championship.
And here I am. going to Cincinnati"
tu~eao SUolte0 CAa0ce0,
Last spring II was generally
thought that Sherry would be the
Reds regular left fielder, but iiiness
hit him and he was valueless all sea
SON. AT one time 1t was feared mat
pneumonia might carry him off, and
his friends were worrying quite +
bit However, he came through al.
right. though unable to break INTO
the Reds outfield. and viewed n.
triumph of Pat Morans RedandeI s
from seat on the bench.
To make ma tiers worse fr Sherry
Pat Duncan, youngster L ON the
Southern Association, had to ma q
such good impression upon Pat
Moran In the concluding days OF the
1919 campaign that he was playrd In
the worlds series. Then he dd 80
well that, with the big title cin, he
Moran now calls for waivers on h g
veteran outfieller.
Sherry seems doomed They wan,
more speed in the big show now,
free swingers" are not SO success
full these days as the boys who chop
at q ball All the glories of sivte n
years In the major leagues mean
little when those sixteen years are in
the past. not stretching out ahead.
And so the great Sherwood NJ lg .e
Is about to pass from the National
League circuit But be viii leave
thousands OF friends behind b m
friends who admired his earnestnesa.
his ability to hit. his aggressiveness
on the field Smaller the number. but
quite as dear. will be that circle who
admired Sherry for his manlipess , n
the field. There was nothing namby-
pamby about Sherry. Had here beer.
ne never would have been ELECT, d
president OF the National League"
even In lest